Erin Ryan
Associate Professor of Law
Email: [[eryan]]
Office phone: (757) 221-3854
Office location: Room 245
Areas of Specialization
Alternative Dispute Resolution; Constitutional Law--Eminent Domain (Takings); Constitutional Law--Federalism; Energy Law; Environmental Law; Local Government Law; Natural Resources Law; Negotiation; Property Law; Property--Land Use and Zoning
Currently Teaching
Property
Representative Professional Activities and Achievements
Erin Ryan joined the faculty in 2004. She is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, where she was a Notes Editor on the Harvard Law Review and a Hewlett Fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Research Project. A former law clerk to the Honorable James R. Browning of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Professor Ryan has published on topics in dispute resolution, environmental law, and federalism. Prior to her appointment, she practiced environmental, land use, and local government law in San Francisco at Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger and taught at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Prior to law school, Ryan was a forest ranger at the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area, east of Yosemite National Park. She received a Masters degree in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University and took her undergraduate degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard-Radcliffe College. Professor Ryan teaches natural resource law, property, and negotiation.
Scholarly Publications
Books
- Federalism and the Tug of War Within (Oxford University Press forthcoming 2011).
Articles
- Negotiating Federalism (forthcoming 2010) (article exploring state-federal bargaining as a principled means of allocating authority or shepherding intergovernmental collaboration in contested interjurisdictional contexts).
- Federalism at the Cathedral: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability Rules in Tenth Amendment Infrastructure, 81 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1 (2009), cited in Percival, et. al., Environmental Regulation: Law, Science, and Policy (Aspen 6th ed. 2009). SSRN.
- Essay, Reporting on Palin: Negotiations in Political Theater, Harv. Negot. L. Rev. Online, Oct. 2, 2008, at http://www.hnlr.org/online/?p=17. SSRN.
- Federalism and the Tug of War Within: Seeking Checks and Balance in the Interjurisdictional Gray Area, 66 Md. L. Rev. 503 (2007), excerpted in Farber, Chen & Verchick, Disaster Law and Policy (Aspen forthcoming 2010). SSRN.
- Symposium Issue, New Orleans, the Chesapeake, and the Future of Environmental Assessment: Overcoming the Natural Resources Law of Unintended Consequences, 40 U. Rich. L. Rev. 981 (2006) (lead article). SSRN.
- Symposium Issue, Palazzolo, The Public Trust, and the Property Owner's Reasonable Expectations: Takings and the South Carolina Marsh Island Bridge Debate, 15 Southeastern Envtl. L.J. 121 (2006), reprinted in Property: A Legal Paradigm (Amicus Books 2009) and in Environment Public Trust Doctrine (Amicus Books forthcoming 2010). SSRN.
- Essay, Building the Emotionally Learned Negotiator, 22 Negot. J. 209 (2006)(invited). SSRN.
- The Discourse Beneath: Emotional Epistemology in Legal Deliberation and Negotiation, 10 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. 231 (2005) excerpted in Brooks & Madden, Relationship-Centered Lawyering: Social Science Theory for Transforming Legal Practice (Carolina Academic Press 2009). SSRN.
- Zoning, Taking, and Dealing: The Problems and Promise of Bargaining in Land Use Planning, 7 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. 337 (2002), reprinted in Land Use and Planning Law Handbook (West Publ'g 2003). SSRN.
- Public Trust & Distrust: Theoretical Implications of the Public Trust Doctrine for Natural Resource Management, 31 Envtl. L. 477 (2001). SSRN.
- Note, ADR, the Judiciary and Justice: Coming to Terms with the Alternatives, 113 Harv. L. Rev. 1851 (2000).
Book Chapters
- How the New Federalism Failed Katrina Victims, in Law, Property, and Society (Robin Malloy & John Lovett eds., Ashgate Press 2009); drawn from Federalism and the Tug of War Within, 66 Md. L. Rev. 503 (2007)).
Other
- Op ed., Beyond I-Got-Mine-Jack Health Care (versions published in the Virginian-Pilot (VA), Sept. 21, 2009, at 9; Star Ledger (NJ), Sept. 22, 2009, at 13; Guest Blog, American Constitution Society, William and Mary School of Law, Sept. 23, 2009).
- Op ed., Breaking Ground on the New Green Deal, Guest Blog, American Constitution Society, William and Mary School of Law, Feb. 14, 2009, reprinted in Hampton Roads Partnership Blog, Oct. 1, 2009.
- Op ed., The American Way: A Swing State Epiphany, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 6, 2008 at c-43, reprinted in Hampton Roads Partnership Blog, Nov. 7, 2008. SSRN.
- Letter to the Editor, Protecting Even "Incendiary" Speech from Censorship, Chronicle Higher Education , Mar. 18, 2005. Available here.
- Commentary: Environmental Defense Center v. EPA, 319 F.3d 398 (2003), 2003 Cal. Envtl. L. Rep. 122.
- Commentary: Vedanta Society of Southern Cal. v. California Quartet, 103 Cal. App. 4th 1200 (2002), 2003 Cal. Envtl. L. Rep. 16.
- New Housing Laws Favor Developers, Western City, Vol. LXXXIX, No. 3 (March 2003), at 14.
- The Once and Future Farm: Keeping Farms in Vermont, Conservation Matters, Vol. VI, No. 3 (Fall 1999), at 32.
- Worcester Report (The Better Homes Found. 1992)(monograph presenting public policy and demographic analysis of the housing crisis in Worcester, MA).
