Events | Conferences

Subscribe to Events | Conferences via RSS

0606191053_HDR

Here are the links to the cases which were not in your materials. Theme of the day: amateurs! 

Our thanks to colleagues Jill Gelineau and Paul Sundermier for asking us to present. It was good to see our Oregon friends again. 

…
Continue Reading Links From Today’s Portland Eminent Domain Conference

0412191003c_HDR

Here are the links from today’s two sessions (the first, federal water issues impacting local land use; the second, Bringing and Defending a Takings Case):

The morning started off with a talk by former Detroit Mayor (and Michigan Supreme Court justice) Dennis Archer, about Poletown, eminent domain, and economic…

Continue Reading Links And Materials From Today’s Land Use Institute Sessions, Baltimore

0401191044b_HDR

Great crowd today in Austin for CLE International’s Eminent Domain seminar, co-chaired by our colleagues Chris Clough, Sejin Brooks, and Christopher Oddo. We spoke about “National Trends and Developing Issues in Eminent Domain.” 

Here are the cases I referred to which are not included in your written materials:

…
Continue Reading Materials And Links From Today’s Austin Eminent Domain CLE

IMG_0123

Last week, author Howard Mansfield joined us at the William and Mary Law School for two sessions about his recently-published book, “The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down – Our Belief in Property and the Cost of That Belief.”  His book is about property, property rights, and what he has discovered about how these ideas are processed by the American psyche.

The first session was open to the entire student body, faculty, and public, and the highlight was Mr. Mansfield reading some of his favorite passages from his book. The second session was a student-only chat about some of the themes that he emphasizes. 

If you were not able to join us in-person, listening will be able to give you a sense of why we think this book is a timely rumination on what “property” means, both good and not-so-good. 

If you can’t stream the audio above, Continue Reading Audio: Readings From “The Habit of Turning The World Upside Down”

Header image LUI 2019

Come join us at the 33rd Annual Land Use Institute, in Baltimore, Maryland, April 11-12, 2019.

As the brochure notes:

This Annual Land Use Institute program is designed for attorneys, professional planners, and government officials involved in land use planning, zoning, permitting, property development, conservation and environmental protection, and related litigation. It not only addresses and analyzes the state-of-the-art efforts by government to manage land use and development, but also presents the key issues faced by property owners and developers in obtaining necessary governmental approvals. In addition, the entire approach of the program is to provide practice pointers that give immediate “take home value” by focusing on topics relevant to the average practice of the attendee.

The keynote will be delivered by Dennis Archer, former mayor of Detroit (and former Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and former President of the ABA), speaking about “Detroit’s New GM Plant from…

Continue Reading 33rd Annual Land Use Institute: Baltimore April 11-12, 2019

It’s easy when legal cannabis or medical marijuana is involved to make a joke.

But (for now) we’ll resist that temptation and simply tell you about a webinar our colleagues at the American Planning Association are putting on about our favorite thing … Land use law. (What did you think we might say?)

Thursday, March 21, 2019 from 2:00 – 3:30pm, ET is where you want to be:

This webinar will explore how various land use and natural resource regulations shape the development of the legal cannabis industry. The scope of the conversation will range from regulatory options municipalities may consider as the legal cannabis industry develops to how individual businesses are fostered or stifled as a result of certain regulations. One goal of this webinar is to help practitioners identify key cannabis industry issues they should consider in working with either government officials or business owners.

More information including…

Continue Reading Upcoming Webinar: How Land Use and Natural Resource Regulations are Shaping the Legal Cannabis Industry

Mansfield flyer 3-13-2019

If you are in the Williamsburg, Virginia area next week Wednesday, March 13, 2019, please hold the lunch hour (12:50-1:50pm, Room L127) on your calendar to come join us for a session with Howard Mansfield, author of the recently-published book “The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down – Our Belief in Property and the Cost of That Belief.”

In November, we chatted with Mr. Mansfield, and this semester are basing a seminar on property rights at the William and Mary Law School on the book. Well worth reading. Here’s the printable flyer. 

His book is about property, property rights, and what he has discovered about how these ideas are processed by the American psyche. He will be speaking about how property fits with the culture—the competing narratives attached to the notion of ownership—and the often-contradictory way in which we view the idea of property and…

Continue Reading Upcoming 3/13/2019 Book Talk: Turning the World Upside Down: Property Rights, Pipelines, and Emergencies – A Conversation With Howard Mansfield

Later today (starting at 1pm ET), our colleague Edward Thomas is chairing an ABA-produced webinar on “Low Income Populations: Underrepresented Socially, Overrepresented as Victims of Natural Disasters: Using the Law to Solve a Serious Problem.”

As in other areas of life, when natural disasters strike, it is often the owners of modest means who are the hardest hit. Floods, wildfires, sea level rise, you name it. And Ed has been there: he’s a former FEMA guy, and currently the President of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association who understands that property rights have to be respected in these situations. 

Find out more information about the program and register here. Continue Reading Webinar Today – Low Income Populations: Underrepresented Socially, Overrepresented as Victims of Natural Disasters

SJEBKannouncement

Be sure to save the date on your calendar for the 16th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia.

This year’s B-K Prize will be awarded to Professor Steven J. Eagle. Professor Eagle is a familiar presence to the property bar and the academy, and this award is well-earned. His treatise, Regulatory Takings, is a monumental work, and a book that needs to be on every property lawyer’s and scholar’s shelf. As the media release notes:

Michael M. Berger, an attorney at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and the 2014 Brigham-Kanner Prize recipient, considers Eagle one of the finest property scholars of his generation.

“[Eagle] has devoted much of his life and his prodigious energy toward analyzing the constitutional nuances embedded in real estate law,” Berger said. “His deeply thought out analyses provide major contributions to the body of law examining and…

Continue Reading Mark Your Calendars: October 3-4, 2019 – Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference And Prize Award To Prof Steven Eagle