Timothy M. Mulvaney
Associate Professor of Law
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Courses: Property, Advanced Topics in Property Theory, Land Use Law, Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Constitutional Issues in Environmental Law
Professor Timothy Mulvaney joined the faculty of Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2009. His scholarship explores the many conflicts at the intersection of property, land use, and environmental law, with a particular focus on constitutional takings jurisprudence. As noted below, Professor Mulvaney has published articles on these topics in the primary or secondary law journals of Yale University, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Davis, George Mason University, Baylor University, Tulane University, Florida State University, and the University of Richmond. Among other affiliations, Professor Mulvaney is the Chair-Elect of the AALS Section on Property and an editor of the
Environmental Law Prof Blog.
Prior to joining Texas Wesleyan, Professor Mulvaney worked at an environmental law research institute associated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Sea Grant program at the University of Mississippi School of Law. At the University of Mississippi, he taught Land Use Law and select lectures in Constitutional Law. Before entering academia, Professor Mulvaney served as a Deputy Attorney General in the environmental and land use practice group of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.
Professor Mulvaney earned his J.D. from the Villanova University School of Law and his B.A. in Economics from Haverford College. At Haverford, he served as president of the Haverford College Athletic Association and captained both the basketball and baseball teams. Prior to law school, he spent one year with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.
Selected Publications
“Foreground Principles,” 20
George Mason L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2013).
“Exactions for the Future,” 64
Baylor L. Rev. 511 (2012). [
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“The New Judicial Takings Construct,” 120
Yale Law Journal Online 247 (2011). [
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“Proposed Exactions,” 26
Florida State Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 279 (2011). [
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"The Remnants of Exaction Takings," 33
University of California at Davis Environmental Law & Policy Journal 189 (2010), reprinted in 2011 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook (Patricia E. Salkin ed.).
"Uncertainties Remain for Judicial Takings Theory,"
Probate & Property, Vol. 24, No. 6 (November/December 2010) (received the 2010 Excellence in Writing Award for Best Overall Article in Real Property from the publication’s editorial board).
"Pining for Sustainability," 44
University of Richmond Law Review 115 (2010).
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"Instream Flows and the Public Trust," 22
Tulane Environmental Law Journal 315 (2009).
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"Waterlocked: Public Access to New Jersey’s Coastline," 34
University of California at Berkeley Ecology Law Quarterly 579 (2007) (co-author).
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