Patricia Salkin

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Patricia E. Salkin is the Dean of Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Central Islip, NY. Prior to joining the Touro College Jacob D. Fuschberg Law Center in the summer of 2012, Dean Salkin was the Raymond & Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law, as well as Associate Dean and Director of the Government Law Center of Albany Law School. Dean Salkin is a current member of the NYS Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar and a member of the City Bar’s Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession. She is a past chair of the American Association of Law School’s State & Local Government Law Section, and is the author of hundreds of books, articles and columns including a recent piece in the Journal of Legal Education on incorporating best practices into the teaching of land use law. She is an appointed member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a Federal Advisory Committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

A member of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, Dean Salkin holds and has held many leadership positions within both the ABA and the New York State Bar Association including: Past Chair of the ABA State and Local Government Section and current member of the Standing Committee on Governmental Affairs (ABA); Past Chair of the NYSBA Municipal Law Section and Founding Member and Past Chair of the NYSBA Committee on Attorneys in Public Service; and she has chaired numerous NYSBA task forces including one focusing on: government ethics, eminent domain, and town and village justice courts.

A nationally recognized scholar on land use law and zoning, Dean Salkin is the author of the popular blog, Law of the Land http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/. Her land use publications include: The 4-volume 4th edition of New York Zoning Law & Practice (1999-present); the 5-volume 5th edition of American Law of Zoning (2008-present); Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale Companion (with Popper and Avitale)(2008); Land Use & Sustainable Development: Cases and Materials, 8th ed. (Thomson West) (with Nolon) (2012); Climate Change and Sustainable Development Law in a Nutshell (Thomson Reuters) (with Nolon) (2010); Land Use in a Nutshell (Thomson West) (with Nolon) (2007);The Greening of Local Governments (with Hirokawa, eds.) (ABA Press 2012); and the annual Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, ed. (Thomson Reuters).

She has served on the Board of Directors of the New York Planning Federation, and has been active in land use reform efforts including membership on the Land Use Advisory Committee of the NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources. She is a reporter for the American Planning Association's Planning & Environmental Law and on the Editorial Advisory Board for The Urban Lawyer produced by UMKC School of Law for the ABA. Dean Salkin continues to serve as the long-term chair of the American Planning Association's Amicus Curiae Committee. She has consulted on land use issues for many national organizations including: the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Certified Planners, the National Academy for Public Administration and the National Governor’s Association.

Publications

Continuing treatises

  • Salkin, Patricia E. American Law of Zoning, 5th ed.: Thomson/West, 2008–present
  • Salkin, Patricia E., New York Zoning Law and Practice, 4th ed. :West Group, 1999–present
  • Patricia E. Salkin Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, 2010 ed. ISBN 978-0-314-92764-4

New Edition

Books

  • Salkin, Patricia E. Climate Change and Sustainable Development Law in a Nutshell (w/J. Nolon)(Thomson West 2011) ISBN 978-0-314-26420-6
  • Salkin, Patricia E., ed. Pioneering Women in the Law: From Kate Stoneman to the Present. Chicago, Ill: ABA Pub, 2008. ISBN 978-1-59031-984-0
  • Salkin, Patricia E., ed. Ethical Standards in the Public Sector. Chicago, Ill: American Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government Law, 2nd ed. 2008. ISBN 978-1-60442-062-3
  • Salkin, Patricia E. Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale, Companion Reader(w/ A. Popper and D. Avitabile)(Carolina Academic Press, 2008) ISBN 978-1-59460-579-6
  • Salkin, Patricia E. Land Use and Community Development: Cases and Materials, 7th ed.(w/ J. Nolon and M. Gitelman) (Thomson West, January 2008) ISBN 978-0-314-18498-6
  • Salkin, Patricia E. Land Use in a Nutshell (w/ J. Nolon) (Thomson West 2006) ISBN 978-0-314-16371-4
  • Salkin, Patricia E., Land Use: Cases, Materials and Problems, 6th ed. (w/ M. Gitelman, J. Nolon and R. Wright) (Thomson West, January 2004) ISBN 0-314-14602-4

Articles

Selected recent articles:[1]

Blogs

Professional activities

  • Co-Chair, Government Ethics Task Force, New York State Bar Association, 2010-2011
  • Member, American Law Institute,elected March 2010
  • Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, elected March 2009
  • Chair, Task Force on Eminent Domain, New York State Bar Association, 2005-2007
  • Delegate, American Bar Association, 2005–present
  • Elected Fellow, New York State Bar Association, 2005–present
  • Elected Fellow, American Bar Association, 2003–present
  • Member, Advisory Board, Land Use Law Institute, Vermont Law School, 2008–present
  • Member, University Council, Empire State College, 2008–present
  • Member, National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, U.S. EPA, 2007–present
  • Editorial Board, The Urban Lawyer, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law,1996–98, 2002–Present
  • Reporter, Planning and Environmental Law, 1992–present
  • Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee,American Planning Association, 1999–Present

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Educator for Excellence in Scholarship, Albany Law School(2008)
  • Distinguished Member Award, Capital District Women’s Bar Association (2007)
  • Citizen of the Year, Town of Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce (2006)
  • Distinguished Alumna Award, Rockefeller College, University at Albany (2004)
  • Excellence in Alumni Service, University at Albany Alumni Association (2004)
  • Community Service Award, Hudson-Mohawk Association of Colleges and Universities (2003)
  • Award for Excellence in Public Service, New York State Bar Association, Committee on Attorneys in Public Service (2002)
  • Leadership Award, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Northeastern New York Chapter (2001)
  • Bernard E. Harvith Award for Environmental Law, Albany Law School Environmental Alumni (2000)
  • Forty Under Forty, Capital District Business Review (2000)
  • Lawrence F. Klepper Community Builder Award, NYS Council of Community Services (1999)
  • Jefferson B. Fordham Award for “Up & Comers” in State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association (1998)
  • Hugh R. Pomeroy Award for Zoning Law Achievement, New York Planning Federation (1997)
  • Outstanding Young Alumna Award, Albany Law School (1996)
  • Tribute to Women Award, YWCA of Albany (1995)

References

  1. ↑ "Patricia Salkin's Scholarly Papers". Social Science Research Network. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
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