State & Local Government Works-In-Progress Conference

State and Local Government Works In Progress Conference September 24-25 Willamette University College of Law is excited to host the 9th annual State & Local Government Works-in-Progress Conference (SLGWIP) on September 24-25, 2020. Professors, scholars, and practitioners will present works-in-progress intended for eventual publication on subjects related to state and local government are welcome to participate. Relevant topics include housing, policing, home rule and preemption, Dillon's Rule, municipal fiscal distress, racial justice, municipal finance, incorporation, annexation, and dissolution of municipal governments, public school policy, state and local elections, and state and local responses to COVID-19. Willamette University’s Center for Governance and Public Policy Research, which is housed at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management, is a generous sponsor of this conference, which will further the Center’s commitment to producing and sharing academic research of the highest caliber.

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Presentation Schedule

September 24 Day 1 (11:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST)

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

Introduction

Brian Gallini

Brian Gallini

Dean
Willamette University College of Law
Opening Remarks

11:10 AM - 12:20 PM

Panel 1

Daniel Rodriguez

Daniel Rodriguez

Harold Washington Professor and Dean Emeritus
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chair: Panel 1

Noah Kazis

State Housing Vouchers

Noah Kazis

Legal Fellow
Furman Center
New York University

The Second-Class Status of Tenants

Sarah Schindler

Associate Dean for Research
University of Maine School of Law
Co-Presenter

Kellen Zale

Associate Professor of Law
University of Houston Law Center
Co-Presenter

Local Control of Land Use: A Partial Defense

Richard C. Schragger

Perre Bowen Professor of Law, Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A. Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law and Senior Fellow of the Miller Center
University of Virginia

12:25 PM - 12:55 PM

Author Meets Reader I

An Equal Place: Lawyers in the Struggle for Los Angeles

Scott Cummings

Professor of Law
Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics
UCLA Law
Author

Nestor M. Davidson

Albert A. Walsh Chair in Real Estate, Land Use, and Property Law, and Faculty Director of the Urban Law Center
Fordham University School of Law
Reader

1:00 PM - 2:10 PM

Panel 2

Justin Steil

Associate Professor of Law and Urban Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chair: Panel 2

Left to their own devices: An Empirical Examination of the Effect of State-Empowering Court Decision on Eminent-Domain Exercises in New York City

Dr. Ronit Levine-Schnur

Senior Lecturer at Harry Radzyner Law School and research associate at the Gazit-Globe Institute for Real Estate
IDC Herzliya Harry Radzyner Law School

Hands On! Part 1: The Trilemma Facing Federal Government During State and Local Budget Crises

David Schleicher

Professor of Law
Yale Law School

Running Interference: Local Government, Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations, and the Constitutional Right to Petition

Sarah L. Swan

Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Law

2:15 PM - 3:25 PM

Panel 3

John Infranca

Professor of Law
Suffolk University Law School
Chair: Panel 3

Law's Disaster: Heritage at Risk

Sara Bronin

Thomas F. Gallivan Chair in Real Property Law and Faculty Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Law
University of Connecticut School of Law

Christopher Elmendorf

Superintending Local Constraints on Housing Development: How California Can Do It Better

Christopher S. Elmendorf

Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law
UC Davis School of Law

Recent Oregon Housing Legislation

Edward Sullivan

Adjunct Professor of Law
Willamette University College of Law
Lewis and Clark Law School
Portland State University Toulon School of Urban Studies and Planning