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Carol N. Brown

Professor of Law
Curriculum Vitae

  • Profile

    Professor Carol N. Brown teaches and writes in the areas of property, land use planning, real estate transactions, and housing law. She is the author or co-author of six books on these subjects, including West Academic Publishing’s Cases and Materials on American Property Law (7th edition) and Experiencing Housing Law, Carolina Academic Press’ Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials (10th edition), as well as a number of law review articles and book chapters. A leader in her field, Professor Brown is a frequent presenter at symposiums and conferences. She has served as the chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Real Estate Transactions and Section on Property Law, among other leadership positions on AALS committees, and is a fellow with the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Professor Brown is also a member of the Property Section of the National Conference of Bar Examiners which prepares property questions for the Multistate Bar Examination. Prior to joining the Richmond Law faculty in 2012, Professor Brown was a tenured professor at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill School of Law.

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    • Awards

      The University of Hawaii School of Law The Gifford Distinguished Lecturer i (2024)

    • Presentations

      Panelist, "The End of Chevron Deference: Implications for Housing Regulation and Finance," SEALS 2024, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) (July 2024)


      "Looking Ahead: The Endof Chevron Deference and Potential Implications for Housing Regulation and Finance," Professor's Corner - Discussion on Implications of Loper Bright for Real Property , American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law (July 2024)


      presenter/ panelist, " Greatest Hits From the High Court ," American Planning Association 2024 National Planning Conference , American Planning Association (May 2024)


      Guest Lecturer, "Affordable Housing A to Z," Distinguished Gifford Lecture, The University of Hawall School of Law (March 2024)


      Panelist, Presenter, " Legal Barriers: Covenants, Codes, & Construction Defects ," 2024 Rocky Mountain Urban Land Institute Conference, Rocky Mountain Urban Land Institute (March 2024)


      Presenter, " Hundredth Anniversary of Pennsylvania Coal vs. Mahon: How the Takings Clause Became the Primary Check on Government Power When SCOTUS Abandoned Review Under the Due Process and Contracts Clauses During the New Deal ," Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference, Pace University (December 2023)


      Presenter, "Lessons from Luminaries of Land Law: Latest and Greatest Decisions ," Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference, Pace University (December 2023)


      Presenter, " The Historical Importance of Racial Covenants in Land Records ," National Preservation Law Conference, National Trust for Historic Preservation (October 2023)


      Presenter, "The 100th Anniversary of Pennsylvania Coal v. Mahon," 2023 ABA Annual Meeting State and Local Government Law Section, The ABA (August 2023)


      "Case Law Update: Lessons from the Pandemic on Leasing and Conveyancing," American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 2022 Fall Meeting, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) (October 2022)


      "Festschrift Symposium Honoring Daniel Mandelker," Festschrift Symposium Honoring Daniel Mandelker, Washington University Law School (September 2022)


      "Racial Covenants: Redacting Our Past," American Bar Association, 2022 Annual Meeting, American Bar Association (August 2022)


      "SCOTUS and Takings: Whither Goes the Court," American Bar Association, 34th Annual RPTE National CLE Conference, American Bar Association (August 2022)


      Presenter, "SCOTUS and Takings: Whither Goes the Court," 34th Annual Real Property Trust ad Estate National CLE Conference, American Bar Association Real Property Trust and Estate Section (April 2022)


      Panelist/Presenter, "Racial Covenants: Redacting Our Past," 34th Annual RPTE National CLE Conference, American Bar Association: Real Property Trust and Estate Section (April 2022)


      Presenter, "My Extraordinary Journey: A Personal Reflection on Values and Property," Faculty Colloquy, Syracuse University College of Law and the Center on Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism (November 2020)


      "Socioeconomic Zoning Then and Now," Virginia CLE 24th Annual Advanced Real Estate Seminar, Virginia CLE (March 2020)


      "On the Eightieth Anniversary of the Old Dominion Bar Association: Socioeconomic Zoning Then and Now," Old Dominion Bar Association, Old Dominion Bar Association (February 2020)


      Presentations Prior to 2019

    • Memberships

      Board of Directors, Housing Opportunities Made Equal of VA (2021 - present)


      Academic Liaison, Real Property Section, Virginia State Bar (2020 - present)

