![](https://www.law.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2021/08/Pine-Trees-scaled.jpeg)
Reflections on Two Years at CEQ
DATE: Thursday, October 3 2024
TIME: 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm MST
LOCATION: College of Law and Virtual Event
A Wallace Stegner Center Green Bag
ABOUT THE EVENT:
John Ruple, Research Professor of Law and Director of the Wallace Stegner Center’s Law and Policy Program at the University of Utah S.J Quinney College of Law, has spent the past two years serving as Senior Counsel in the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) where he provided legal advice on a range of issues involving federal public land management and preservation, mining law and critical mineral supply chain reform, transnational water pollution control, and National Environmental Policy Act review implementation. Professor Ruple will provide a short overview of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and the CEQ, and then take a closer look at the process for designating the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
John Ruple is a Research Professor of Law at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law, and Director of the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources & the Environment’s Law and Policy Program. He returns to the College of Law after serving as Senior Counsel in the White House Council on Environmental Quality where he provided legal advice on a range of issues involving federal public land management and preservation, mining law and critical mineral supply chain reform, transnational water pollution control, and National Environmental Policy Act review implementation. John has published widely on topics including permitting reform and national monument protection, and his work appears in leading academic journals including the Harvard Environmental Law Review, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, and U.C. Berkeley’s Ecology Law Quarterly. He has served in federal and state government, worked in private practice, and volunteered on non-profit boards. He is committed to bringing his diverse experiences to bear in finding practical and balanced solutions to seemingly intractable natural resource management problems. When not working, you can find him recreating in the mountains of Utah and Idaho, and (still) trying to teach his 12-year old dog to swim.
For questions about this event email events@law.utah.edu.
SUBSCRIBE to the S.J. Quinney College of Law event lists to stay current on upcoming College of Law events. You may unsubscribe at anytime.
The S.J. Quinney College of Law is pleased to provide free CLE opportunities for attorneys. All donations welcome to support our programs.