Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal  Inaugural Symposium

2008 Theme: COASTAL RESILIENCY

Symposium Presentations:

Sharon Hodge Northern Gulf Institute, Mississippi State University
Government and Academic Institutional Involvement in Gulf Coast Resiliency

Sandra Nichols Environmental Law Institute
New Frameworks for Managing Dynamic Coasts

Megan Higgins Rhode Island Sea Grant legal Program, Roger Williams School of Law
Legal and Policy Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Beaches and Coastal Property

Thomas Ruppert Environmental Law and Conservation Clinic, University of Florida College of Law
Eroding Long-Term Prospects for Dynamic Beach Habitat in Florida: A coastal Resiliency Conundrum

Richard Hartman Town Planner, Town of Longboat Key, Florida
Fertilizer Ordinances in Florida

John D'Agostino New Jersey Coastal Management Program
Resistance to Resilience: Coastal Hazard Policy, Science & Planning in New Jersey

Ernest B. Abbott FEMA Law Associates
Floods, Flood Insurance Contracts, Politics - and Catastrophe: Ligitation Under the National Flood Insurance Program

We had a wonderful Symposium on March 26, 2008, at the Depot, at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS. The keynote address was given by Lt. Gen. Clark Griffith, chairman of the "Reviving the Renaissance" Committee for the City of Biloxi, Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina.

The inaugural symposium focused on coastal resiliency. Coastal resiliency refers to the ability of coastal cities, towns, and communities to adapt and recover from natural hazards, including hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, and disease epidemics. 

The National Sea Grant Law center is excited to announce the development of the new Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal.  It will provide a forum for the timely discussion and exploration of legal topics of relevance to the Sea Grant network of extension agents, researchers, coastal managers and users, and local decision-makers. The Journal will feature concise, 30 – 35 page, articles on a range of subjects including fisheries, coastal development, coastal access, and pollution. Unlike traditional law reviews, the Journal will feature more applied research and case studies. Due to their timeliness and brevity, Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal articles will be of interest to anyone involved in coastal management, lawyer and non-lawyer alike.

The Journal will be published on-line on a biannual basis and access will be free. Each spring, the National Sea Grant Law Center will sponsor a symposium and invite papers from academics and practitioners for publication in June. The fall issue, published in December, will feature law student articles submitted in response to a yearly request for papers. The Journal’s editorial board and outside experts, as needed, will review all articles prior to publication.

Stephanie Showalter, Director of the National Sea Grant Law Center and an adjunct faculty member of the University of Mississippi School of Law, serves as the Journal’s editor.

Editorial Board

Tom Ankersen, University of Florida Levin College of Law
David Case, University of Mississippi School of Law
Kristen Fletcher, Roger Williams School of Law, Bristol, Rhode Island
Richard McLaughlin, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Kathryn Mengerink, Environmental Law Institute’s Ocean Program