Professor Ashira Ostrow’s article, JUDICIAL REVIEW OF LOCAL LAND USE DECISIONS: LESSONS FROM RLUIPA, 31 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 717 (2008) was recently cited by a federal district court. See, United States v. Boender, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15716 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 23, 2010).

Calvin Boender, a real estate developer, was accused of bribing a city alderman (zoning official) as part of a scheme to have property rezoned. Several other alderman were subpoenaed to provide testimony on the zoning decision. The alderman asked the Court to bar inquiry into the question of why they voted for the rezoning (and other legislative matters) at trial, should they be called to testify.

The Court refused to bar inquiry into this matter, noting:

Ashira Pelman Ostrow, Judicial Review of Local Land Use Decisions: Lessons from RLUIPA, 31 HARV. J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 717, 727 (2008) (arguing against deferential judicial review of zoning decisions, in contrast to most economic regulation, in part because a combination of structural [*24] factors "leaves ample room for inconsistency and corruption in the zoning process").

Professor Ashira Ostrow has been invited to speak at the second annual symposium of the Washington and Lee University School of Law’s Journal of Energy, Climate, and Environment (JECE) and the Environmental Law Society (ELS) entitled: The Intersection of Renewable Energy Development and Geoengineering. In this symposium, leading scholars will grapple with the complexities of attempts to use technological innovation and transfer to address climate change.

Professor Ashira Ostrow’s paper, "Cooperative Federalism and Wind: A New Framework for Achieving Sustainability," was recently listed as the number one downloaded paper on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Property, Land Use & Real Estate Law and for Administrative Law.

On February 10, 2010, Professor Ashira Ostrow presented a talk entitled “Land Use Lessons from RLUIPA”, at the Ninth Annual Nelson Symposium on Local Government Law at the University of Florida.

Professor Ashira Ostrow and Dean of Albany Law School’s Government Law Center, Patricia Salkin’s article, "Cooperative Federalism and Wind: A New Framework for Sustainability” has been highlighted in a post on the Energy Collective Blog.