Shea B. Airey (J.D. 2009, South Carolina) has published Conservation Easements in Private Practice, 44 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 745 (2010) (winning entry in the 2009-10 Real Property/Trust & Estate Law Student Writing Contest). Here is the abstract:

This Article presents an overview of conservation easements that is designed to help practitioners better incorporate the tool into practice in order to reap the myriad benefits that state and federal law authorize. By providing an account of the development of conservation easements, an outline of current available legal benefits, and examples of hypothetical treatment in various states, the Author provides practitioners with that which is necessary to put the conservation easement to use for their clients.