Dec. 15, 2008
SBDC offers construction law workshop
A construction law workshop will be offered in Stevens Point in
February through the Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Designed to help people in the construction industry understand
construction law in Wisconsin and how to work with attorneys,
the workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on February 20,
2009, at the Wisconsin Learning Center in the Portage County
Business Park.
Topics include the legal requirements of a valid contract,
rights and liabilities of parties to a contract, procedures
for obtaining enforceable liens, legally collecting debts,
and remedies for breach of contract.
The instructor is Erv Steiner, a UW-Madison Law School graduate
and practicing attorney with extensive experience in construction
law. Steiner is also an associate professor in the College of
Business at UW-Eau Claire, where he has taught business law
since 1972.
The registration fee is $125 per person or $115 per person if
three or more people from the same organization attend. The
fee includes materials and refreshments. The deadline to
register is February 12, 2009.
To register or for more information, contact Dorothy Snyder
at the UWSP Continuing Education SBDC, at 715-346-3861 or
800-898-9472, or visit the Web
at
www.uwsp.edu/conted/sbdc/conlaw.
