Annual Real Property Law Schmooze Event
The Real Property Law Schmooze is an annual event which affords property law scholars the opportunity to share works-in-progress or early-stage ideas with other leading property law scholars at Texas A&M University and beyond.
2019 Real Property Law Schmooze
"Where do we go from here? Fair Housing and Community Development at a Crossroads"
January 31 - February 2, 2019
In the wake of the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, and as federal support for fair housing, affordable housing, and community development dwindles, legal experts at the 2019 Schmooze presented papers related to strategies that can help the fair housing and community development fields bridge longstanding conflicts and come together during this critical time.
Vicki L. Been, the Boxer Family Professor of Law at NYU Law School and Former Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development for the City of New York, was the Distinguished Real Property Law Keynote Speaker. Her presentation "Inclusive Communities: Learning from its False Premises, Fears, and Framing Choices, through the Lens of Gentrification" was open to the entire law school, as part of the Faculty Speaker Series.
2018 Real Property Law Schmooze
"Bridging the Urban Versus Rural Divide"
At the 2018 Schmooze, 17 invited legal scholars presented on the theme of how law can help resolve urban and rural challenges and bridge the urban versus rural divide.
Professor Joseph William Singer, the Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, was the Distinguished Real Property Law Keynote Speaker. His talk was open to the entire law school, as part of the Faculty Speaker Series.
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Inaugural Schmooze
The 2017 Schmooze featured the work of 22 legal scholars from southern law schools in the United States. Professor Lee Anne Fennell from the University of Chicago Law School gave the keynote presentation "Searching for Fair Housing."
► Learn more about the inaugural Real Property Law Schmooze.