Land Use Institute 2025

Date: Dec 2, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online

Member Price: $211.00

Non-Member Price: $264.00

Section Price: $0.00

Event Code: I139625

Areas of Law: Land Use

Earn up to 5.7 credits! (More Information)

Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

Creigh Rahenkamp, PP, AICP
Creigh Rahenkamp & Associates, Riverton

Presenters

Lawrence F. Jacobs, Esq.
Mayor of Bedminster
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge
Vincent Mazzei, Jr., P.E.
State Floodplain Administrator, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton
Derek W. Orth, Esq.
Inglesino Webster Wicyskala & Taylor, LLC, Parsippany
Jason Schooling, PE, PP, ENV SP, CFM
Lead Engineer and Planner, Site Civil Engineering & Landscape Architecture
Architecture And Engineering Firm | PS&S, LLC
Matthew Seckler, PE, PTOE, PP
Stonefield Engineering & Design
Joseph C. Sparone, PE, PP
Dynamic Engineering
Bruce Stieve, AIA
Principal, Marchetto Higgins Stieve, P.C.
John Taikina, NJPP, AICP
Jonathan Testa, Esq.
Dorsey & Semrau
Steven J. Tripp, Esq.
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge
Every year, the Land Use Institute brings together attorneys, planners and other experts who will examine how retailers, commercial landlords, builders, developers, tenants and towns are responding to current challenges.

As an attendee, you’ll hear practical advice that you can apply immediately to your practice and have a chance to network with colleagues and land use professionals.

Program Agenda:

  • 9:00 | Introduction
  • 9:05 | An Update on NJDEP Proposed Resilient Environments and Landscapes (REAL) Rules
    - Moderator: Lawrence F. Jacobs, Esq.
    - Speakers: Vincent Mazzei, Jr., P.E. and Jason Schooling, PE, PP, ENV SP, CFM
  • 10:20 | Break
  • 10:30 | Insights into Preparing Expert Witnesses for Testimony
    - Moderator: Steven J. Tripp, Esq.
    - Speakers: John Taikina, NJPP, AICP; Matthew Seckler, PE, PTOE, PP; Joseph C. Sparone, PE, PP and Bruce Stieve, AIA
  • 12:00 | Lunch
  • 1:00 | The Latest on the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC) and Program
    - Moderator: Creigh Rahenkamp, NJPP
    - Speakers: Jonathan Testa, Esq.; Derek W. Orth, Esq. and John Taikinia NJPP, AICP
  • 3:00 | Adjourn

CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 5.7 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 5.7).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 5.5
PA CLE:PA Substantive Credit: 4.5
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.

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