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February 13, 2007
17th Annual National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS) Conference
“The Future of Environmental Protection"
March 15–18, 2007
Hosted by The George Washington University Law School Environmental Law Association (ELA).
The theme of this year's NAELS conference, "The Future of Environmental Protection," will encompass a variety of contemporary topics in environmental law, with a specific focus on legal issues relating to global climate change. This four-day conference will include panels, workshops, and presentations addressing a range of environmental legal issues, including: climate change, international environmental law, water law, the property-rights movement, and law student activism. Al Gore is the conference's featured speaker.
The conference also will feature a career fair as well as social functions which will provide opportunities to network with environmental lawyers, academics and law students from throughout the country. The NAELS conference will conclude on Sunday, March 18, with a lecture and a question and answer session with former Vice President Al Gore and a showing of the film “An Inconvenient Truth.” Join leading academics, government officials, practitioners, and students to consider the future of environmental law.
Attendance is open to students, academics, and practitioners. All conference events will be held on The George Washington University campus in downtown Washington, D.C. For a full conference schedule and additional information, including registration details and accommodations, please click here
If you are interested in attending the conference and would consider sharing travel expenses with other interested students, please contact Kelli Curtis in the CSO.
Posted by kcc17 at February 13, 2007 06:22 PM