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Amy Kelley
Amy Kelley
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Amy Kelley
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Biographical Information
Former law clerk for U.S. District Court, Sioux Falls, and in private practice in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Taught as visiting professor at University of Texas, University of San Diego, and University of San Francisco schools of law. Former Treasurer, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, and chair, AALS Sections of Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law. Editor-in-Chief and contributing author to leading treatise on water law, Waters and Water Rights (Lexis/Nexis).
Teaching Areas
- Zoning and Land Use Regulations
- Water Law
- Public Lands
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Procedure
Publications
Treatise
- Robert Beck, Ed., IV Waters and Water Rights, (Lexis/Nexis 2004) (Replacement volume) (Annual Supplements, 2005, 2006, 2007): Constitutional Foundations of Federal Water Law, Chapter 35
Federal-State Relations in Water, Chapter 36
Acquisition of Property for Federal Water Projects, Chapter 38
Planning, Authorization and Operation of Federal Water Projects, Chapter 39
Federal Reclamation Law, Chapter 41
Immunities of the United States, Chapter 42
Articles
- Note on Washington Indian Water Rights Settlements, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Water Law Newsletter, Volume XLI, #1, 2008
- Rapanos v. United States, 126 S.Ct. 2208 (2006) published in the November 3rd edition of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Water Law Newsletter, Volume XL, 2007
Participation
- Law school representative on the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Scholarship committee
- Editor-in-Chief of the Water Law Newsletter, 2008
- Editor-in-Chief of the Matthew Bender-Lexis/Nexis Waters and Water Rights treatise, 2006.
- Finished an evaluation of the scholarship of a professor from another law school for purposes of providing feedback on that professor's application for promotion, September, 2005
