12/17/02--The Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review will hold its annual symposium on Thursday, January 16, 2003. This year’s topic is focused on "Twists in the Path from Mount Laurel." Notable speakers will address the fascinating topic of the tension between providing affordable housing and ensuring environmental protection.

The Symposium is composed of an accomplished and diverse group of speakers. Daniel R. Mandelker is a professor at Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, author of the treatise Land Use Law, and co-author of two casebooks: Planning and Control of Land Development and Property Law and the Public Interest. Cecily B. Talbert is a partner at Bingham McCutchen, LLP and co-author of Curtin’s California Land Use and Planning Law. Mark Bobrowski is a professor at New England School of Law and author of Handbook of Massachusetts Land Use and Planning Law. Robert H. Russell is a professor at Tufts University and a former attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation. Jon Witten is president of Horsley & Witten, Inc., member of Daley & Witten, LLC, adjunct professor at Boston College Law School, and lecturer at Tufts University Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.

The Symposium will be held in East Wing Room 120. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Roz Kaplan at kaplanr@bc.edu.