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18 THE TO URO LAWYER FALL 201 5 Conference speakers included scientists leading land use and municipal law scholars planners and representatives from local and county governments the New York Department of State and Department of Environmental Conservation Governors Office FEMA and EPA in addition to keynote speakers Michael Gerrard the Director of Columbia Law Schools Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Kate Dineen Managing Director of the N.Y. Rising Community Reconstruction Program which has worked closely with communities throughout Long Island to develop community resiliency plans. With hundreds of miles of coastal and estuarine shoreline nearly 11 million people in the metropolitan region living just above sea level and a mix of urban suburban and agricultural communities Long Island faces unique challenges from extreme weather storm surges and rising sea levels said nationally noted land use law expert Dean Patricia Salkin. Institute Director Professor Sarah Adams-Schoen stated As every Long Islander knows our future is inextricably tied to the sea. So many of us are still struggling to rebuild after the devastation of Super Storm Sandy and many experience flooding on a regular basis. Recognizing that severe storms and floods are projected to increase in intensity and frequency many local governments on Long Island have developed coastal resilience plans and some have begun to implement these plans. Touro Law was pleased to bring together many of the organizations and individuals on Long Island and throughout the region who have been working for years to increase the resilience of our coastal communities and to facilitate an in-depth Institute on Land Use Sustainable Development Law Draws Diverse Crowd of Practitioners Government Officials and Scholars to the Law Center by Sarah Adams-Schoen Director of the Institute on Land Use Sustainable Development Law Through the work of the Institute on Land Use Sustainable Development Law LUSD Touro Law Center is taking a leading role in addressing land use and sustainability issues of critical importance to Long Island the region and beyond. In April 2015 the LUSD Institute hosted its inaugural annual conference which was the first conference of its kind to focus on the role of local law and policy in addressing the threats of climate change on Long Island. Monthly Bagels with the Boards CLE Program sponsored by Farrell Fritz P.C. This year also saw the launch of Bagels with the Boards a monthly continuing education program that focuses on land use and zoning law issues facing New York municipal boards. Each program begins with a half-hour of networking followed by a one- hour presentation on a cutting edge issue of land use and zoning law. Participants may earn CLE AICP-CM Law and zoning board credits. Spring 2015 programs have featured national experts on topics ranging from planning and zoning for accessible communities to the ever-evolving legal challenges of planning and permitting mobile broadband communications infrastructure. Like the Resiliency Summit Bagels with the Boards has drawn a large and diverse audience of government officials and staff planners attorneys architects legal scholars and others. The schedule of Fall 2015 Bagels with the Boards programs is available at www.tourolaw.edulanduseinstitute.