Schedule

Pre-Conference Events for Students
4:30 - 5:30 An Afternoon with DOJ ENRD:
Evolving Greenhouse Gas Regulations and their Challenges in Federal Court
Law School Room 128

5:00 - 7:00: Community Happy Hour
YLS Dining Hall

8:00 - close: Party at GPSCY
Local food and music
204 York Street
New Haven, CT 06520

8:15 - 9:00 Coffee

9:00 - 9:30 Introductions
Remarks from Dean Post and Student Organizers

9:30 - 11:00 Panel I: Environmental Law, Waitlisted

• Bruce Ackerman (Yale)
• Alejandro Camacho (UC-Irvine)
• Jedediah Purdy (Duke)

11:15- 12:15 Workshop Session I

• Room 128: State-level Solutions to Energy and Environmental Issues
• Room 124: The Emerging Alliance Between Labor and Environmentalism
• Room 129: Environmental Campaigning: Turning Legal Ideas into Law
• Room 121: Wildlife Law and Litigation in the Face of Climate Change
• Room 110: Locating Food Policy

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch

1:15 - 1:45 Keynote Introduction
Douglas Kysar (Yale)

1:45 - 2:45 Keynote: Lisa Heinzerling
Georgetown Law professor and Outgoing Assistant Administrator of the EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation.

3:00-4:30 Panel 2: Clearing the Air

• Michael Gerrard (Columbia)
• Catherine O'Neill (Seattle)
• Robert Verchick (EPA; Loyola)

4:30 - 4:45 Coffee Break

4:45 - 5:45 Workshop Session II

• Room 110: The Global Land Rush and Human Rights: Case Studies on Agricultural and Biofuel Investment
• Room 121: Indigenous Peoples, International Human Rights Law, and the Environment
• Room 128: Defending and Enforcing the Government’s Clean Air Laws
• Room 112: Environmental Nonprofits and the Attorney-Client Relationship
• Room 129: Cultural Cognition of Climate Change

5:45 - 7:00 Reception
Closing remarks will be made during the reception