Environmental Law
Why Attend?
In its thirty-six-year history, this course of study has served as the leading annual program and meeting for attorneys, private and governmental, who are engaged in, or are planning to engage in, the practice of environmental law. The course has attracted lawyers and other environmental professionals from all 50 states who share a commitment to update their skills and knowledge continually.
What You Will Learn
Comprising almost 18 hours of instruction, the course is widely recognized as the preeminent annual opportunity for environmental lawyers and other professionals to learn from one another and from a faculty of leading practitioners, scholars, and governmental officials. A significant percentage of the nation’s environmental bar has attended this course, which, through the years, has served more and more practitioners with considerable experience in the practice.
While designed principally for the environmental law practitioner, the course also continues to serve attorneys seeking to enter the field, in part through a series of optional introductory lectures on the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Superfund, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. (These introductory lectures are presented on the Wednesday evening before the first full day of the course.) Through the years, however, the course has evolved as an advanced review and update of the particularly significant recent developments in each subject area. This trend has enabled the course to serve the substantial and ever-increasing percentage of registrants who are experienced practitioners.
The 2007 presentation of the course also includes an address on Thursday evening by Jimmy Palmer, EPA Regional Administrator for Region 4. Mr. Palmer, who has attended this program many times over the years, will talk about the federal-state relationship in environmental regulation and enforcement.
Time is reserved throughout the program to address written questions from the registrants.
Planning Chairs
Pamela R. Esterman, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C., New York
Daniel Riesel, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C., New York
PLANNING CHAIR EMERITUS
David Sive, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C., New York
Faculty
Edward A. Boling, Deputy General Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, D.C.
Susan E. Bromm, Director, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Leslie A. Carothers, President, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.
William M. Cohen, Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C.; Of Counsel, Perkins Coie LLP; Retired Chief, General Litigation Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Michael C. Davis, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, Washington, D.C.
Jon P. Devine, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.
David D. Doniger, Policy Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.
Robert H. Donkers, Counselor for Environmental Affairs, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, Washington, D.C.
E. Donald Elliott, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Adjunct Professor, Yale Law School and Georgetown University Law Center
Robert D. Fox, Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Daphne A. Fuller, Assistant Chief Counsel, Airports & Environmental Law, Federal Aviation Agency, Washington, D.C.
Bruce S.Gelber, Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Michael B. Gerrard, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York
Elizabeth Grisaru, General Counsel, Noble Environmental Power, LLC, Essex, Connecticut
Thomas Hassenboehler, Counsel, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Howard J. Hoffman, Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Sheila D. Jones, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C.
Margaret Kriz, Environment and Energy Correspondent, National Journal, Washington, D.C.
Adam M. Kushner, Director, Air Enforcement Division, Office of Civil Enforcement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
K. Russell LaMotte, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, D.C.
Richard J. Lazarus, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
Peter H. Lehner, Chief, Environmental Protection Bureau, New York Attorney General’s Office, New York
John D. Leshy, Harry D. Sunderland Distinguished Professor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco
James R. May, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware
Walter E. Mugdan, Director, Division of Environmental PLANNING and Protection, Region 2, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New York
Steven M. Neugeboren, Associate General Counsel, Water Law Office, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Michelle B. Nowlin, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
James Palmer, Regional Administrator, Region 4, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta (invited)
Steven P. Quarles, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.
Christopher Rizzo, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, New York
Steven K. Russell, Senior Director, American Chemistry Council, Arlington, Virginia
Rima Sirota, Attorney-Advisor, Professional Responsibility Advisory Office, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Margaret N. Strand, Venable LLP, Washington, D.C.
