The William & Mary Property Rights Project

The William & Mary Law School Property Rights Project promotes the exchange of ideas between scholars and members of the property rights bar through lectures and an annual conference.  The Project recognizes outstanding contributions of individuals to the field of property rights scholarship with the annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize.

Past recipients of the Brigham-Kanner Prize have included Professor Frank I. Michelman of Harvard Law School (2004), Professor Richard A. Epstein of the University of Chicago Law School (2005), Professor James W. Ely, Jr., of Vanderbilt Law School (2006), Professor Margaret Jane Radin of the University of Michigan Law School (2007), Professor Robert C. Ellickson of Yale Law School (2008), Professor Richard E. Pipes of Harvard University (2009), Professor Carol M. Rose, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (2010) and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O' Connor (2011).

For the first time, the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference was held abroad in Beijing, China in October of 2011.  The Ninth Annual Conference will be held on October 11 - 12, 2012 at William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia.   The Conference is presented by the W&M Property Rights Project and is named in recognition of Toby Prince Brigham and Gideon Kanner for their lifetime contributions to private property rights.

For more information about the conference, contact [[ktpond,Kathy Pond]] at the William & Mary Office of Development and Alumni Affairs or call (757) 221-3796.

The William & Mary Law School Property Rights Project is Directed by Chancellor Professor of Law Lynda Butler.  For more information about the Property Rights Project, please [[llbutl,contact her]].