Learn how to avoid legal problems and gain cooperation when establishing guidelines.
This course covers the legal basis of community rules, policies and procedures. You’ll gain a better understanding of board and management responsibilities and a better grasp of the community association as a legal entity. Learn how to advise and support your board and how to revise policies and procedures to comply with current laws and recommended management practices. Topics include:
- Developing and enforcing rules
- Using an attorney or other professional advisor
- Conflicts of interest and ethics
- Reviewing and amending governing documents
- Statutes and case law affecting community management
- Fiduciary responsibilities of association boards, committees and managers
- Management contracts
Course Materials
In addition to a participant guide and digital access to bonus readings and materials, you will receive:
- CAI Guide for Association Practitioners: Conflicts of Interest
Course Length and Format
- Virtual Edition (Zoom): 2 days | 12-3 p.m. ET both days
- Classroom Edition: 2 days | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. both days.
- Online Course: 4-6 hours to complete the course plus 4 hours of study via reading assignments and discussion boards. Students have 4 months—120 days from purchase date—to complete the course and take the 60-minute exam to receive credit.
Exam Information
At
the conclusion of the course, we will add the final exam to your course
package. You will have 30 days
from your live course to go through all the material and complete the final
exam. The exam includes 40 multiple-choice questions, is timed (90
minutes) and must be completed in a single session. If you do not pass on your
first attempt, you can launch the exam again a second time. The passing score
is 70%. At the end of the exam, you
will see a learning objective of how you did on each section. Please record
this information for future reference.
Tuition
CAI member: $479 | Nonmember: $579 Join Now!
* Tuition for all courses after July 1, 2023, is $499 for CAI members and $599 for nonmembers.