Category Archives: Local Government Law

University of Detroit Mercy Law Review

Sanctuary Cities – Detroit, MI

The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review symposium, March 23, 2018, is on The Return of Sanctuary Cities: The Muslim Ban, Hurricane Maria, and Everything in Between. Abstracts were due…

Urban Law Center (Fordham) & MacKenzie Presbyterian U

Int’l & Comparative Urban Law Conf. – Sao Paulo, Brazil

The Fordham Urban Law Center, in partnership with the Mackenzie Presbyterian University (MBU), invites papers for the Fifth Annual International and Comparative Urban Law Conference, which will be held June…

Albany Law School

Call for Panelists: Blighted Landscapes – Albany, NY

The Government Law Center at Albany Law School invites applications for prospective panelists for a conference entitled, “Blighted Landscapes: Local Government, Scarcity, and Renewal,” to be held on November 3,…

Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth

Call for Papers: Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy

The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at Georgia State University College of Law seeks submissions for the second edition of the Journal of Comparative Urban Law and…

Vermont Law School

20th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings Challenges – South Royalton, VT

Vermont Law School hosts the 20th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulations Oct. 6, 2017. University of Minnesota School of Law is the event’s…

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Financial Challenges for Cities – Baltimore, MD

The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law presented Symposium: Cities that Cope – Confronting Financial Challenges in the Urban Landscape March 31, 2017.

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Challenging Trad. Notions of Property in Land Use Planning – Toronto, ON

Osgoode Hall Law School and The City Institute at York University present Challenging Traditional Notions of Property in Land Use Planning June 9–10, 2017. The interdisciplinary workshop is aimed at…

Boston College Law

State/Federal Tensions in Immigration Enforcement – Boston, MA

Boston College Law‘s Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy presents State/Federal Tensions in Immigration Enforcement: Looking Back and Looking Forward April 4, 2017.

Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy (WJELP)

CFP: Legal Issues re Earthquakes & Other Natural Disasters

The Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy (WJELP) invites submissions for papers focused on how the legal landscape contends with the challenges of earthquakes and other natural disasters. Partnering with the University…

Tulane University Law School

Litigating Takings Challenges – New Orleans, LA

Tulane University Law School hosts the 19th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulations Nov. 4, 2016. Sponsors include: Vermont Law School, Environmental Law Center;…