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Joseph John Kalo

Graham Kenan Professor of Law Emeritus
Joseph John Kalo

Education

  • J.D. (magna cum laude), University of Michigan (1968)
  • B.A. (honors), Michigan State University (1966)

Selected Publications

  • Do Publicly Funded Beach Nourishment Projects Deprive Oceanfront Property Owners of Private Property Rights Without Just Compensation?, LEGAL TIDES (Fall 2009). [Document Link]
  • Wind Over North Carolina Waters:  The State's Preparedness to Address Offshore and Coastal Water-Based Wind Energy Projects (with L. Schiavinato), 87 N.C. L. REV. 1819 (2009). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]
  • "Dockominiums: Exclusive Rights to Public Trust Waters and Lands?" LEGAL TIDES (Summer/Spring 2007). [Document Link]
  • North Carolina Oceanfront Property and Public Waters and Beaches: The Rights of Littoral Owners in the Twenty-First Century, 83 N.C. L. REV. 1427 (2006). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]
  • COASTAL AND OCEAN LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (West Group 2d ed. 2002). [KF5627.A7 C63 2002]
  • "Now Open For Development?": The Present State of Regulation of Activities in North Carolina Wetlands, 79 N.C. L. REV. 1667 (2001). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]
  • Putting the Cartway Before the House: Statutory Easements by Necessity, or Cartways, in North Carolina (with M. Kalo), 75 N.C. L. REV. 1943 (1997). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]
  • "Redefining Ownership of Estuarine Marshlands: "Gwathmey v. State of North Carolina", LEGAL TIDES (1996).
  • Charting A New Course In Coastal Management: Sailing Into Ocean Waters, LEGAL TIDES (with W. Clark) (Fall/Winter 1993).
  • The Battle to Preserve North Carolina Estuarine Marshes: The 1985 Legislation, Private Claims To Estuarine Marshes, Denial of Permits to Fill and The Public Trust, 64 N.C. L. REV. 565-622 (1986) (with M. Kalo). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein]

Areas of Expertise

  • Conservation
  • Environmental Law/Natural Resources Law
  • Property Law

Contact Information

Office:  5139 Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
Phone:  919.962.8518
Fax:  919.962.1277
E-mail:  jjkalo@email.unc.edu