THE EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CURRICULUM SCHEDULE

Hosted by Vermont Law School

THURSDAY JUNE 20

5:00 PM Bus from conference hotels to VLS

5:30 PM Beer and wine

6:00 PM Keynote address: The Importance of Teaching about Climate

Bill McKibben, Middlebury College and 350.org

6:30 PM Dinner and Keynote Panel: Comparing Educational Theories

Moderator: John Echeverria, Vermont Law School

Helen Kang, Golden Gate University Law

Richard Lazarus, Harvard Law School

Michael Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt Law School

 8:00 PM Bus back to hotels

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 21*

9:00 AM Bus from conference hotels to VLS

9:30 AM Coffee

10:00 AM Panel 1: Teaching Climate without Despair

Moderator: Jennifer Rushlow, Vermont Law School

Shalanda Baker, Northeastern University School of Law

Ann Carlson, UCLA Law

Melissa Powers, Lewis & Clark Law School

11:15 AM Panel 2: Old Statutes as Modern Problem-Solvers

Moderator: Hillary Hoffmann, Vermont Law School

Sarah Krakoff, University of Colorado Law School

Robin Kundis Craig, The University of Utah College of Law

Mark Squillace, University of Colorado Law School

12:30 PM Food Truck Lunch

2:00 PM Panel 3: Undivided Environmentalism

Moderator: Laurie Beyranevand, Vermont Law School

Marianne Engleman-Lado, Yale University

Margot Pollans, Pace Law School

Edward Richards, Louisiana State University Law School

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM Panel 4: The Practitioner’s Perspective

Moderator: Tom McHenry, Vermont Law School

Susan Cooke, McDermott Will & Emery

John Cruden, Beveridge & Diamond

4:45 PM Break

5:00 PM Bus to Fable Farms for farm-to-table dinner

6:00 PM Remarks: Diversity in the Environmental Law Academy

Mark Latham, Vermont Law School

 7:15 PM Bus back to hotels

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 22

9:00 AM Bus from conference hotels to farm

9:30 AM Local farm tours in South Royalton and Tunbridge

11:30 AM Picnic lunch

12:45 PM Brewery tour and beer tasting

2:30 PM Bus back to hotels

 

*Note: order of Friday panels subject to change