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Institute for Global Law and Policy
Registration is open for the IGLP: The Conference taking place at Harvard Law School, June 2-3, 2018.
April Showers
ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting Looking forward to taking my Business Organizations class to the ABA Business Law Section’s Spring Meeting this week at the Rosen Shingle Creek. We will be attending a session on Public Private Partnerships in International Business Law. This semester has seen a number of developments with international trade, tariffs,…
Central Florida Earth Day
Central Florida Earth Day includes exhibits and activities, taking place at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando on April 21, 2018 from 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Admission is FREE! Earth Day is a family-friendly, dog-friendly, alcohol-free, and smoke-free event. Earth Day is a vegan event; for information on why, visit the Why Vegan? page. Earth Day program is…
Hurricanes, Natural Disaster Preparedness, and Environmental Justice
Barry University hosted its annual Environmental Law Summit on April 5th. The program featured keynote presentations by U.S. Representative Darren Soto, who represents Florida’s 9th District and is the first Floridian of Puerto Rican descent to represent Florida in Congress, and Dierdra Macnab, who is the former state president of the Florida League of Women…
Environmental Justice Bill
Last week, the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice organized a program titled, “Environmental Justice in the 21st Century: Threats and Opportunities,” featuring a keynote address by U.S. Senator Cory Booker at the ABA’s Washington, D.C. office. The event was co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute, Beveridge & Diamond, and ABA Section on Environment,…
Necessity Defense in “Valve Turners” #ShutItDown Case
A precedent-setting case in Minnesota is setting the stage for an epic legal fight for climate change. Common Dreams reported earlier about “Victory for ‘Valve Turners’ as Judge Allows ‘Necessity Defense’ for Climate Trial.” In a decision that is being called “groundbreaking” and “precedent-setting,” a district court judge in Minnesota has ruled that he will…
Law Professors Submit Amicus Brief in Juliana Case
This week I joined as a signatory for the Law Professors’ Brief in Support of Plaintiffs’ Opposition to the Government’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus as a part of the Dignity Rights Project in the case of Juliana v. United States, On Petition For A Writ Of Mandamus In Case No. 6:15-cv-01517-TC-AA (D. Or.) (9th Circuit). The…
Hitting Pause on the Fourth of July: Indigenous Rights and Environmental Sovereignty
The Fourth of July holiday is hailed as Independence Day for America, the commemoration of breaking free of the tyranny of the British Crown. The enshrined ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence resonate in the American psyche 241 years later. In rejoicing over our nation’s birth, there…