Melissa Kwaterski Scanlan

Publications

• Open to the Public: Legal Protections for Public Access to Shifting Ocean and Great Lakes Shorelines
  29 WATER L. REV. 47 (2026) · Water Law Review · 2026
• The Public Trust Doctrine: Regulatory Reform, Climate Disruption, and Unintended Consequences
  49 ECOLOGY L. Q. 779 (2023) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2023
• Got Lead in Your Water? The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law May Be Poised to Help
  13 MICH. J. ENVTL. & ADMIN. L. 142 (2023) · Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law · 2023
• Disadvantaged Communities, Water Justice & The Promise of The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  52 SETON HALL L. REV. (2022) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2022

• The Role of the Courts in Guarding Against Privatization of Important Public Environmental Resources
  7 MICH. J. ENVTL. & ADMIN. L. 237 (2018) · Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law · 2018
• Food and Virtual Water in the Great Lakes States
  63 DEPAUL L. REV. 771 (2014) · DePaul Law Review · 2014
• Blueprint for the Great Lakes Trail
  4 MICH. J. ENVTL. & ADMIN. L. 61 (2014) · Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law · 2014
• Shifting Standards: A Meta-Theory for Public Access and Private Property along the Coast
  65 S. C. L. REV. (2013) · South Carolina Law Review · 2013
• Implementing the Public Trust Doctrine: A Lakeside View into the Trustees' World
  39 ECOLOGY L. Q. 123 (2012) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2012

• The Evolution of the Public Trust Doctrine and the Degradation of Trust Resources: Courts, Trustees and Political Power in Wisconsin
  27 ECOLOGY L. Q. 135 (2000) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2000

• The End of Welfare and Constitutional Protections for the Poor: A Case Study of the Wisconsin Works Program and Due Process Rights
  13 BERKELEY J. GENDER L. & JUST. 153 (1998) · Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice · 1998