Tulane Law Hosts International Property Law Scholars

The Association for Law, Property, & Society (ALPS) will bring scholars from across the world to Tulane Law School for its annual meeting, June 4-6 at the John Giffen Weinmann Hall.

ALPS is an international organization dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary scholarship surrounding property law, policy, theory and the role property law plays in society. Through conferences, publications and more, ALPS helps foster greater collaboration among property law scholars.

The conference is expected to draw more than 120 participants from across the world and will include panels highlighting issues in affordable housing, developments in eminent domain law, the intersection of property law and digital assets, governing environmental protections and energy production, teaching property law in the first-year law school curriculum, and much more. The conference will also include a historic preservation tour of downtown New Orleans and other events highlighting the local culture, including a beignet breakfast and live jazz music.

The conference will feature a keynote presentation by Professor Joseph W. Singer of Harvard Law School. The session, titled “The Rule of Law, Democracy, and Property – Deep Pits & Solid Ground: What if Property Law is Both the Cause of the Affordability Crisis and the Solution to It?” will examine the relationship between property law and housing affordability.  Professor Singer’s presentation will thereafter be published in the ALPS Law Journal, marking the 100th law review article of his illustrious career. 

Additionally, the conference will feature two plenary sessions highlighting academic specialties of Tulane Law School. First, there will be a plenary panel on comparative property law which will explore how everyday property disputes are resolved in different jurisdictions. Second, there will be a plenary panel on outer space as the next great commons. 

This year’s ALPS conference is organized by the A.D. Freeman Professor of Civil Law at Tulane Law Sally Brown Richardson, a past President of the ALPS organization.  The conference will also feature Tulane Law’s Oliver Houck Chair in Environmental Law, Professor Rebecca Bratspies. 

While primarily focused on in-person attendance, there are virtual options available to those unable to attend in-person. You can learn more about the event and register for online participation here.