Patricia Salkin

Salkin graduated from Albany Law School in 1988.[3]

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]

She served an appointed member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a Federal Advisory Committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.[12][13]

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]

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]

• Law of the Land

• Co-Chair, Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, New York State Bar Association, 2014–2019
• Co-Chair, Government Ethics Task Force, New York State Bar Association, 2010-2011
• Member, American Law Institute, elected March 2010
• Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, elected March 2009
• Chair, Task Force on Eminent Domain, New York State Bar Association, 2005-2007
• Delegate, American Bar Association, 2005–present
• Elected Fellow, New York State Bar Association, 2005–present
• Elected Fellow, American Bar Association, 2003–present
• Member, Advisory Board, Land Use Law Institute, Vermont Law School, 2008–present
• Member, University Council, Empire State College, 2008–present
• Member, National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, U.S. EPA, 2007–present
• Editorial Board, The Urban Lawyer, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law,1996–98, 2002–Present
• Reporter, Planning and Environmental Law, 1992–present
• Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee, American Planning Association, 1999–Present

• Kate Stoneman Award, Albany Law School (2019)[37]
• Ruth G. Shapiro Memorial Award, New York State Bar Association (2015)[38]
• Women in the Courts Honoree, Suffolk County Courts (2014)[39]
• Educational Leader, Long Island Women's Agenda (2013)[40]
• Distinguished Educator for Excellence in Scholarship, Albany Law School (2008)
• Distinguished Alumna Award, Rockefeller College, University at Albany (2004)
• Excellence in Alumni Service, University at Albany Alumni Association (2004)
• Award for Excellence in Public Service, New York State Bar Association, Committee on Attorneys in Public Service (2002)[41]
• Forty Under Forty, Capital District Business Review (2000)
• Outstanding Young Alumna Award, Albany Law School (1996)