Land Use Law Center
for Sustainable Development
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Established in 1993, the Land Use Law Center is dedicated to fostering the development of sustainable communities and regions through the promotion of innovative land use strategies and dispute resolution techniques. Through the work of its programs, centers, and institutes, the Land Use Law Center offers conferences, seminars, clinics, academic law school courses, continuing legal education programs, audio podcasts, and frequent publications and resources on contemporary land use, real estate, and environmental issues. |
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Sustainable Development in Tough Economic Times
All conference materials, PowerPoints, including webcasts of the keynote addresses can be found on the conference page.
Practically Grounded: Best Practices for Skill Building in Teaching Land Use, Environmental, and Sustainable Development Law
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On May 5th, the Land Use Law Center co-sponsored a conference with Albany Law School's Government Law Center and Center for Excellence in Legal Teaching showcasing best practices in these dynamic practice areas. Presenters from accross the country led discussions on issues and techniques in context-based learning. Professors, practioners, and students also discussed how to draw students into public and private practice arenas while pulling practioners and policy makers into the classroom.
Clarkstown's Innovative Comprehensive Plan
Land Use Law Center Announces Sea Level Rise LULA
The Land Use Law Center has been awarded a grant from the National Sea Grant Law Center to conduct a sea level rise training program in the Hudson Valley. The program will be the first of its kind in the region. The selected communities will represent municipalities that are under increasing pressures from sea level rise and storm hazards that threaten community character, sustainable coastal development, and coastal ecosystems. The program will involve and educate the land use board members from Planning, Zoning, and Conservation Commissions, as well as other key community leaders representing local landowners, developers, Sea Grant extension agents, fishermen, coastal managers, chamber of commerce leaders, business leaders and civic and environmental group representatives. The curriculum for the program will emphasize the relationship between these coastal communities, the health and well being of the Hudson River and non-point source activities, technical assistance on land use law, innovative approaches to sea level rise adaptation, economic development, hazard mitigation, and natural resource protection to strengthen community planning, regulation and informed decision-making. Best management practices to maintain water quality and low impact development techniques will also be highlighted. Click here for program details
The American Planning Association (APA) awarded John R. Nolon with the 2009 National Leadership Award for a Planning Advocate. The award recognizes an individual, appointed or elected official who has advanced or promoted the cause of planning in the public arena.