Jesse Richardson
Professor of Law, Lead Land Use Attorney, Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic
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jesse.richardson@mail.wvu.edu
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Room 246, Law School
Professional Preparation
B.S., Agricultural Economics, June 1984 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
J.D., Law, May 1987 -- University of Virginia School of Law
M.S., Agricultural and Applied Economics, May 1996 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Appointments
West Virginia University College of Law -- Morgantown, West Virginia
2012 to Present – Lead Land Use Attorney
2017 to Present – Professor of Law
2014 to 2017 – Associate Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – Blacksburg, Virginia
2004 to 2014 – Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning
1998 to 2004 – Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning
2007 to 2008 – Program Chair
Law Offices of Jesse J. Richardson, Jr., P.C.
1993 to 1998 – Attorney at Law
University of Virginia School of Law
1997 – Lecturer
Hazel & Thomas, P.C.
1987 to 1991 – Associate Attorney
Publications
- Dooley, Elizabeth and Jerry Anderson, and Jesse J. Richardson, Jr., United States, DEFINITIONS OF “FOREST” AND THE LAW: A GLOBAL COMPARISON (M. Monteduro, P. Buongiorno, S. Doumbe-Bille, and D. Santiago Iglesias, ed., forthcoming) (peer reviewed book chapter) (in press) (2020).
- Richardson, J. J. (2019). An Analysis of Mandatory Hookup Law: Cases and Statutes (pp. 1-61). Washington, DC: Water Systems Council.
- Richardson, J. J. (2018). Uncertainty of Land Tenure and the Effects on Sustainability on Agriculture in the United States. International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2017 (pp. 125-149). Springer International Publishing.
- Richardson, J. J. (2017). Post-Colonial Evolution of Water Rights in India and the United States. In S. Pellissery, H. Jacobs, & B. Davy (Eds.), Land Policies in India. Springer International.
- Richardson, J. J. (2016). Who Owns the Water? Washington, D.C.: Water Systems Council.
- Richardson, J. J., Aloi, I. (Graduate Student) (2017). Exempt Wells and Agriculture (pp. 10). Fayetteville, Arkansas: National Agricultural Law Center. http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/articles/Exempt-Wells-Agriculture-Richardson.pdf
- Richardson, J. J., Aloi, I. (Graduate Student) (in press). Legal Liability Manual for Direct Marketing and Agritourism in West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia Cooperative Extension.
- Richardson, J. J. (2017). Formal Instruments to Address Environmental Change and Property Rights. In J. Sheehan, F. van Der Straalen, & T. Hartmann (Eds.), Property Rights and Climate Change: Land-Use Under Changing Environmental Conditions.
- Richardson, J. J., Aloi, I. (Graduate Student) (2017). Water Rights Table. Fayetteville, Arkansas: National Agricultural Law Center. http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/articles/Water-Rights-Tables-Richardson.pdf
- Bowen, E., Christiadi, C., Deskins, J., Lego, B., Plein, L. C., Richardson, J. J., Garvey, K. C., Waldie, S. (2017). A Roadmap on Maximizing Local Government Effectiveness in West Virginia. Morgantown. West Virginia: West Virginia University.
- Dooley, E., Richardson, J. J. (2016). United States Soil Degradation. In H. Ginzkey, I. L. Heuser, T. Qin, O. C. Ruppel, & P. Wegerdt (Eds.), International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2016 (pp. 411-430). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Richardson, J. J. (2018). Karst, Scientific Uncertainty and the Law. Proceedings of the 15th International Sinkhole Conference. Carlsbad, New Mexico: National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
- Richardson, J. J. (2017). Fitting Regulatory Square Pegs into Round Holes: Local Land Use Regulation in Karst Terrain. In W. B. White (Ed.), Karst, Groundwater Contamination, & Public Health: Moving Beyond Case Studies.
- Richardson, J. J. (2017). Hydraulic Fracturing and Local Government: Battle in the Shale Fields (1st ed., vol. 58, pp. 12-24, 34-35). Rockville, Maryland: Municipal Lawyer: The Journal of Local Government Law; International Municipal Lawyer Association.
- Richardson, J. J. (2017). Fitting Regulatory Square Pegs into Round Holes: Local Land Use Regulation in Karst Terrain. In W. B. White (Ed.), Karst, Groundwater Contamination, & Public Health: Moving Beyond Case Studies
- Richardson, Jr., Jesse J., Local Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing, 117 W. VA. L. REV. 593 (2014).
- Richardson, Jr., Jesse J., Exiting Regulation of Exempt Wells in the United States, 148 JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY WATER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Issue 1, 3-9 (Sept. 2012).
Synergistic Activities
- Board of Directors, American Agricultural Law Association, 2010-2016, President-Elect, 2013-2014; President, 2014-15;
- Board of Directors, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, 2010-2018;
- Board of Directors, Universities Council on Water Resources, 2011-2014;
- Legislative Committee, Virginia Chapter, American Planning Association, 2011-present;
- Board of Directors, Water Well Trust.