October 30 & 31, 2025
The Diplomat Beach Resort
3555 S. Ocean Dr., Hollywood, FL 33019
The 50th Institute will cover the latest on condominiums, homeowners and community association law and development.
Boyer taught at Miami Law from 1951-85 primarily in the area of Property and wrote numerous books and articles on property law, including the original treatise, Florida Real Estate Transactions. In 1988, the Institute expanded and became formally known as the First Institute on Real Property Law and Thirteenth Institute on Condominium and Cluster Developments. Read article from Miami Law's 1976 Barrister Magazine on the first institute. Today Sklar is the Director of the Institute and is a leader in the real estate industry, specializing in law practice areas including representation of developers and lenders in a broad range of planning, drafting and development of residential, commercial, and complex mixed-use condominiums and planned developments. His expertise was recognized when he was appointed in July 2021, in the wake of the Surfside collapse, to chair the Florida Bar's Condominium Law and Policy on Life Safety Task Force. Read 2016 article, "William Sklar: Real Estate Industry Leader and Trailblazer in Boyer Institute and Graduate Law Program."Founding Director - Ralph E. Boyer
In the 1970s, the sales of condominiums and similar property interests became a large and growing part of the housing market and at that time legislation and judicial and administrative decisions at the state and federal levels kept condo laws in a state of constant change. Hence, Ralph E. Boyer, who was a professor of law at the University of Miami, established its Condominium and Cluster Housing Institute in 1976 to provide a review of the current state of the law and identify issues facing the industry, government, and consumer.
Current Director - William P. Sklar
William P. Sklar, J.D. '80, co-directed the First Institute on Real Property Law with then Professor Emeritus Boyer in 1996. It was coined The Boyer Institute on Condo and Cluster Development. Sklar has been Director of the Institute on Condominium and Cluster Development since 1990. At Miami Law, Sklar studied under his mentor, Ralph E. Boyer, and Miami Law’s real estate program drew Sklar in, so much so, that he co-founded Miami Law's LL.M program in Real Property Development with Boyer.
PENDING APPROVAL: Florida Bar CLE: 18.0 general credits, including 1.0 in ethics and 1.0 in technology. PENDING 18.0 Certification Credits: in business litigation, condominium and planned development law and real estate.
Sponsorship opportunities are available at several levels.
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The Diplomat Beach Resort
3555 S. Ocean Dr., Hollywood, FL 33019
Nightly rate of $284
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The group rate is available until September 29, 2025
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2025 Conference Program*
8:00 – 8:40 a.m. Registration 8:40 – 8:50 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:50 – 9:40 a.m. Judicial Update 9:40 – 10:30 a.m. Legislative Update – 2025 Community Association Legislation 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break 10:45 – 11:35 a.m. Administrative Update of the Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes 11:35 a.m – 12:25 p.m. Surfside 4.0 – SIRS and Reserve Requirements – Changing the Rules of Compliance = Who/When & How – Advising the Association 12:25 – 2:00 p.m. Luncheon Roundtable of Condominium Past Chairs – Past, Present and Future of Condominium Law and Governance 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. The ICE’ing of Condos – Foreign Regulation and Immigration Issues Confronting Associations – Fair Housing, Foreign Investment, and Compliance Duties 2:50 – 3:40 p.m. Developer/Declarant Reserved Rights and Property: Condos, POAs, Club Plans and Shared Facilities 3:40 – 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break 4:00 – 4:50 p.m. Redevelopment or Ruin? Condo Terminations As Possible Exit Strategies in the Age of SIRS and Milestone Mandates 4:50 – 5:40 p.m. Voting Rights Update – E-Voting; Online Voting; Voting by Written Consent; Notices – Effects of Biscayne 21, AI & Statutory Limitations 6:15 – 8:00 p.m. Grand Reception – A Fifty-Year Celebration
William P. Sklar, Esq., JD ’80, Director
Institute on Condominium and Cluster Developments
University of Miami School of Law
Coral Gables, Florida
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Tallahassee, Florida
Jennifer Moore, Division Director
Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes
Tallahassee, Florida
Jennifer Cilar, Chief
Bureau of Compliance
Tallahassee, Florida
Siegfried Rivera
Coral Gables, Florida
Steven H. Mezer. Esq.
Becker
Tampa, Florida
Matt Kuisle
Reserve Advisors
Orlando, Florida
Carlton Fields
Tallahassee, Florida
Joseph E. Adams, Esq.
Becker
Fort Myers, Florida
Michael J. Gelfand, Esq.
Gelfand & Arpe
West Palm Beach, Florida
Steven H. Mezer. Esq.
Becker
Tampa, Florida
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Tampa, Florida
Margaret (Peggy) Rolando, Esq.
Shutts & Bowen LLP
Miami, Florida
Allison L. Hertz, Esq.
Becker
West Palm Beach, Florida
Alexander B. Dobrev, Esq.
Lowndes
Orlando, Florida
Eisinger Law
Hollywood, Florida
Christene M. Ertl, Esq., JD ‘98
Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball, P.A.
St. Augustine, Florida
Shutts & Bowen LLP
Miami, Florida
Martin A. Schwartz, Esq.
Bilzin Sumberg
Miami, Florida
Robert S. Freedman, Esq.
Carlton Fields, P.A.
Tampa, Florida
Lowndes
Orlando, Florida
Jennifer J. Bloodworth, Esq.
First American Title Insurance Company
Winter Park, Florida
Juan J. Farach, Jr., Esq., JD ‘92
Shubin Law Group, P.A.
Miami, Florida
Frank, Weinberg & Black, P.L.
Plantation, Florida
Alan Schwartzseid, Esq.
Kaye Bender Rembaum, P.L.
Orlando, Florida
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Board Dysfunction – Intra-Board Disputes; Directors Adverse to the Association; Ethical Responsibilities of Association Counsel; Attorney-Client Privilege; Board Codes of Conduct 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. Community Associations and the First Amendment: All Speech is Not Free; Defamation and Effects on Association Communications 10:50 – 11:05 a.m. Coffee Break 11:05 – 11:55 a.m. Creative Association Investment & Funding – Risks Created by New Statutory Enablements – Maximizing Investment Returns vs. Fiduciary Duty Limitations 11:55 a.m – 12:40 p.m. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes 12:40 – 2:15 p.m. Meeting of the Florida Bar RPPTL Condominium and Planned Development Committee 2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Whose Claim Is It Anyway? Understanding Direct vs. Derivative Actions 3:00 – 3:50 p.m. Bulk Telecom Agreements – Technological Advances; Bundling of Services; Rights/Obstacles to Cancel; Regulatory Factors
Sajdera, P.A.
Boca Raton, Florida
Carlton Fields
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Toyia T. Herring, Chief
Bureau of Standards and Registration
Tallahassee, Florida
Jennifer Cilar, Chief
Bureau of Compliance
Tallahassee, Florida
Frank, Weinberg & Black, P.L.
Plantation, Florida
Jennifer J. Bloodworth, Esq., Co-Chair
First American Title Insurance Company
Winter Park, Florida
Ansbacher Law
Jacksonville, Florida
Jason M. Rodgers-da Cruz, Esq., JD ‘00
Siegfried Rivera
Coral Gables, Florida
Frank Weinberg & Black, P.L.
Plantation, Florida
Michael R. Kassower, Esq.
Frank Weinberg & Black, P.L.
Plantation, Florida
Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors
Contact events@law.miami.edu or 305-284-1689.Questions?