Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
15th Section Fall Meeting - CLE Programs
September 26-29, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
CLE Programs-at-a-Glance
| Wednesday, September 26, 2007 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | • “Day of Service” – Section Public Service Project (off-site/non-CLE) | |
| Thursday, September 27, 2007 | ||
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | • (Ticketed) Canada – U.S. Cooperation on Transboundary Environmental Risks • (Ticketed) Breakfast with the Enforcer |
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| 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | • Keynote Address: Secretary Kathleen McGinty • Opening Session: Meeting Our Energy Challenges Head On – A Complex Mosaic of Solutions |
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| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | • Evolving Issues in Eastern Water Law • Think Globally, Act Locally: The Proliferation of State and Local Toxics Regulations • It’s Getting Hot in Here: Global Warming and the Courts • Reviving the Nuclear Power Option: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Atom |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | • Technical Roundtables Luncheon | |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | • Private Rights, Public Resources • Contaminated Sediments: Challenges from Megasites to Brownfield Redevelopment • Everything You Wanted to Know About Practicing Before EPA’s Administrative Law Judges But Were Afraid to Ask |
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| 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | • Nanotech Risk Management • Resolution of Intermunicipal Disputes in the Implementation of Sanitary Sewer Overflow Abatement Projects • Regulatory and Market Mechanisms to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
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| 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | • State and Regional Idea Exchange (non-CLE) | |
| Friday, September 28, 2007 | ||
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. |
• (Ticketed) Business Issues and Nano: Something to Chew Over | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | • Plenary Session: Environmental Law in the Supreme Court – How Well Does the Court Handle Complex Issues of Regulatory Authority? | |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | • Biofuels and Biotechnology – Exploring Regulatory and Liability Barriers to Sustainable Renewable Energy Sources • Environmental Liability Transfer Brownfields Program • Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection: The Chemical Sector and Beyond • Hot Issues in Air: A Permitting Case Study |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | • Committee Get-Together Luncheon (non-CLE) | |
| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | • Brownfields: Getting the Deal “Done” • Congress and You – Upcoming Legislation • Biotech Meets Nanotech Down on the Farm – A Mock Public Hearing to Explore 21st Century Permitting Issues • Resources Hot Topics |
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| 1:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | • The Basic Practice Series – An Introduction to the Practice of Environmental Law | |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | • Ethics Session: The Ethical Lawyer: Rules and Responsibilities in a Multi Jurisdictional Practice World-Avoiding the Gong! | |
| Saturday, September 29, 2007 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | • The Basic Practice Series – An Introduction to the Practice of Environmental Law | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | • Practice Development at the Beginning – Applying Your Energy and Resources to Create Your Practice Environment (non-CLE) | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | • Practice Development Mid-Career - Resources to Recharge Your Energy and Enhance Your Environment (non-CLE) | |
Fall Meeting Navigation
2007-2008 Annual Section Sponsors
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Honor Roll of Program Sponsors
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| Warhol Reception | |
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| Local Flair Reception | |
| - Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, PC | |
| - Jones Day | |
| - Reed Smith LLP | |
| - Thorpe, Reed & Armstrong LLP | |
| Day of Service Sponsors | |
| - Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. | |
| - Downey Brand LLP |
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| - Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. |
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| - Pitney Bowes Legal Solutions |
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| - Wal-Mart | |
| Networking Break |
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| - History Associates Inc. | |
| Dessert Reception | |
| - Alston & Bird LLP |
