CELESTE B. PAGANO 530 MICHIGAN AVENUE UNIT 2-E EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60202 [email protected] (405) 887-0053
LAW TEACHING EXPERIENCE
FLORIDA COASTAL SCHOOL OF LAW Visiting Associate Professor 2013-2014 Courses: Property I, Property II, Environmental Law (traditional format), Environmental Law (online) Committees: Innovation Committee, Property Best Practices Group
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY Associate Professor 2012-2013 SCHOOL OF LAW Assistant Professor 2009-2012 Director of Certificate Program, Real Estate Courses: Contracts I, Contracts II, Contract Drafting, Land Use, Real Estate Transactions, Legal Analysis Special Course: Negotiating a Contract Under the CISG (summer program in Tianjin, China)
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Freedman Fellow 2007-2009 BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW Courses: Legal Research and Writing, Land Use Law Collaborations: Environmental Law, Property, Corporations
EDUCATION
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY LL.M Law Teaching, May 2007 BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL J.D., May 2000 Williston Contract Negotiations and Drafting Competition, First Place Journal: Harvard Journal On Legislation, Line Editor 1997-1998, Articles Editor 1998-1999 Clinical: Community Enterprise Project, Hale & Dorr Legal Services Center
1 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA B.A. Comparative Literature, May 1992 AT BERKELEY Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, High Honors, Honors in Comparative Literature
SCHOLARLY WRITING
Spaces For Dissent: Property’s Speech Claims Against the Privatization of Public Space (in progress)
DIY Urbanism: Property and Process in Grassroots City-Building, 79 MARQUETTE L. REV. 335 .pdf
Where’s The Beach? Coastal Access in the Age of Rising Tides, 40 SOUTHWESTERN LAW REVIEW 1 (2012) (lead article) .pdf
Proceed with Caution: Avoiding Hazards in Toll Road Privatizations, 83 ST. JOHN’S LAW REVIEW 351 (2009) .pdf
Adoption and Foster Care, Recent Legislation, 36 HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION 242 (1999) .pdf
PRESENTATIONS
LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION (June 2014) Minneapolis, Minnesota Panelist, Contested Spaces: Public Land and Conflicting Identities
ASSOCIATION OF LAW, PROPERTY, AND SOCIETY (May 2014) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Paper Presenter, Spaces For Dissent: Property’s Claims Against the Privatization of Public Space
CONFERENCE ON SINO-AMERICAN LAW AND LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP (May 2013) Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Paper Presenter, DIY Urbanism: Property and Process in Grassroots City-Building
ASSOCIATION FOR LAW, PROPERTY, AND SOCIETY (April 2013) University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota Paper Presenter, DIY Urbanism: Property and Process in Grassroots City-Building
LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW WORKS-IN-PROGRESS CONFERENCE (September 2012) Marquette University School of Law, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Work-in-Progress Presenter, Do-It-Yourself Urbanism
2 OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Faculty Colloquium (February 2012) Work-in-Progress Presenter, Property Norms of the Occupy Wall Street Movement
CONFERENCE ON SINO-AMERICAN LAW AND LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP (June 2011) Nankai University, Tianjin, China Paper Presenter, Road Privatization in the U.S.
FACULTY COLLOQUIUM, Oklahoma City University School of Law (October 2010) Work in Progress Presenter, Coastal Access in the Age of Rising Tides
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS (July 2007) Annual Conference, Austin, Texas Course Presenter, Developing Affordable Housing With Tax Credits and Bond Financing
THE ECONOMIC JUSTICE PROJECT, Boston, Massachusetts (various dates, 2001-2002) Workshop Presentations at Community Development Corporations in and around Boston, Basic Business Law for Entrepreneurs
LEGAL PRACTICE
COATS ROSE YALE RYMAN & LEE, Associate, January 2004-September 2006; A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Contract Attorney, 2003 Houston, Texas Primary Practice: Tax-credit and bond financed affordable housing development
PALMER AND DODGE, LLP, Associate 2000-2002; Boston, Massachusetts Summer Associate 1999 Primary Practice: Commercial real estate
Current bar memberships: Texas (inactive status)
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SELECTED REFERENCES
Joan Howarth, Dean Michigan State University College of Law [email protected] (517) 432-6993
Cynthia Stroud, Associate Dean of Faculty Development Florida Coastal School of Law [email protected] (904) 860-7799
Paula J. Dalley, Professor of Law [email protected] Oklahoma City University School of Law (405) 208-5224
Carla Spivack, Professor of Law Oklahoma City University School of Law [email protected] (405) 208-5370
Brian Foley, Professor of Law Florida Coastal School of Law [email protected] (904) 256-1162
Amanda Reid, Assistant Professor of Law Florida Coastal School of Law [email protected] (904) 256-1160
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