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Due to the high response we’ve received for our online
programs, and it’s convenience, the NYSAPLS Education
Committee has decided to hold the Fall Workshops virtually.
Jeff Lucas, has developed 2 different courses, to be given over
2 days - 1 course per day, for a total of 8 CE hours.

wrong? This seminar will investigate the answer to this question by
a detailed study of relevant court decisions involving surveyors and
surveys that went terribly wrong. The painful lessons learned by
others through the school of hard knocks can be painlessly explored
and appreciated without the accompanying liability and damages
that attach to boundary disputes and negligence actions. These cases
NYSAPLS Fall Webinar Week will be studied and discussed through a PowerPoint presentation.
October 4-5, 2022 About our Speaker:
Jeffery N. Lucas started his career as a land surveyor and is a
The Fall Workshop Webinar Series is available to all licensed licensed surveyor in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi
Land Surveyors and NYSAPLS members interested in and Tennessee. Lucas is a recognized expert in boundary
expanding their survey education. Sign up for both or just 1, surveying, land title surveys and property law. He obtained
his first land surveying license in Florida (1984) where he
the choice is yours. spent the first part of his surveying career. After relocating to
2022 Fall Webinar Week Includes: Alabama, he has practiced across five southeastern states.
Lucas attended and graduated from law school later in his career. His is also
Rights-of-Way and Prescriptive Rights a licensed attorney and member of the Alabama State Bar (2003). His
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 practice is focused on land boundary issues and real property law, including
adverse possession, boundary disputes, professional liability, real property, and
8:00am - 12:00pm zoning and land use issues. He has been an expert witness and consultant in
Featuring: Jeffery N. Lucas, JD, PLS, Esq. many cases involving land surveying and boundary disputes.
Approved for 4.0 NY LS/PE CE Hours As a result of his experience and background, Lucas is also a continuing
education seminar leader on surveying and legal topics. He has developed a
When is a right-of-way simply a burden on the servient estate and library of over 40 titles and conducts continuing education seminars for land
when is it an outright estate in fee, separate and distinct from the surveyors, engineers and attorneys all across the country. In addition, he has
servient estate? When and how do prescriptive easements arise authored over 100 articles on surveying, boundary, and legal issues that have
and are there differences between prescriptive rights in the private been published in state and national professional journals. He has a regular
legal column in P.O.B. magazine and has been writing for the magazine since
and in the public context? In this program real property rights 2004. Lucas has also authored three books on land surveying and boundary
will be examined, generally, and non-possessory interests created law: “Alabama Boundary Law” (2009), “The Pincushion Effect, The
by rights-of-way and easements will be examined specifically. Multiple Monument Dilemma in American Land Surveying” (2011), and
“Illinois Boundary Law” (2012). Lucas is currently the Alabama Survey
The classifications and the manner in which rights-of-way are Division Manager for ESP Associates AL, Inc.is a licensed surveyor, engineer
created will be studied. Prescription and prescriptive rights, how and attorney at law. He is a retired professor in the surveying program, within
they are obtained, what can be obtained, and the impact on the College of Engineering, at the University of Maine. He provides consulting
real property rights will be examined through case studies from services in boundary location, liability, roads and easements, and title.
across the country. Applicable statutes of limitations, tacking, Register at www.nysapls.org today!
statutory requirements, defenses and remedies will be examined.
The impact rights-of-way and prescriptive rights have on the
surveyor and the surveyor’s practice will also be discussed. Several Fall Virtual Pricing* By 9/1 After 9/1
real-world cases that cover the fundamental issues of rights-of- Members (licensed):
way and prescriptive rights will be studied. This program will be One 4-hour course $149 $199
accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation.
Two 4-hour courses $199 $249
What Went Wrong?
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Members (non-licensed):
8:00am - 12:00pm Unlimited sessions $99 $149
Featuring: Jeffery N. Lucas, JD, PLS, Esq.
Approved for 4.0 NY LS/PE CE Hours Non-Members:
One 4-hour course $249 $299
What Went Wrong? As I continued “Traversing the Law,” studying
and writing about court cases involving boundary disputes and Two 4-hour courses $299 $349
land surveyors, I have found everything from the ridiculous to the Students (must be student member)
sublime. In some cases, I had to shake my head in disbelief over
what I was reading, leaving me with just one question: What went Unlimited sessions: Free

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