Monday, March 25, 2019
12:00-1:15 p.m.
Hyatt Room
The Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, Energy and Environmental Law Society, and Energy, Environment and Land Use Program are pleased to host Professor Thomas Lininger, from the University of Oregon School of Law, to discuss his recent article “Green Ethics for Judges.” Professor Lininger will discuss the benefits of amending the ABA Code of Judicial Conduct to elevate consideration of environmental stewardship, using strategies that includes the “precautionary principle” and establishing a duty of scientific accuracy in factfinding.
Professor Lininger will be joined by the following:
Boxed lunches will be served. This event is open to the public.
Visitors should park in the Terrace Place Garage, spaces 41-92, at the corner of 21st Ave. South and Terrace Place, or the Wesley Place Garage, spaces 52-170, at the corner of 21st Ave. South and Scarritt Place. Parking costs range from $4.00 to $12.00 at these garages. Both are within walking distance of the law school.
Friday, March 29, 2019
9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Please find additional information and RSVP here .
Environmental Law Institute
Friday, April 6, 2018
Preventing Industrial Disasters in a Time of Climate Change: A Call for Financial Assurance Mandates
Impact Transaction: Lawyering for the Public Good Through Collective Impact Agreements, presented by author Patience Crowder (University of Denver Sturm College of Law)
Monday, April 9, 2018
Managing the Future of the Electricity Grid: Distributed Generation and Net Metering
ELPAR Symposium: Relative Adminstrability, Conservatives, and Environmental Regulatory Reform
Monday, March 12th
12:00 to 1:00pm
Flynn Auditorium
ELPAR, EELS, and EELU were pleased to host Professor Blake Hudson, from the Houston Law Center, to discuss his recent article, "Relative Adminstrability, Conservatives, and Environmental Regulatory Reform.” Professor Hudson discussed the merits of environmental reform through line drawing, rather than federal government programs, as an alternative which aligns with conservative values and tackles their administrability concerns head on.
Professor Hudson was joined by the following:
Michael Butler, CEO, Tennessee Wildlife Federation
Bob Martineau, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Greer Tidwell, Director of Environmental Management, Bridgestone Americas
WBUR Here and Now: When It Comes To Food In Nashville, It's Waste Not, Want Not - April 18, 2017 - Zucchini skins from kitchen prep. A half burger left on a plate. And food prepared for diners who didn't show. It all adds up to a lot of food waste for restaurants. Adjunct Professor of Law Linda Breggin is interviewed.
“Enhancing Conservation Options: an Argument for Statutory Recognition of Options to Purchase Conservation Easements,” March 13, 2017
E&E News Publishing PM: Forum discusses potential impacts of military's energy initiatives - April 10, 2015
Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and Vanderbilt Law School
April 1, 2016
9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
2168 Rayburn House Office Building (Gold Room)
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
The Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, Vanderbilt's Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt's Law and Economics Program, and Vanderbilt's Environmental Law Society hosted a panel discussion of Climenko Fellow Matthew Wansley's article "Cost-Benefit Analysis as a Commitment Device."
Panelists Included:
Food Waste Panel & Nashville Premiere of the Documentary "Just Eat It!"
The Natural Resources Defense Council, Vanderbilt Law School, Vanderbilt's Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, and Vanderbilt's Environmental Law Society present the this provocative documentary on food waste, “Just Eat It!” along with an esteemed panel for discussion.
Wed., October 28, 2015 — 12:00-2:00 p.m. — Flynn Auditorium
Panelists include:
Professor J.B. Ruhl (Vanderbilt Law School), JoAnne Berkenkamp (Natural Resources Defense Council), Darby Hoover (Natural Resources Defense Council), Jaynee Day (Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN), Seema Prasad (Miel Restaurant; Recap), Linda Breggin (Environmental Law Institute; Nashville Food Waste Initiative), Rajesh Karmani (Zero Percent)
The Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review held its Eighth Annual Conference on Capitol Hill
on April 10, 2015 discussing the following articles:
Audio of the entire panel discussion is located on the ELI website.
Environmental Protection: The Role of Shareholder Activism - March 23, 2015 - Vanderbilt Law School's Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, and Environmental Law Society, hosted Andy Mims, trustee and partner with Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors, for a lunchtime talk.
Public Utility and the Low-Carbon Future in Nashville, Tennessee - March 9, 2015 - ELPAR welcomed Professor William Boyd of the University of Colorado Law School as a part of its annual Nashville conference to discuss the importance of a revitalized and expanded notion of public utility for efforts to decarbonize the U.S. power sector. A panel of experts joined him in discussing this proposal
The Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review held its Seventh Annual Conference on Capitol Hill on April 4, 2014 discussing the following articles:
Audio of the entire panel discussion is located on the ELI website.
Robert Martineau, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will discuss environmental issues in Tennessee - September 9, 2013 - Hyatt Room, 12:05 p.m. Co-sponsored by ELPAR, the Energy, Environmental and Land Use Program, and the Environmental Law Society.
2013 ELPAR Annual Conference on Capitol Hill
March 22, 2013
Audio of the entire panel discussion is located on the ELI website.
