Professor Lyness presented his work in progress “The (Limited) American Right to Roam” at the 16th Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship at Vermont Law and Graduate School.
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UMass Law Professor Sean Lyness presented his work in progress “The (Limited) American Right to Roam” at the 16th Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship at Vermont Law and Graduate School. The Colloquium brought together professors from across the country to share research on pressing environmental and property law issues. Professor Lyness’s presentation highlighted the tension between private property rights and public access to land and natural resources. This was Professor Lyness’s fifth time presenting at the annual colloquium.
In his latest research (articles linked below), Professor Lyness focuses on environmental law at the state and local levels, with particular emphasis on the public trust doctrine and public access to natural resources. His articles analyze the application of the public trust doctrine to groundwater regulation and explores how state and local governments can better protect and manage natural resources through public trust principles. Professor Lyness teaches Civil Procedure, Water Law, and Legislation & Regulation.
Groundwater Law and Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado (forthcoming 2025)
Environmental Law
Entrusting Groundwater (2024)
Wisconsin Law Review, 1823.
Localizing the Public Trust (2024)
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 49.