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This week is what we call Brigham-Kanner week here at William and Mary Law School. The week culminates in the Thursday presentation of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize to lawprof Greg Alexander, followed on Friday by the Conference presentations (see below).

And earlier in the week, we’re having a series of law student-oriented programs

HSBA 10-2023

Yesterday, during the Annual Meeting of the Hawaii State Bar Association, we participated in a program sponsored by the Real Property and Financial Services Section, “Inverse Condemnation & Paying for Disasters.”

As you can see above, we joined lawprofs Shelley Saxer and David Callies to share thoughts about inverse claims, and the difference

Why is it, you ask, that the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference (scheduled next February 1-3, 2024, in New Orleans) is an event that seems to be growing in popularity and attendance. In recent years, we have standing room only in the Conference halls, and have sold out the hotel block.

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Heads-up: the registration page for the 20th Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, October 26-27, 2023, at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia, is now up.

Early registration is a good thing because space is limited, especially at the Wren Building banquet on the 26th, at which the 2023 B-K Property Rights

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Two years ago, Owners’ Counsel of America endowed a scholarship in the name of its founder, property rights advocate and trial lawyer Toby Prince Brigham (1934-2021). The scholarship is for a second- or third- year law student to attend the annual three-day ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference (the upcoming Conference will be

Screenshot 2023-06-16 at 07-52-47 How Did Property Rights Fare at the Supreme Court What Happened in the 2022 Term and What's Next ALI CLE

Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), please join us for ALI-CLE’s web program, “How Did Property Rights Fare at the Supreme Court? What Happened in the 2022 Term and What’s Next.”

Here’s the course description:

This has been a blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court term for property

Screenshot 2023-06-16 at 07-52-47 How Did Property Rights Fare at the Supreme Court What Happened in the 2022 Term and What's Next ALI CLE

On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), please join us for ALI-CLE’s web program, “How Did Property Rights Fare at the Supreme Court? What Happened in the 2022 Term and What’s Next.”

Here’s the course description:

This has been a blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court term for property law

Missed our law firm colleagues Jeff McCoy, Damien Schiff, and Christina Martin when they were live, talking about their SCOTUS wins in Wilkins v. United States (is the statute of limitations in federal Quiet Title Act cases a jurisdictional bar?), Sackett v. E.P.A. (scope of Clean Water Act wetlands jurisdiction), and Tyler v. Hennepin County

History of ED Event

Mark your calendars to join us on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 5pm Eastern Time, as the Eminent & Right of Way Club welcomes Professor Greg Jackson, host of the History That Doesn’t Suck Podcast.

We’re going to have a discussion about the history of eminent domain, what zoning looked like in

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Missed out on the 2023 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference back in February in Austin, and the legendary “Condemnation 101” track?

Well, here’s your chance to get the knowledge. On May 18, 2023, ALI-CLE is going live with a rebroadcast of that program, including real-time Q & A