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Land Use Clinic
Law 119
Professor Michelle Bryan Mudd, Director
406.243.6753
michelle.bryanmudd@umontana.edu
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| Clinic students meet in the field with Missoula County
planners and scientists to discuss resource protection
issues in the Crown of the Continent. |
The Land Use Clinic at The University of Montana School
of Law was established in 2000 as a component of the school’s
clinical education program and Program in Environmental and
Natural Resources Law. Designed to provide students with
practical experience regarding land use issues, the
Land Use Clinic is an in-house clinical program focusing
primarily on planning, zoning, and development
issues facing local governments. The Land Use Clinic provides
services to Western Montana cities, towns, counties and tribal
governments. Services include assistance in long-range planning
efforts and the development of growth management plans as
required by Montana law, ordinance drafting, and support
addressing specific land use issues. The Clinic also offers
workshops to train local government officials on specific
land use issues. Students work with city, town and county
attorneys and with local planning staffs and citizen boards.
Students travel to the communities for which they are working
to meet with local officials and to attend relevant public
hearings.
Past Projects
- preparing growth policies
- preparing zoning ordinances
- revising subdivision regulations to comply with state
laws
- developing an airport zoning district
- developing an extensive land use management plan for
a 56 mile long highway corridor, including working with
the affected county governments and tribal government
- research and advice concerning impact fees and other
financing mechanisms
- research and advice concerning transfer of development
rights
- draft legislation for the Montana Legislature
- workshops on topics such as writing findings and conclusions
in subdivision review, streamside zoning, and regulatory
takings
- revising floodplain ordinances
- investigation and research concerning bike trail options
- research and advice concerning billboards and wireless
towers
Sample Work
The
Role of Fish and Wildlife Evidence in Local Land Use Regulation
A report for
the Montana Department of
Fish, Wildlife & Parks
April 2009
Student Information
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