Heirs’ Property Practicum: Client-Ready in One Session

This 90-minute live session is a practical, application-focused training that moves beyond definitions and focuses on real-world heirs’ property scenarios. Rather than dwelling on definitions or legal theory, it puts housing counselors directly into four real client scenarios: a repair request that surfaces a title problem, a family that’s scattered or resistant to the conversation, a forced-sale threat, and an underused family asset. For each, counselors learn the exact conversation to have, the documents to assemble before an attorney meeting, and — critically — where counseling ends and legal practice begins. Built for HUD-certified and non-certified housing counselors who want to move from recognizing heirs’ property to actually helping resolve it, without ever practicing law without a license.

Leigh Lester is an award-winning educator, strategist, and Founder & Executive Director of the Ubuntu Institute of Learning, with over 25 years of experience advancing equity, affordable housing, and leadership development. She has led national initiatives including HUD housing counseling certification, contributed to appraisal equity as a Trustee of the Appraisal Foundation, and advised federal policy through HUD’s Office of Housing Counseling Advisory Committee. Through her training, consulting, and global mentorship with How Women Lead, Leigh empowers organizations and underserved communities while driving systemic change across the housing sector.