    • Bar Admissions

      Virginia


      Alabama

    • Professional Experience

      Professor of Law (2012 - present)
      University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA


      Professor of Law (2008 - 2012)
      University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC


      Associate Professor of Law (2007 - 2008)
      University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC


      Associate Professor of Law (2004 - 2007)
      University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AL


      Assistant Professor of Law (2001 - 2004)
      University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AL


      Associate (1998 - 2001)
      Sirote & Permutt, Birmingham, AL


      Associate (1996 - 1998)
      McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, VA


      Law Clerk for Judge Sharon L. Blackburn (1995 - 1996)
      United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama

    • Certifications

      Directorship Certification National Association of Corporate Directors , 2024

  • Publications
    Books

    Experiencing Housing Law (West Academic 2d ed.) (with Helen Hardiman) (Winter 2022).

    Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press 10th ed.) (with Daniel Mandelker et al.) (2020).

    Cases and Materials on American Property Law (West Academic 7th ed.) (with Sheldon Kurtz et al.) (2019).

    Landlord and Tenant Law in a Nutshell (with David Hill) (2018).

    Experiencing Housing Law (West 1st ed.) (2016).

    Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press 9th ed.) (with Daniel Mandelker et al.) (2016).

    Jurgensmeyer's Sum and Substance Audio on Property (West Academic Publishing) (2014).

    Sum and Substance Audio on Property (with Julian Juergensmeyer) (2014).

    Cases and Materials on American Property Law (with Sheldon Kurtz et al.) (2012).

    Inside Property Law: What Matters and Why (with Daniel Bogart) (2012).

    Landlord and Tenant Law in a Nutshell (with David Hill) (2012).

    Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials (with Daniel Mandekler et al.) (2011).

    Property (Thomas West 5th ed.) (with Julian Jeurgensmeyer) (2011).

    Kelo v. City of New London and the Prospects for Development after a Natural Disaster Private Property, Community Development, and Eminent Domain (Robin Paul Malloy, ed. 2008) (2008).

    Basic Mortgage Law: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2d ed.) (with David Hill) (2007).

    Journal Articles

    A Civil Rights Defense of Gentrification , no 97 TEMPLE LAW REVIEW

    On the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Lucas: Making or Breaking the Takings Claim, 102 Iowa Law Review 1847 (with Dwight Merriam) (2017).

    A Time to Preserve: A Call for Formal Private-Property Rights in Perpetual Conservation Easements, 22 Sustain: A Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Issues 68 (2010).

    Intent and Empirics: Race to the Subprime, 93 Marquette Law Review 907 (2010).

    Rethinking Adverse Possession: An Essay on Ownership and Possession, 60 Syracuse Law Review 583-602 (with Serena Williams) (2010).

    The Houses that Eminent Domain and Housing Tax Credits Built: Imagining a Better New Orleans, 34 Fordham Urban Law Journal 689 (with Serena Williams) (2007).

    The Houses That Eminent Domain and Housing Tax Credits Built: Imagining a Better New Orleans, 16 Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law 377 (with Serena Williams) (2007).

    Drinking from a Deep Well: The Public Trust Doctrine and Western Water Law, 34 Florida State University Law Review 1 (2006).

    Book Chapters

    On the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Lucas: Making or Breaking the Takings Claim, in Zoning & Planning Law Handbook (Thomson Reuters ) (Patricia Salkin, ed.) (2019).

    A Time to Preserve: A Call for Formal Private-Property Rights in Perpetual Conservation Easements, in 2006 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook (2006).

    Book Reviews

    What's in a Name? Apparently a Lot, April 2019 Jotwell (April 2019).

    Perspectives on the Right to Exclude and the Dilemma of Climate Change, 2018 Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots) 1-2 (2018).

    Instructional Materials

    Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials, (10th ed.), Teacher’s Manual, , (2020).

    Cases and Materials on American Property Law (7th ed.), Teacher’s Manual, (2019).

    Experiencing Housing Law, Teacher’s Manual, (2016).

    Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials, (8th ed.), Teacher’s Manual, (2011).

    Magazines/Trade Publications

    Investigating Appraisal Discrimination, No Property & Probate 54 (ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section,) (May 2024) (Co-authored article; lead author = Richard Sander, UCLA School of Law).

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