Conferences and Events

The Center for State and Local Government hosts a variety of legal conferences throughout the academic year. Through the Center's Conferences and Colloquia, scholars, lawyers and students convene to share ideas and to encourage research based upon their expertise.

Listed below are past conferences, organized by subject, and their relevant materials.

ETHICS

• Ethics-- The Public Lawyer's Role in Ensuring the Integrity of Public Institutions (October 2009)
• Public Lawyers and the Public Interest: Do Local Government Lawyers have Special Ethical Obligations? (September 2002)

GOVERNANCE

• Transparency on Trial: The Costs and Benefits of Open Government (October 2007)
• Dirt, Dollars and Duty: Flood Control & Governance (May 2006)
• Financing Local Government in the 21st Century (October 2004)
• Demystifying Due Process (October 2003)
• Privatization: The Shifting Boundary between Public & Private (November 2001)

LAND USE

• The Urban Waterfront and the Public Trust (June 2005)
• EMINENT DOMAIN - The Supreme Court Giveth, Will the People Taketh Away? Kelo, San Remo, Lingle and Beyond . . . (September 2006)
• ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - The Intersection Between Environmental Justice and Local Land Use Planning and Zoning -- A One Day Workshop for Local Officials (January 2006)

SPECIAL AREAS OF LAW

• ECONOMIC & IMMIGRATION POLICY - A Hard Look at Local Economic and Immigration Policy (October 2008)
• RELIGION - Cities in the Middle: The Emerging Debate over Religion in Public Life (October 2005)
• LABOR LAW - Public Sector Labor Law (October 2000)