VJEL Symposium 2018 Poster

Fall 2018 Symposium

Rights of Nature: Shifting Paradigms and Grounding in the Law

Friday, October 19, 2018

Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT

The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is pleased to announce our Fall 2023 symposium being held on October 19, 2018. The event will be held virtually and in person from with registration beginning at 8:00am and panels from 9:00am to 5:00pm in the Chase Community Center.

Does nature have an inherent right to exist and flourish? Should it have its day in court? Is this the future of environmental law? Join us in exploring the global movement that recognizes legal personhood for natural entities.

For more information, please don’t hesitate to Contact Us.

Free and open to the public and press. CLE credits available.

Event Link:

https://livestream.com/vermontlawschool/vjel2018

VJEL Symposium 2018 Poster

Schedule:

8:00am – Breakfast/ Registration

8:30am Introductory Remarks

    • Dillon Post, Journal Editor in Chief
    • John Echeverria, Journal Faculty Advisor
    • Hannah Dean and Margaret Shugart, Symposium Editors

9:00am Introductory Panel

    • Moderator: Tony Zelle, Partner in Zelle McDonough & Cohen, Board Treasurer of Earth Law Center
      Margaret Stewart, Director of Center for Earth Jurisprudence
      Grant Wilson, Directing Attorney at Earth Law Center
    • Speakers: Cormac Cullinan, Shannon Biggs

10:30am – Keynote Address

    • Keynote Speaker: Catherine Iorns Magallanes, Professor University of Wellington, National Board Member of Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

11:30am Indigenous Perspectives Panel

    • Moderator: Rachel Stevens, Attorney and Assistant Professor with Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic
    • Speakers: Deon Ben, Grand Canyon Trust and Navajo Nation
      Kirsten Anker, Faculty of Law at McGill University
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12:30pm Lunch

    • Drafting activity with Steven Marx, gubernatorial candidate in Vermont

1:45pm – International Panel

    • Moderator: Tracy Bach, Professor at Vermont Law School
    • Speakers: Hugo Echeverria, Environmental Attorney in Ecuador, Craig Kauffman, University of Oregon, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rachelle Adam, Animal Rights and Environmental Attorney and Activist in Israel, Lecturer and Faculty of Law at Hebrew University

3:00pm – Break/ Snack

3:15pm Applied Law Panel

    • Moderator: Dean Jennifer Rushlow, Director of Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School
    • Linda Sheehan, Senior Counsel Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Reed Loder, Professor at Vermont Law School,
      Kevin Schneider, Executive Director of the Nonhuman Rights Project, Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)

4:45pm Closing Remarks

5:00pm-6:00pm Closed Reception in Yate Common Room

    • Only open to speakers and VJEL Staff
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