Starting Date: 03-22-2012
Ending Date: 03-24-2012
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
United States25th Annual National Association of Environmental Law Societies 2012
Conference hosted by the University of Michigan Law School
Possible Dates: February 16-19, March 22-25, 29-31 April 5-8
Events to consider when choosing a date:
ABA’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Conference
(usually mid-March)
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the University of
Oregon (usually beginning of March)
UMLS Winter Recess (February 25-March 5)
UMLS Admissions Office’s Admitted Student Weekend (two weekends in
March or April)
UMLS SFF Auction (one evening in March or April)
Venue
The University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
In addition to the well-known and celebrated law quad that hosted the first
NAELS Conference in 1988, the University of Michigan Law School will feature
a new commons and academic building in the spring of 2012. The commons
and the academic building are currently under construction but are scheduled
to be completed in January 2012. Though the new academic building is
designed in the gothic style of the law quad, it is on track to be LEED certified.
The NAELS 2012 Conference will benefit greatly from having these new spaces
to hold events during the conference. More information on both building
projects can be found at
http://www.law.umich.edu/buildingproject/Pages/home.aspx.
Theme
25 Back, 25 Forward: Environmental Law at the Crossroads
As the National Association of Environmental Law Societies gathers for its 25th
Annual Conference in 2012, our country will have seen 22 years pass since
the last major piece of environmental legislation was passed, 1990’s Clean Air
Act Amendments. Despite this period of legislative inaction, the call from
environmentally concerned activists, citizens and leaders for government action
on a wide array of issues such as climate change, water quality, and natural
resource protection remains strong. As we stand at this crossroad looking
back at the past 25 years and forward to the next 25, we will try to
understand how the environmental law movement arrived at its current position
and the avenues for action—legislative, judicial, and executive—that lay before
us.
Possible panel subjects:
The Course of Environmental Law from 1988 to 2012
The Current State of the Environmental Law Movement
The Future of Environmental Law: Legislative Strategies
The Future of Environmental Law: Executive and Administrative
Strategies
The Future of Environmental Law: Judicial Strategies
The Role of Activism in the Future of the Environmental Law MovementGeographical Scope: National Conference |
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