Member Events
You will find below a list of events, meeting dates and location, agenda and registration material if available and a contact e-mail.
2013 NELA National Conference
2013 NELA National Conference,
7 – 9 March 2013
Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne.
The conference brings together for the first time different aspects of clean energy law: environment and climate change lawyers, and those at the forefront of resources and energy regulation & planning, carbon credits and emissions trading.
As part of the discussion we pose the question:
What is the role of state governments in planning a low carbon future given the federal government has introduced a carbon price and its responsibility for international commitments on the environment?
With an impressive line-up of international, regional and Australian speakers and a great social program it’s a must.
Further information can be found on the Conference website at www.nelaconference.com.au and we invite you to sign-up to our mailing list to receive important conference updates and news.
New Directions in Environmental Law
[Re]Claiming Accountability
A Conference by the Yale Environmental Law AssociationFebruary 25, 2012
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
Featuring Keynote Speaker Mary Nichols
Chairman of the California Air Resources Board
Panel Conversations, Workshops, Reception and Social Events
Environmental Law Society Programming, and More
HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Information and Registration
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Please join us on February 25, 2012 and help [re]claim environmental accountability in our legal system and beyond. This is the second annual conference in our New Directions in Environmental Law Conference Series, hosted by the Yale Environmental Law Association. This year we will challenge the meanings andmechanisms behind environmental accountability—from the local to the global, from litigation to regulation to market-based opportunities and norm-shifting movements. We will critically question environmental accountability in the modern era and amongst evolving legal strategies.
Our foundational conference last spring, A Climate of Possibility, drew 300 practitioners, policymakers, academics, and students from around the country to inquire into the problems, challenges, and potential new directions in environmental law and policy. Last year’s conference was defined by inclusive and provocative conversations, which we look forward to expanding upon this February.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
Keynote Speaker Mary Nichols: Chairman of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and former Assistant Administrator for the U.S. EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. A pathbreaker at for clean air solutions at CARB, a pivotal leader towards implementing California’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32, and a bold advocate for environmental and public health throughout her career, Chairman Nichols puts a face to the force and future of this Conference. Through her service across government and in the non-profit legal arena, Chairman Nichols has ensured pollution reduction accountability within a patchwork of common-sense partnerships; she continues to prove that environmental law is a field rich with practical purpose and principled foundations.
Panel Conversations: Nature in Brief: Creative Legal Approaches to Accountability
Nature in Brief will be a dynamic panel conversation that questions how practitioners can—and whether they should—stretch the bounds of standard canons, the common law, or constitutional claims to hold actors accountable for environmental harms through creative legal approaches, and in particular, litigation. The panel will bring together divergent voices—individuals who are looking at existing laws through a new lens and individuals who must ground their approaches within established institutional frameworks—to advance this evolving conversation.
Workshops: The workshops will engage participants in conversations about the contours of environmental accountability. They will be led by experts in their fields and designed to be round-table discussions that bring participants into the discourse, bridging communities of inquiry and practice amongst students, professors, and practitioners. Topics will include:
- Environmental Enforcement: Using Civil & Criminal Laws to Address Env. Misdeeds
- Alternative Dispute Resolution in Lieu of Environmental Justice Litigation
- Offshore Oil Drilling Accountability Post-Deepwater Horizon
- Environmental Markets: Urban & Rural Responsibilities
- The Case of Specialized Environmental Courts
- Accountability to Future Generations
- Food: Sustainability & Access
- Smart Growth and Land Use
- Ocean Acidification
The Conference will also feature Social Events, a Reception, and an
Environmental Law Society Programming Lunch
Register Now!
Free for members of Yale and Quinnipiac Universities, and New Haven Residents$30 for Students (with a need-based waiver option)
$50 for Professionals and Practitioners
Invitation for Submissions - Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (JERL)
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law has assumed the editor responsibilities for the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (JERL), a peer-reviewed journal published by the International Bar Association. The journal is affiliated with the IBA Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law.
JERL offers global coverage of oil and gas, minerals, nuclear power, coal, water, and renewable energy as well as a broad array of environmental and sustainability-related issues. Because of the Journal’s international reach, authors are assured wide distribution of their work. The faculty-led nature of the editorial process results in a selection of the best and most thought-provoking work from around the world. Initial indication of acceptance for peer review is given promptly by the editor, and the peer review process is efficient and often contributes positively to the quality of published articles.
Submissions in the form of articles, book reviews, or essays on a particular subject are welcome. Submissions may compare how several countries approach a particular issue, address an international issue, or simply elaborate on a topical area of law from their own jurisdiction.
JERL is published quarterly, and article submissions are received throughout the year. Submissions (as well as questions) should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. More information about the journal can be found here.
Call for Papers
Climate Law, a peer-reviewed quarterly journal, has entered its third year of publication. Papers are invited on all aspects of climate change law and regulation.
The journal is available online (http://www.metapress.com/content/121801) and in hard copy. It is overseen by an editorial board of unrivalled distinction (please see http://www.iospress.nl/journal/climate-law/).
Manuscript submissions should be emailed to the editor, Dr Alexander Zahar, Macquarie Law School, Sydney (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Books for review should be sent to the book reviews editor, Mr Navraj Singh Ghaleigh (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
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The Future of Environmental Law Symposium
The Australian Environment & Planning Law Group of the Legal Practice Section will be conducting the Future of Environmental Law Symposium in Sydney on 25 November 2011. A copy of the registration brochure for this event is attached.Online registration is available at here.
This year the Symposium will honour the contributions to the development of environmental law of three outstanding individuals.
Emeritus Professor Ben Boer and Professor Robert Fowler have made, and continue to make, significant contributions in both Australia and internationally to the study and teaching of environmental law. The Symposium will also acknowledge the contribution to environmental jurisprudence by the Hon Mahla Pearlman AO, former Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of NSW from 1992 to 2003.
The Symposium will have four sessions, each with two speakers addressing the topic for 30 minutes, followed by questions from the floor. The papers from the Symposium will be published, together with some further selected articles from contributors.
The title of the Symposium, "The Future of Environmental Law", is designed to provoke some discussion about the directions and value of environmental law in confronting the serious environmental problems facing us all. Next year, 2012, marks the 20th anniversary of the Rio Declaration and the 20th anniversary of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is appropriate to ask how far we have come since Rio and what the next 20 years holds for society and the planet.
