Real Estate and Land Use
A Career in Real Estate and Land Use Law
If you are thinking about the Real Estate and Land Use Path to Practice, you are preparing for practice in:
- Small, midsize, or large law firm
- Municipal government law department
- Local, state, or federal agency
- Private sector development company
- Private company with significant real estate holdings
- Large non-profits, such as hospitals, with such holdings
You may do any of the following in practice:
- Advise private, civic, and public agency clients regarding applicable land use regulations
- Assist these clients in reviewing development proposals with an eye toward furthering, improving, or opposing them.
- Bring or defend actions challenging state and local government decisions regarding land use and development
- Represent buyers, sellers, developers, banks, and investors in structuring and executing transactions for the transfer, lease, development, and financing of real estate
- Advise clients regarding the close relationship between real estate transactions and state and local land use regulation
To complete the Real Estate and Land Use Path to Practice, students should complete a minimum of 15 credits in real estate and land use courses, with at least 9 credits in Foundational Courses. Learn more about course recommendations below:
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Students should take nine credits from the following Foundational Courses as early as possible:
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Students should take at least one of the following Experiential Courses:
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Students should earn the balance of their credits from one or more of the following Elective Courses:
- Administrative Law LAW 671 (3)
- Advanced Land Use & Sustainable Development Seminar LAW 686A (2)
- Commercial Leasing LAW 908 (2 or 3)
- Conservation Law LAW 775 (2)
- Construction Law LAW 643 (2)
- Environmental Dispute Resolution LAW 797N (3)
- Environmental Law in Commercial Transactions LAW 772 (2)
- Historic Preservation Seminar LAW 743 (2)
Featured Faculty
Professor of Law
Class of 2003 Faculty Scholar
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
White Plains
Contact
For more information regarding this Path to Practice, contact Professor Shelby Green.