Renowned land use attorney Lora Lucero joins Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program

Lora Lucero, an urban planner, land use attorney, and adjunct professor of law at the University of New Mexico, will be teaching planning law and ethics courses in the Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program.

Those who follow land use law issues should be familiar with Lora’s work. She edited the American Planning Association’s legal journal - Planning & Environmental Law - for many years, and coordinated the filing of amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs for APA in state and federal courts in many important planning law cases over the past 10 years.

She is co-editor of a leading text on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act - RLUIPA Reader: Religious Land Use, Zoning, and the Courts (Planners Press 2009) and has authored numerous articles on water, climate change and planning law issues.  Lora is also editor of the American Bar Association - Section of State & Local Government Law’s quarterly newsletter.

Lora will be teaching Current Trends in Land Use Law, from January 5 to February 12, 2011. One of the more popular courses in BOCEP, this class helps participants better understand and prepare to address hot topics in planning law today. She will be teaching Ethics in Planning and Land Use Regulations in 2011 .

With more than 30 years experience, Lora brings both a practical and academic perspective on planning, environmental and land use law to BOCEP. She began her career as a public sector planner in California. Following law school, she moved to New Mexico and quickly established herself as a strong advocate for reforming that state’s planning statutes.  She has worked with both urban and rural communities, drafting impact fee ordinances, zoning regulations, and community plans. Most recently, Lora has turned her attention to the emerging field of climate law.

BOCEP and the Professional Development Institute are delighted and honored that Lora is joining our pool of instructors. 

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PDI partners with American Planning Association divisions to make quality continuing education more affordable

To strengthen their mutual commitments to the planning profession, Rutgers University’s Professional Development Institute is providing scholarships of $100 to Deep Learning courses to members of some divisions of the American Planning Association.

Members of these divisions will pay only $195 for any Bloustein Online Continuing Education Deep Learning course.

*Gays and Lesbians in Planning

*Latinos and Planning

*Planning and the Black Community

*Planning and Women

*Private Practice

PDI is also working with the Private Practice Division to develop Deep Learning courses and Learning Labs that better meet the needs of its members, many of whom work in or own planning consultancies.

Deep Learning courses, which are entirely online, give learners practical knowledge and skills to help them in their work and career.  Designed for busy professionals who want more than they get in conferences and short training sessions, Deep Learning courses are convenient -- there are no required meetings -- and interactive.  You can share ideas with professionals from around the United States and other countries.  Courses cover a wide variety of topics, including: community development, economic development, leadership, planning law, professional practice, and urban design.

Almost all Deep Learning courses are eligible for 14 AICP Certification Maintenance credits.

The normal fee for a Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program Deep Learning course is $295.  With the scholarship, members of partnering organizations pay $195 (a discount of more than 33%).  Those pursuing a Certificate of Completion, Master Practitioner or Expert Practitioner Certificate pay an additional $50 per course.

Members need a promotion code to get the scholarship. 

• GALIP members, please contact Linda Amato
• Private Practice members, please contact Ramona Mullahey
• If you are a member of any other participating division, please contact your division chair or a member of the division’s executive committee.  Some divisions are making the promotion code available through email or in their newsletters.

The scholarship and promotion applies to all Deep Learning courses through July 2011.

Learn more about BOCEP and upcoming classes.

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Did BOCEP help you in your work or career? Let us know...

The Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program is looking for graduates of BOCEP courses to find out how their experience helped them in their work or career.

Did what you learned in a BOCEP class lead you to do something differently than you would have otherwise? Did your experience have an impact in how you approached your work or your career?

Please let PDI Director Leonardo Vazquez know.  Feel free to email him or call at 732-932-3822, x711.

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Bloustein alumni can get $100 discount on BOCEP Deep Learning classes

Anyone who graduated from Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, or its predecessor, is eligible to receive a scholarship of $100 toward any Deep Learning course offered by the Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program.

This means that Bloustein alumni would pay only $195 per course.  Alumni can apply the scholarship to any Deep Learning course. Alumni need to get the promotion code before registering to get the discounted price.  To do that, they can send an email to Programs Manager Swena Gulati.  (Please indicate your graduation year and program.  After confirming that you are an alum, we will send you the promotion code by email.)

BOCEP Deep Learning courses provide high-quality, practical and convenient learning for professionals who want more than they usually get in a typical training or conference session. All courses are completely online, and there are no required meetings.  But they are interactive -- you can learn from and share ideas with other professionals and experts through discussion boards and videoconferences.  BOCEP offers courses in a wide range of subjects, including:

• Arts-based planning
• Community development
• Economic development
• Environmental planning
• Leadership and management
• Planning and land use law
• Urban design

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