TRB Webinar: Legal Aspects of Airport Programs

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, from 2:00-3:30PM ET that features research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) which provides an overview of two Legal Research Digests prepared for the airport industry. This webinar was geared toward regulatory officials, policy makers, and attorneys in the field who would like information about sovereign immunity and first amendment activities.

This webinar provided 1.5 Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives. This webinar was approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. TRB also offered1.25 CLE credits for this webinar.

Here are the slides.



Webinar Presenters

• Pamella Seay, Seay Law International
• Kyle Seay, Seay Law International
• John Hodge, John Adams Hodge and Associates, LLC
• Jody Howick, Howick Law, PLLC

Moderated by: Lee Thomson, Esq.

Webinar Outline

1. ACRP Legal Research Digest 24: Sovereign Immunity for Public Airport Operators
• Sovereign immunity for public airports that are owned and operated by units of local government or regional governmental authorities
• How extent of sovereign immunity granted to airports differs among states and territories
2. ACRP Legal Research Digest 26: Regulations Affecting the Exercise of First Amendment Activities at Airports
• Airport speech restrictions and related issues
• Survey of common First Amendment practices at over 40 U.S. airports
3. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will able to:

• Understand how to deal with litigation requiring claims of sovereign immunity, including the fundamental approach necessary in such litigation and opportunities in order to protect the airport and its assets
• Understand the legal requirements affecting speech restrictions at airports in order to increase an awareness of when issues may need additional review to avoid costly legal violations

Registration Information
This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There is no fee to attend this webinar.

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives
The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) is making 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available for A.A.E. If you are an A.A.E. and would like to apply for CEUs for this webinar, visit www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about A.A.E. continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits
TRB is offering 1.25 CLE credits for this webinar. TRB did not seek approval for the above listed workshop from the state board, so we advise that you contact your state board prior to registering for the webinar to see if credits would be accepted. Registered webinar attendees who sign in and view the entire webinar will receive a link to a certificate that they can fill out and provide to their board. Complete a certificate for each state in which you are required to file. Rules for CLE in some states require the provider to file attendance with the regulator as a service to lawyers. Please confirm jurisdictional reporting requirements with the state regulator. This certificate should be filed with the appropriate MCLE Board(s) or Commission(s) within 30 days of activity. Introductory remarks, keynote addresses, business meetings, breaks, receptions, etc., are not included in the computation of credit. TRB will retain a copy of your attendance; however, TRB is not required to submit attendance to the board.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar is pending approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.