Professor Lyness presented his work in progress 鈥淭he (Limited) American Right to Roam鈥� at the 2025 Early Environmental Law Scholars Conference.
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UMass Law Professor Sean Lyness presented his work in progress “The (Limited) American Right to Roam” at the 2025 Early Environmental Law Scholars Conference hosted by the University of Florida Levin College of Law. The Colloquium brought together professors from across the country to share research on pressing environmental and property law issues. Professor Lyness’s presentation highlighted the tension between private property rights and public access to land and natural resources.
In his latest research (articles linked below), Professor Lyness focuses on environmental law at the state and local levels, with particular emphasis on the public trust doctrine and public access to natural resources. His articles analyze the application of the public trust doctrine to groundwater regulation and explore how state and local governments can better protect and manage natural resources through public trust principles. Professor Lyness teaches Civil Procedure, Water Law, and Legislation & Regulation.
Environmental Law
(2024)
Wisconsin Law Review, 1823.
Trust (2024)
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 49.
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