Nebraska Water Law Conference

October 6, 2010
Downtown Holiday Inn
Lincoln, Nebraska

Conference Information

Nebraska water law was the focus of this one-day event sponsored by the UNL Nebraska Water Center and the University of Nebraska College of Law.  The Water Law Conference was designed for the practicing attorney, but was open to anyone interested.

Presentations

The PowerPoint presentations are provided here as PDFs (three slides per page, with lines for your notes).

• Aiken, David: Simplifying Ground Water Transfers in Integrated Management Plans | Presentation (10 slides on 4 pages, 237 KB)
• Bargen, David: Of Threads and Centerlines: Riparian Boundary Disputes | Presentation (48 slides on 16 pages, 537 KB)
• Chaffin, Lash: Municipal Water Issues:  Recent Case Law | Presentation (12 slides on 4 pages, 343 KB)
• Huggenberger, Steven: Houses in the Floodplain - Who's Responsible? | Presentation (30 slides on 10 pages, 686 KB)
• Jarecke, David: Practicing Before Administrative Agencies Or Other Political Subdivisions | Presentation (10 slides on 4 pages, 64 KB)
  • Talking Points | Handout (1 page, 77 KB)
  • Administrative Appeal Brief | Handout (10 pages, 170 KB)
  • Administrative Appeals: A Trap for the Unwary | Handout (8 pages, 101 KB)
• Miller, Pat: EPA’s Priorities for Clean Water Act Programs | Presentation (45 slides on 15 pages, 4 MB)
• Richardson, Jesse, Jr.: Water Rights and Conservation Easements in Nebraska | Presentation (25 slides on 9 pages, 71 KB)
• Schutz, Anthony: The Law of Water Transfers | Presentation (18 slides on 6 pages, 305 KB)
  • Legal Aspects of an Emerging Water Market in Nebraska | Handout (2 pages, 3.9 MB)
• Smith, Chad: Applying the ESA – Embracing Uncertainty | Presentation (17 slides on 6 pages, 833 KB)
• Wilmoth, Tom: ESA: Emerging Issues Concerning Threatened and Endangered Species | Presentation (40 slides on 14 pages, 1.4 MB)
• Zellmer, Sandra: Is Water Property? | Presentation (23 slides on 5 pages, 795 KB)

CLE Credits

• Nebraska CLE: activity #53108; 6.75 total CLE hours approved
• Iowa CLE: 6.75 CLE hours approved
• Colorado CLE: 8.00 CLE hours approved