Land Description Workshop: Writing, Reading and Drawing
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:00 pm
Understanding Metes and Bounds Terminology
Measuring distances in the past and present
Measuring angles
• Bearings
• Azimuth
Writing Metes and Bounds Legal Descriptions
Establishing the point of commencement and the point of beginning
Understanding bearings and azimuths
Describing angles and distances
Closing the description
Handling special situations: arcs, chords, curves, etc.
Metes and bounds description workshop: writing two sample descriptions
Sketching Metes and Bounds Descriptions
Finding the point of commencement and the point of beginning
Understanding azimuths and bearings
Drawing angles and distances
Closing the description
Drawing arcs, chords and curves
Sketching workshop: sketching two sample metes-and-bounds descriptions
Software Tools to Assist Real Estate and
Legal Professionals in Land Mapping, Description and Location
AutoCad
SketchUp
USGS
ESRI
Credits
Attorneys
6.0 Oregon CLE Hours
Engineers & Land Surveyors
6.0 PDHs
Landmen
6.0 AAPL CE Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. The Oregon State Bar MCLE Board has approved this seminar for 6.0 general CLE hours for attorneys.
This activity offers 6.0 PDHs to Oregon professional engineers and land surveyors to whom the subject matter is professionally relevant. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Oregon.
The American Association of Professional Landmen has approved this program for 6.0 RL, RPL or CPL recertification credits, 0.0 ethics credit, and 0.0 CPL/ESA credits.
Attendance will be monitored and reported, as required. Attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Earl Morriss
Mackay SpositoSurvey Manager at Mackay Sposito in Federal Way, WAMr. Morriss is a Professional Land Surveyor in Washington. As a land surveyor Mr. Morriss has more than 35 years of experience, and he is considered an expert in boundary, easement and title issues. He is currently the survey manager for the Federal Way, Washington, branch office of Mackay Sposito. Mr. Morriss also has a law degree and over the last several years he had a law practice which focused on real property disputes and land title issues. He is an active member of the Land Surveyor’s Association of Washington (LSAW), serving as the 2014 president. Mr. Morriss received his B.S. degree in Urban Studies from Georgia State University and his J.D. degree from Seattle University School of Law. He has made continuing education presentations related to boundary law, boundary adjustments, legal descriptions, easements, and water law, to both attorneys and land surveyors.