Family in small boat on the water with buildings in the background

Register for Shape of the Coast

The Shape of the Coast is set for Feb. 10, 2017, at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. The sessions will focus on coastal law and policy in North Carolina.

Aerial view of flooded New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans flooded after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Lieut. Commander Mark Moran, NOAA Corps, NMAO/AOC.

Splitting Heirs

Heirs’ property ownership can result in a lack of authenticated, written wills that could later be probated to preserve official title. This paper discusses how the absence of clear title could affect coastal resilience planning.

Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium rock sill

Winter 2017 Legal Tides

Charting the Future: What’s next for North Carolina Sea Grant’s coastal law and policy efforts and the N.C. Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center?