On Saturday, January 9th, directors from the nation's 24 environmental law
clinics will be holding a one-day workshop at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. The
purpose of the directors' workshop is to share information and discuss joint projects
regarding environmental law clinic operations. While the workshop is primarily for the
benefit of existing environmental law clinics, the sessions are open to environmental
law professors at schools without clinics who are interested in possibly starting a clinic
at their school.
The agenda for the "Environmental Law Clinic Directors' Workshop" is set forth
below. If you are interested in attending all or some of the sessions, please contact
Prof. Bob Kuehn, (504) 862-8813, rkuehn@law.tulane.edu.
| 8:30 - 10:45 am | Introduction & Overview of Clinic Program by Each Director |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Alternatives to Litigation Clinics (discussion of non-litigation environmental law clinic models) Presenters: Dan Esty, Yale Law School, & Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Lunch (provided by Tulane) (additional introductions and overviews of clinic programs if not completed in initial session) |
| 1:30 -3:00 pm | Classroom Component of Environmental Law Clinics (discussion of topics covered in class/seminar, materials used, teaching methods, etc.) Presenters: Hope Babcock, Georgetown Univ. Law Center, & Bob Kuehn, Tulane Law School |
| 3:15 - 4:45 pm | Independent, 501(c)(3) Environmental Law Clinics (discussion of advantages, disadvantages and procedures for operating as an independent public interest, 501(c)(3) law office) Presenters: Mike Axline, Univ. of Oregon Law School, & Richard Grosso, Nova Southeastern Univ. Shepard Broad Law Center |
| 5:00 - 6:30 pm | Emerging Issues in Environmental Law Clinics (discussion of standing in clinic litigation and the impact of the devolution of environmental regulation on clinic cases) Presenters: Karl Coplan, Pace Univ. School of Law, & Rena Steinzor, Univ. of Maryland School of Law |
| 6:30 pm - | Dinner (provided by Tulane) |