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S.J. Quinney College of Law

Stegner Center Events: The 2014 to 2015 Year in Review

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Chad Johnson

 

The 20th annual Stegner Center Symposium, held March 5-6, was only one of the highlights of an exciting year for the College of Law’s environmental law and natural resources program.  The symposium, Air Quality; Health, Energy, and Economics, held at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, attracted 300 attendees, who listened to 24 speakers from around the country, including representatives from the sciences and social sciences, academia, government, industry, and the legal profession. “The speakers at the symposium presented the multi-faceted aspects of the air pollution problem,” said Professor Lincoln Davies, who helped organize the symposium.  “From the health and economic implications of air pollution, to the science behind air quality dilemmas, to the longstanding and emerging legal and policy responses to this enduring issue, it was truly a pleasure to learn from these world-renowned experts, who not only educated us but were eminently engaging as well.”

The symposium unofficially began on March 4, with the Wallace Stegner Lecture. In his presentation, “Against all Odds: Why America’s Century-Old Quest for Clean Air May Usher in a New Era of Global Environmental Cooperation,” Robert V. Percival, the Robert F. Stanton Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Law Program at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, argued that America’s approach to addressing air quality issues might provide a model for other countries.

On Thursday, the symposium officially opened with three presentations on “The Clean Air Act—Origins and Directions.” Other topics addressed throughout the day included air quality and public health, the economic and ethical tensions at the heart of the air quality crisis, and air quality and climate change. C. Arden Pope III, the Mary Lou Fulton Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University and one of the country’s leading experts on the health effects of air pollution, closed the day with his keynote address on “Air Pollution and Human Health—Science, Public Policy, and Controversy.”

The following day the symposium focused on regional and local issues. The opening panel on air quality in the West looked at energy extraction, population, and transportation, with the second panel of the day focused on the Wasatch Front. Jody Freeman, the Archibald Cox Professor of Law and the founding director of the Harvard Law School Environmental Law and Policy Program, provided the keynote address. A leading scholar of both administrative law and environmental law, her discussion was entitled “Old Statutes: New Problems — EPA’s Creative Adaptation of the Clean Air Act to Address Climate Change.”

The Stegner Symposium was only one highlight of an eventful year. The year began with the Wilderness Act at 50 and the Mountain West conference held on September 26, 2014. The conference brought together 12 speakers from around the country, including the noted historian and author Douglas Brinkley who delivered the keynote address on “U.S. Presidents and the Wilderness Act.” On November 21, the Stegner Center held a seminar on “The High Cost of Non-Compliance: Risk Management and Environmental Protection Duties from the Industry Perspective.” The seminar opened with a presentation by keynote speaker Carol Dinkins, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, on “What Can Happen to a Company When Things Go Wrong: Balancing Duties to Shareholders, Customers and Public.” Her presentation set the stage for the day’s discussion on responding to catastrophic industrial accidents, appropriate regulatory responses to industrial non-compliance, environmental health and safety management systems, and the interaction of regulators, the regulated community, and community leaders.

Emily Hammond, a Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, joined the Stegner Center in March as the Stegner Center’s 10th annual young scholar. Young Scholars are selected based on their accomplishments, the quality of their academic work, and their promise in the field of environmental and natural resources law so Professor Hammond joined an elite group. Professor Hammond delivered a Downtown CLE on “Risk Perception and Stakeholder Engagement in Energy and Environmental Law” and a Young Scholar lecture on “Risk and Retroactivity in Energy and Environmental Law.”

Other guest speakers who were part of the Stegner Center’s lecture series and green bag series included acclaimed filmmaker Toby McLeod who premiered films from his Standing on Sacred Ground series; Mary Christina Wood, the Philip H. Knight Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the school’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program at the University of Oregon, who discussed her book Nature’s Trust: Environmental Law for a New Ecological Age; and Jim Steenburgh, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Utah, who discussed his new book about Utah, Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth.

 

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Stegner Newsletter - Fall 2015

Director’s Message

  • Director’s Letter

News of Note

  • Stegner Center Celebrates 20th Anniversary
  • College of Law Climbs Seven Spots in 2016 U.S. News Rankings; Rated 7th Nationally For Environmental Law
  • College of Law Celebrates Grand Opening of New Building
  • Stegner Center’s White Paper on Transfer of Public Lands Movement Generates Media Coverage
  • ESRR Endowment Fund for the Wallace Stegner Center
  • College of Law Receives  Endowment Fund for Fellowships in Environmental and Natural Resources Law

Stegner Center Events

  • Stegner Center 21st Annual Symposium: “Green Infrastructure and Resilient Cities: New Challenges and New Solutions”
  • Dave Owen Joins Stegner Center as 11th Annual Young Scholar
  • S.J. Quinney College of Law Hosts RMMLF 2015 Annual Institute
  • Stegner Center 2015-2016 Events
  • Stegner Center Events: The 2014 to 2015 Year in Review

Faculty News

  • Faculty Updates
  • Professor Robin Craig elected a Member of American Law Institute
  • College of Law Faculty Score Three of the Top Six Environmental Law Articles for 2014
  • Professor Davies Named James I. Farr Professor of Law
  • Professor Davies Co-Authors New Casebook on Energy Law and Policy

Program Update

  • Environmental Dispute Resolution Program Update
  • College of Law Welcomes Danya Rumore as New Associate Director of EDRP
  • Research Fellows Program Update
  • Environmental Law Clinic Update

Student News

  • Behles Fellow Program
  • Stegner Center Student Scholarship Recipients and Writing Awards
  • Stegner Center Team Competes Admirably in 2015 National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition in New York
  • Stegner Center Sponsors Student Team at National Energy Law & Sustainability Moot Court Competition
  • 2L Jonathon Green Awarded RMMLF Scholarship, Places 2nd in ABA SEER Writing Competition
  • Rising 2L James Owen Reflects on Awards, Shares Application Tips

Donors

  • Stegner Center Donors 2014 to 2015 Fiscal Year
  • Stegner Center Green Building Fund Donors
  • The S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Legacy
  • Appeal for Donations
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