Co-sponsored by ALI CLE
Why You Should Attend
For more than 45 years, this conference has attracted a national audience of lawyers and environmental professionals to explore the latest developments and emerging trends in the field of environmental law.
With a premier faculty drawn from the government, non-profit organizations, academia, and private practice, this year's conference featured:
- An examination of environmental law as we approach the end of the Obama administration, including the Clean Power Plan announced in August 2015
- An in-depth look at the most critical environmental issues associated with climate change, energy production, and scarcity of water resources
- Keynote address by John Cruden, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division
- Optional introductory lectures on the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, and RCRA to ground those newer to the field and to refresh more experienced practitioners
What You Will Learn
Attend Environmental Law 2016 for a thoroughly current and complete analysis of key developments and trends in the field of environmental law. Even if your practice is specialized, this course gives you an overview of the key issues arising in each of the major areas of environmental law so that you not only expand your understanding of the "big picture," but also are alerted to changes in the many intersecting facets of environmental law that may affect your practice.
A high-level faculty of seasoned private practitioners, senior governmental officials, in-house counsel, law professors, and public interest advocates brings you up-to-date on the very latest developments in:
- The Clean Power Plan and other Clean Air Act developments
- CERCLA and RCRA
- Climate change
- Environmental issues in the Supreme Court
- Government enforcement initiatives and Citizen suits
- Water quality, quantity, and wetlands
- NEPA, ESA, and environmental justice
- Environmental issues concerning the production of energy
- Due diligence and environmental insurance
- Ethical considerations (one hour)
- International environmental law
This year’s course featured a keynote address by John Cruden, Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division on Thursday morning, and optional introductory and refresher sessions on Wednesday night. Time was reserved throughout the program to network with colleagues from across the country and to have your most pressing questions answered by the faculty.
Who Should Attend?
Environmental Law 2016 will benefit private and governmental attorneys who are engaged in, or are planning to engage in, the practice of environmental law as well as environmental consultants, in-house attorneys, and public interest attorneys. While designed principally for the practitioner with considerable experience, the course also serves attorneys seeking to enter the field, in part through the series of optional introductory lectures