Environmental Law & Policy Annual Review
The Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review
held its
Sixth Annual Conference on Capitol Hill
March 22, 2013
The following articles discussed were:
- David E. Adelman and Ian J. Duncan, “The Limits of Liability in Promoting Safe Geologic Sequestration of CO2,” 22 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 1 (2011)
Commenters:
Priya Aiyar, Deputy General Counsel for Environment and Nuclear Programs, Department of Energy
Scott Anderson (co-commenter), Senior Policy Advisor, Environmental Defense Fund and Fred Eames (co-commenter), Partner, Hunton & Williams
Ray Ludwiszewski (co-commenter), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Karyn Marsh (co-commenter), Staff Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
John Pendergrass, Director, Center for State, Local, and Regional Environmental Programs, Environmental Law Institute
- Dave Owen, “Critical Habitat and the Challenge of Regulating Small Harms,” 64 Florida Law Review 141 (2012)
Commenters:
David Hayes, Deputy Secretary, Department of Interior
Michael Senatore, Vice President, Conservation Law, Defenders of Wildlife
Andrew Turner, Counsel, Hunton & Williams
- Barton H. Thompson, Jr., “A Federal Act to Promote Integrated Water Management: Is the CZMA a Useful Model?,” 42 Environmental Law 201 (2012)
Commenters:
Brad Campbell, Former Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Founder, Bradley M. Campbell
Michael Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior
Adam Schempp, Director, Western Water Program, Environmental Law Institute
The Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) is a joint publication between Vanderbilt University Law School (VULS) and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in Washington, D.C. Each year, Vanderbilt Law students work with an expert advisory board and senior staff from ELI to identify the year’s best legal and policy solutions to pressing environmental problems. The result is a one issue, student-edited volume that includes condensed versions of the selected articles, along with commentaries from leading experts from the academy, law firms, business, government and non-governmental organizations. The comments represent a broad range of perspectives.
The authors of the articles and comments present their work at an annual conference in Washington, D.C., that is co-sponsored by ELI and VULS. The attendees have an opportunity for dialogue with the panelists and with other audience members. Our audience includes representatives from businesses, state and federal government, think tanks, and non-profit organizations.
2012-13 ELPAR
(L to R): Top Row: Caroline Cecot, Nicky Moody, Veronica Gordon, Elise Hofer, Professor Linda Breggin,
Professor Michael Vandenbergh
Row 2: Seamus Kelly, Emma Doineau, Anna Claire Skinner, Rachel Bevans, Nina Maja Bergmar
Row 3: David Staab, Amelia McKeithen, Jade Preis, Jake Byl
Bottom Row: Christian Crowley, Chip Sherwood, Mike Dearington, Yaw Temeng
Not pictured: Merrick Parrott, Wyatt Sassman, Emma Stephens
"ELPAR is a really groundbreaking approach to bringing the country's top legal scholarship to policymakers and practitioners. Working with Professor Breggin and her team at ELI gives you access to some of the most well-respected environmental attorneys in the country, not just through the editorial work you do with authors and commenters but also during ELPAR's annual symposium on the Hill. Perhaps most gratifying is the source of pride for students when we see some of the policy recommendations we helped identify being put into practice."
Patrick Lynch, Class of 2010
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