A Climate of Disruption:
This year’s symposium will cover international environmental law with a focus on biodiversity and climate change. Topics include the effect of global warming on plant and animal life; preservation of biodiversity; comparative efforts in biodiversity preservation; the relationship between climate change, biodiversity, and trade; the domestic implementation of climate change and biodiversity compliance; and many more.
Friday, February 15, 2008
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Castle Board Room, MSU College of Law
Keynote - Nicholas A. Robinson, Professor of Law, Pace Law School & Co-Director, Center for Environmental Legal Studies
Thomas T. Ankersen, Director, Conservation Clinic, University of Florida Levin College of Law
John Kunich, Visiting Professor of Law, Charlotte School of Law
John Reifenberg, Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law
Joseph Dellapenna, Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law
Alejandro Camacho, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School
Jeff McNeely, Chief Scientist, The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Robert B. McKinstry, Partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Steven Chester, Director, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Debra L. Donahue, Winston S. Howard Distinguished Professor of Law University of Wyoming College of Law
Conference fee: $25 (students are free)