Patricia E. Salkin is an American jurist. She is the Senior Vice President for Academic for the Touro University System, and the Provost of the Graduate and Professional Divisions of Touro University.[1] She is the former (first woman) Dean of Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Central Islip, NY.[2]
After many years working at Albany Law School's Government Law Center, Salkin was appointed the Raymond & Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law, as well as Associate Dean and Director of the Government Law Center of Albany Law School.[3][4]
Salkin co-chaired of the New York State Bar Association's Standing Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar.[5] She served as a member of the New York City Bar's Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession, beginning with its initial formation in July 2012.[6] She is a past chair of the American Association of Law School's State & Local Government Law Section,[7] and is the author of hundreds of books,[8] articles[9] and columns[10] including a recent piece in the Journal of Legal Education on incorporating best practices into the teaching of land use law.[11]
A member of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates, Salkin has held many leadership positions within both the ABA and the New York State Bar Association including: Past Chair of the ABA State and Local Government Section,[14]Fellow of the ABA,[15] and former member of the Standing Committee on Governmental Affairs (ABA);[16] Past Chair of the NYSBA Municipal Law Section[17] and Founding Member and Past Chair of the NYSBA Committee on Attorneys in Public Service;[18] and she has chaired numerous NYSBA task forces including one focusing on: government ethics,[19] eminent domain,[20] and town and village justice courts.[21]
Scholarship
A nationally recognized scholar on land use law and zoning, Salkin is the author of the popular blog, Law of the Land.[22] Her land use publications include: The 4-volume 4th edition of New York Zoning Law & Practice (1999–present);[23] the 5-volume 5th edition of American Law of Zoning (2008–present);[24] Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale Companion (with Popper and Avitale)(2008);[25] Land Use & Sustainable Development: Cases and Materials, 8th ed. (Thomson West) (with Nolon) (2012);[26] Climate Change and Sustainable Development Law in a Nutshell (Thomson Reuters) (with Nolon) (2010);[27] Land Use in a Nutshell (Thomson West) (with Nolon & Wright) (2007);[28] The Greening of Local Governments (with Hirokawa, eds.) (ABA Press 2012);[29] and the annual Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, ed. (Thomson Reuters).[30]
She has served on the board of directors of the New York Planning Federation,[31] and has been active in land use reform efforts including membership on the Land Use Advisory Committee of the NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources.[32] She is a reporter for the American Planning Association's Planning & Environmental Law and on the Editorial Advisory Board for The Urban Lawyer produced by UMKC School of Law for the ABA.[33] Dean Salkin continues to serve as the long-term chair of the American Planning Association's Amicus Curiae Committee.[34] She has consulted on land use issues for many national organizations including: the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Certified Planners, the National Academy for Public Administration and the National Governor's Association.[35]
Salkin, Patricia E., Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, 2014 ed. Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2010–present. World Cat (OCLC) Catalog Record
Books
Salkin, Patricia E. Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law, 3rd Edition, Practitioner Treatise Series (w/J. Juergensmeyer and T. Roberts). Thomson Reuters. ISBN0314172505
Salkin, Patricia E. Handling the Land Use Case: Land Use Law, Practice & Forms, 3rd Edition (w/ J. Delaney, S. Abrams, F. Schnidman and J. Tappendorf). Thomson Reuters, 2019.ISBN978-1-539-23144-8
Salkin, Patricia E., ed. Town and Gown: Legal Strategies for Effective Collaboration (w/C. Baker). Chicago, IL: American Bar Association Press, 2013. ISBN978-1-61438-861-6
Salkin, Patricia E. Navigating the New Public Square: Social Media and Local Governments (w/J. Tappendorf). Chicago, IL: American Bar Association Press, 2013. ISBN978-1-61438-859-3
Salkin, Patricia E. Climate Change and Sustainable Development Law in a Nutshell (w/J. Nolon). St. Paul, MN: Thomson West, 2011. ISBN978-0-314-26420-6
Salkin, Patricia E., ed. Pioneering Women in the Law: From Kate Stoneman to the Present. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association Press, 2008. ISBN978-1-59031-984-0
Salkin, Patricia E., ed. Ethical Standards in the Public Sector, 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government Law, 2008. ISBN978-1-60442-062-3
Salkin, Patricia E. Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale, Companion Reader (w/ A. Popper and D. Avitabile). Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2008. ISBN978-1-59460-579-6
Salkin, Patricia E. Land Use and Community Development: Cases and Materials, 7th ed. (w/ J. Nolon and M. Gitelman. St. Paul, MN: Thomson West, 2008. ISBN978-0-314-18498-6
Salkin, Patricia E. Land Use in a Nutshell (w/ J. Nolon). St. Paul, MN: Thomson West, 2006. ISBN978-0-314-16371-4
Salkin, Patricia E., Land Use: Cases, Materials and Problems, 6th ed. (w/ M. Gitelman, J. Nolon and R. Wright). St. Paul, MN: Thomson West, 2004. ISBN0-314-14602-4
