This Thursday (January 13, 2011) I'll be leading two sessions at the fifth Hawaii Land Use Law conference at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu. This conference takes place biannually, so this is your last chance until 2013 to get updated on the hottest topics, by a stellar faculty.
My sessions will cover Coastal Issues (which includes shoreline boundary, takings, and the U.S. Supreme Court's Stop the Beach Renourishment case), and Water Issues (which will cover instream flow standards, public trust and private rights, and the Maui Water cases). The conference continues on Friday. Download the brochure here for a complete agenda.
The planning chairs, U. Hawaii Law Professor David Callies (U. Hawaii Law) and Ben Kudo (Imanaka, Kudo and Fujimoto), have assembled a talented and interesting faculty. The keynote speaker will be Professor Gideon Kanner, who will present "Taking a Critical Look at 30 Years of the Supreme Court's Takings Jurisprudence." That alone will be worth the admission price. Also on the faculty are Professor Patty Salkin (Albany Law), David Arakawa (Land Use Research Foundation Hawaii), Orlando Davidson (Hawaii Land Use Commission), Lisa Bail (Goodsill Anderson Quinn and Stifel), Naomi Chang (Kuiwalu), and David Tanouye (Honolulu Dep't of Planning and Permitting).
Also of note: the seminar includes 3.25 Hawaii MCPE ethics credits, so you can fulfill your 2011 requirements in one sitting (you can attend the ethics portion for only $195). Members of the HSBA Real Property and Financial Services Section are also entitled to a $200 discount in the registration fee.
My firm is sponsoring the reception in the Plumeria Room on Thursday at 5:30 immediately following the conference, so if you are able to join us, please stick around and meet the faculty and your colleagues. More details,and conference registration here.
