New Directions in Environmental Law Conference: 4/12 - 4/14
LSCA is thrilled to announce that we are hosting this year’s New Directions in Environmental Law conference in coordination with students at Pace, NYU, CUNY and Yale Law Schools, as well as Yale School of the Environment!
The conference aims to explore the theme of “Climate Accountability from Big Law to Big Green” and will kick off at Pace Law School on Friday, 4/12 with a hybrid lunch event, followed by weekend panels and programming held at NYU law school. We hope that students, lawyers, and climate advocates of all kinds will find value in this year’s conference.
We are excited to welcome Colette Pichon-Battle and Taproot Earth for our first session, and Sahana Rao as our closing keynote speaker. A full schedule is included below.
For attorneys in need of CLE credits, this event has been approved for a total of 9.5 New York State CLE credits (1.5 credits in the category of Ethics & Professionalism and 8 credits in the category of Areas of Professional Practice). The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys. Please see the full schedule below for a breakdown of credits by panel.
About the Conference
Historically a partnership between student organizers at Yale and Pace Law Schools, this year’s NDEL conference will center climate accountability and environmental justice, bringing in NYU and CUNY students along with grassroots organizers and lawyers from numerous sectors of the legal industry.
Tickets are available at the below link for a pay-what-you-can donation. No one will be turned away for inability to pay, but we appreciate any and all contributions, which will defray a portion of LSCA’s conference expenses.
RSVP HERE
Registration for in-person attendees will be capped at 200, while online registration is unlimited. We will aim to offer every session in a hybrid format. The anticipated schedule is below; all panels will include at least 15 minutes for Q&A.
FRIDAY 4/12 - Pace Law School (Note: In-person registration for this event is closed, but all registrants will receive a link to join virtually)
Noon: Lunch featuring a discussion about the Mariana Dam disaster case with Caroline Narvaez Leite, Pogust Goodhead Legal Director
SATURDAY 4/13 - NYU Law School
8:00 am - Registration, coffee bar and light breakfast
8:45 am - Introduction to NDEL, Josh Galperin
9:00 am - Opening Keynote, featuring Colette Pichon-Battle and Taproot Earth
10:15 am - Chevron’s Amazonian Legacy: A Conversation with Steven Donziger
11:30 am - Brunch
12:30 pm - ESG: Problems and Opportunities (1.5 CLE credits, Areas of Professional Practice)
Featuring Alisa White, Barbara Ballan, and Jason Czarnezki
Moderated by Camila Bustos
2:00 pm - BigLaw and Beyond: Discussion with Former BigLaw Attorneys (1.5 CLE credits, Ethics and Professionalism)
Featuring Gillian Giannetti, Nick Guidi, and Suzanne Novak
Moderated by Haley Czarnek
3:30 pm - Networking Reception
SUNDAY 4/14 - NYU Law School
8:00 am - Registration and breakfast
8:45 am - NYC’s Grassroots Climate Movement (1.5 CLE credits, Areas of Professional Practice)
Featuring Andrew Engel, Jamie Margolin, and Kim Fraczek
Moderated by Rebecca Bratspies
10:15 am - Achieving Energy Justice in New York State (1.5 CLE credits, Areas of Professional Practice)
Featuring Andrew Saavedra, Annie Carforo, and Meagan Burton
Moderated by Heather Payne
11:45 am - Environmental Justice and Governance from Local to International (0.5 CLE credits, Areas of Professional Practice)
Featuring Moira Meltzer-Cohen, Natali Segovia, and Tracey Lewis
Moderated by Clara Potter
1:00 pm - Lunch
2:00 pm - False Solutions to the Climate Crisis (1.5 CLE credits, Areas of Professional Practice)
Featuring Maggie Coulter, Matt Gove, and Naomi Spoelman
Moderated by Yukyan Lam
3:30 pm - Undoing Barriers to Climate Justice in Administrative Law (1.5 CLE credits, Areas of Professional Practice)
Featuring Lisa Heinzerling, Max Sarinsky, and Patrick Foster
Moderated by Katrina Wyman
5:00 pm - Final Keynote, Sahana Rao
5:20-5:30 pm - Closing Remarks, Camila Bustos
We extend our sincerest thanks to NYU, including NYU Green and Intellectual Life, for supporting this conference.