Alison L. Taylor, Director, Government Affairs-Environment, The Siemens Corporation, Washington, D.C.; former Minority Chief Counsel, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate
Karyn I. Wendelowski, Attorney-Advisor, Water Law Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Additional faculty to be confirmed
Program Schedule
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
- 5-8 p.m. Early Registration
- Optional Introductory Lectures (included in course tuition)
- 6:00 p.m. The Clean Air Act – Mr. Elliott
- 7:00 p.m. The Clean Water Act – Ms. Wendelowski
- 8:00 p.m. Networking Break
- 8:15 p.m. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) – Messrs. Davis and Rizzo
- 9:15 p.m. Adjournment for the Day
Thursday, February 8, 2007
- 7:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 8:45 a.m. Introductory Remarks and Course Overview – Ms. Esterman and Mr. Riesel
- 9:00 a.m. Congressional Developments – Mss. Carothers, Kriz, and Taylor and Mr. Hassenboehler
- 10:00 a.m. Networking Break
- 10:15 a.m. U.S. Supreme Court Roundup – Professor Lazarus
- 11:00 a.m. Clean Air Act Developments – Messrs. Doniger, Elliott, Hoffman, Kushner, and Lehner
- 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
- 1:45 p.m. CERCLA, RCRA, and Brownfields Developments – Ms. Bromm and Messrs. Fox and Gerrard
- 3:00 p.m. Networking Break
- 3:15 p.m. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Environmental Justice – Messrs. Boling and Cohen and Mss. Fuller and Nowlin
- 4:20 p.m. Environmental Issues Associated with Alternative Energy Development – Mss. Grisaru and Jones and Mr. Mugdan
- 5:45 p.m. Networking Reception for Registrants and Faculty
- 7:00 p.m. Featured Lecture: The Federal-State Relationship in Environmental Regulation and Enforcement – Mr. Palmer
- 8:00 p.m. Adjournment for the Day
Friday, February 9, 2007
- 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
- 8:00 a.m. Ethical Issues in the Practice of Environmental Law – Mss. Esterman and Sirota
- 9:00 a.m. Clean Water Act and Wetlands Developments – Ms. Strand and Messrs. Devine and Neugeboren
- 10:30 a.m. Networking Break
- 10:45 a.m. State and Federal Enforcement Proceedings and Citizens’ Suits – Messrs. Gelber, May, and Riesel
- 12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
- 1:30 p.m. International Environmental Law – Messrs. Donkers, LaMotte, and Russell
- 2:45 p.m. Public Lands and the Endangered Species Act – Messrs. Leshy and Quarles
- 4:00 p.m. Adjournment
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 17.75, including one hour of ethics
Suggested Prerequisite: Limited experience in legal practice in subject matter or completion of Basic CLE Course in subject matter
Educational Objective: : Acquisition of knowledge and skills to develop proficiency as a practitioner; maintenance of professional competence as a practitioner; provision of information on recent legal developments
Level of Instruction: Advanced
Here's what registrants have said about this course:
This was the best environmental conference I have been to in the last 5 years. Most comprehensive, relevant, and professional course materials I have ever obtained from a conference.
The content of this course gave me, as a relative beginner in the field, a thorough introduction and intense intermediate instruction on the seminal and currently arising issues in environmental law. I would highly recommend this course not just to specialists but to any practitioner who even occasionally touches on environmental, real estate, large corporate, or urban planning issues.
I do not practice environmental law, but I find this course to be much more informative than the seminars non-lawyers are normally encouraged to attend.
A great way to get current in the field.
I thought the course was well planned as well as quite informative. I enjoyed it immensely and have gained valuable knowledge.
The introductory lectures were great.
All speakers/presenters did a great job and were very knowledgeable.
I think the balance of the presenters between government, private attorneys, and professors is very good. It provides a very good and broad expertise.
The study materials were great.
Good balance of topics and speakers. Excellent program.
First ‘truly’ environmental CLE I’ve been to. Great for those starting out in the profession. Materials are excellent overall. Very welcoming for those whose knowledge of environmental regulatory law is limited. Would come back again.
Outstanding course. I expect to use the course materials extensively in my practice.
Very well-structured and well-run program. Thank you!
What an experience! I learned a tremendous amount that I will definitely use – all very relevant.
