Environmental Law Virtual Guest Speakers
Spring 2008

General information about the Virtual Guest Speaker project
Schedule of Speakers - 2008
Speakers - 1998 - 2007
Participating Schools - 1998 - 2007
Other Audio Links and Events
Discussion List

Background:

Building on a project that was started in Spring 1998, Mercer University Law School (Macon, Ga.) is working with several other schools to sponsor a "virtual" environmental law lecture series/discussion list over the Internet during the Spring 2008 semester.

Virtual speakers: Several times during the semester, a guest speaker will present a "speech" on an environmental law topic, and will participate on a discussion list with students and faculty from schools that are participating in this project.  The "speech" may be a text-only speech or interview, or it may be available in audio and text form (if it was presented live at one of the participating schools). The speech will be made available on this Web site on a Web page that contains background information about the speaker(s), links to other information about the topic or the speaker, and a link to the discussion list for the project.

Discussion list:  After the speech or interview is made available over the Internet for a few days, the speaker will respond to questions or comments from students from all of the participating schools on a Web-based threaded discussion list.  The speaker will respond to questions and comments for a week or so.  Students from the participating schools can continue the discussion on the topic on the discussion list (or discuss other topics of interest) even after the guest speaker concludes their participation on the list.


Participating schools (1998-2007):

Mercer University School of Law (sponsor)

Between 1998 and 2007, the following schools have participated (for one of more years) in the program:

Albany Law School
Arizona State University College of Law
Australian Centre for Environmental Law (Australia)
Cambridge University  (England)
Capital University Law School
Chapman University Law School
Cleveland State University - Cleveland Marshall College of Law
University of Connecticut Law School
University of Denver College of Law
Duquesne Law School
University of Florida College of Law
Florida State University Law School
Georgia State University College of  Law
George Washington University School of Law
University of Hawaii Law School
University of Houston Law School
University of Idaho Law School
Lewis and Clark Law School
Lviv National University (Ukraine)
Netayna Academic College (Israel)
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College
University of Oregon Law School
Pepperdine University School of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Seattle University Law School
Seton Hall University Law School
Southern New England School of Law
Southwestern University School of Law
Stetson University College of Law
Strathclyde University (Scotland)
UCLA Institute of the Environment
University of South Carolina School of Law
University of Toledo
Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Washington and Lee Law School
Washington University School of Law
Western New England College School of Law
Whittier Law School
Widener University Law School
College of William and Mary School of Law
Willamette Law School
Wuhan University (China)
 


Speakers for 2008:
 
Feb. 4 - 8 Professor Victor Flatt, University of Houston Law Center, Taking the Legislative Temperature: Which Federal Climate Change Legislative Proposal is “Best”? 
Feb. 18 - 22 Professor Gary Marchant, Arizona State University College of Law, Environmental Regulation of Nanotechnology
March 24 - 28 Professor Robin Craig, Florida State University College of Law, Public Health and Ecosystem Services
April 14 - 18 Professor Deepa Badrinarayana, Chapman University School of Law, Trade and Climate Change:  Is There a Path to Sustainable Development Under Law? 
April 21 - 25 Professor Lesley McAllister, University of San Diego School of Law, Moving Toward Stringency in Emissions Trading: The Problem of Slack Caps


Past speakers (1998 - 2007):
 
2007
Professor Michael C. Blumm, Lewis and Clark Law School, Justice Kennedy and the Environment
Environmental Law Institute, Marine Aquaculture: A Growing Business 
Professor John Dernbach, Widener Law School, Climate Change and Global Warming
2006
Professor J.B. Ruhl, Florida State University Law School, The Effects of Wetlands Mitigation Banking on People
Professor Dorothy Bisbee, Southern New England School of Law, Applying Agricultural Nuisance and Zoning Exemptions to On-Farm Wind Farms
Environmental Law Institute,  Water Cases Before the Supreme Court: Is Federal Environmental law Sunk?
Professor Eleanor Stein, Albany Law School, Global Warming: Public Nuisance or Political Question? 
A Case Study of Connecticut v. American Electric Power
Professor Fred Cheever, University of Denver College of Law,  Law and Nature on the Wildland-Urban Border

 
2005
ELI Associates Seminar,Alternative Strategies for Addressing Mercury Pollution
Professor Peter Appel, University of Georgia Law School , Wilderness Policy
Professor Dennis Hirsch, Capital Law School, What Privacy Regulation Can Learn From Environmental Law
Professor William C.G. Burns, University of Redlands, Department of Environmental Studies, Far From Heaven: The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Pacific Island Developing Countries and International Legal Responses
Professor Hari Osofsky, Whittier Law School, Learning from Environmental Justice: A New Model for International Envuironmental Rights 

 
2004
ELI Associates Seminar, Healthy Forests Initiative
Professor Stephen M. Johnson, Mercer University Law School, Market-Based Pollution Control Programs and Environmental Justice 
Professor Shi-Ling Hsu, George Washington University Law School, Fairness Versus Efficiency in Environmental Law 
Professor Irma Russell, University of Memphis School of Law, Ethics in the Practice of Environmental Law 

 
2002
Dr. Robert J. Goldstein, Pace University School of Law, "Putting Environmental Law on the Map: A Spatial Approach to Environmental Law Using GIS"
Environmental Law Institute Associates Seminar, Prospects for Second Generation Legislation: Congressional, State, EPA and Other Views
Ray Coss, Bridgestone-Firestone, Environmental Management Systems and Voluntary Environmental Codes
2001
Professor Zygmunt Plater, Boston College Law School, "Of Small Fish, Environmental Law and Democratic Governance"
Professor Robert Verchick, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, "The Commerce Clause, Environmental Justice and the Interstate Garbage Wars."
Environmental Law Institute Associates Seminar, Climate Change: Using State Policy Tools at the Federal Level
Professor Susan Smith, Willamette University College of Law, "The Endangered Species Act Goes to the City."

 
2000
Professor Gary Marchant, Arizona State University Law School (Co-counsel in American Trucking), "American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. EPA"
Professor Bob Collin, University of Oregon, "Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Urban Planning"
Andriy Andrusevych, Lviv National University (Ukraine), "Environmental Human Rights in International Law"
Professor Robin Craig, Western New England College of Law, "Nonpoint source pollution"
Professor William Buzbee, Emory University Law School, "Sprawl"
Professor Kim Diana Connolly, University of South Carolina Law School,  "Essential Fish Habitat"
 
1999
Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Clark Atlanta University, "Environmental Justice: Strategies for Creating Healthy and Sustainable Communities"
Professor John Bonine, Univ. of Oregon Law School, "Standing to Sue: The First Step in Access to Justice"
Paul Smyth, U.S. Dept. of Interior, Solicitor's Office, "Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument"
Professor James Grijalva, Univ. of North Dakota School of Law, "Environmental Justice in Indian Country"
Professor Howard Latin, Rutgers Law School/Newark, "EcoVitality"
Justine Thompson, Southern Envtl. Law Center, "Regulation of CAFOs"
 
1998
Professor Robert Kuehn, Dir. - Tulane Law School Environmental Law Clinic, "The Shintech siting controversy"
Robert Yuhnke, Lead Counsel, American Lung Assn. v. Browner "The NAAQS process"
Professor Wang Xi, Vice Director, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, "China's role in international environmental law"
 


Other audio links and events:

For links to other environmental law-related audio, and to a plethora of other environmental law resources, please visit the Environmental Law Teachers Clearinghouse.

For more information on the Guest Speaker Project, or to participate, contact:
Stephen Johnson
Professor
Mercer University School of Law
johnson_s@mercer.edu