It’s week 4 in our Law in Rural America seminar, and we’re packing in so much good stuff on rural land use including rural zoning in Wisconsin, tackling “rural blight,” and rural black land loss + heir property in the South. Read along with us! #RuralLaw 1/
Throughout the semester, I’ve been sharing bits of my own rural legal history research. This week I can’t resist talking about early rural zoners in Wisconsin and how they used it to exclude unwanted community members. 2/ 
We’re going to spend a lot of time with @Prof_Eisenberg's article, “Rural Blight.” In this article, she tackles local government challenges and solutions to the problem of vacant and uninhabitable rural buildings. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 3/
We’ll also be discussing Thomas Mitchell’s “Destabilizing the Normalization of Rural Black Land Loss.” Mitchell has researched and published extensively on rural black land loss & discussed the challenges of rural legal research methods. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 4/
The class is also fortunate to have guest speaker Professor Connor Bailey from @AuburnU come speak to us about “A Legacy of Jim Crow: Heir Property and Reparations” to round out the class period. aers.auburn.edu/conner-bailey/ 5/
TL;DR: Isaac Arnsdorf, “How a Top Chicken Company Cut Off Black Farmers, One by One,” @dailyyonder. dailyyonder.com/top-chicken-co… 6/
Debbie Weingarten, “How a Black Farming Community Found Justice,” civileats.com/2019/08/16/how… 7/
And just in case that wasn’t enough excitement for today— @UMichLaw's Headnotes will be coming in to deliver some Valograms! Couldn’t ask for a more exciting week in seminar!!! ❤️ 8/8
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