Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
16th Section Fall Meeting - CLE Programs
September 17-20, 2008
Phoenix, AZ
CLE Programs-at-a-Glance
| Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | • Public Service Project: Global Warming and Community Development: Science and Public Policy for Future Tribal Leaders (Offsite, non-CLE) | |
| Thursday, September 18, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | • Breakfast Panel: A Greening of the White House? What to Expect in 2009 Regardless of Who Wins—A Conversation for People of All Stripes (non-CLE, Ticketed Event) | |
| 8:10 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | • Keynote Address: Felipe Adrián Vázquez-Gálvez, Executive Director, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal, QC, Canada | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | • Plenary Session: There Will Be Water–Or Will There? | |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | • Federal Reserved Water Rights in the 21st Century: Winters at 100 • The Subprime Lending Crisis, Impending Recession, and the New Rules for Environmental Properties in Bankruptcy • Biofuels vs. Food–Sustainable Energy • Meeting Electricity Needs Without Aggravating Climate Change |
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| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | • Technical Roundtables | |
| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | • Tribal Sacred Places and Cultural Resources on Public Lands • Environmental Financial Disclosure Rules and Their Potential Impact on Brownfields Transactions • Natural Resource Damages Litigation in the Northwest • Tips and Tricks to Make Your Green Projects Grow |
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| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | • Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: Navigating the Quagmire |
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| Friday, September 19, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | • Breakfast Panel: China and the Environment—A Conversation with Experts on Environmental Protection, Development of Natural Resources, Energy Use, and Health and Safety in China (non-CLE, Ticketed Event) | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | • The Basic Practice Series–An Introduction to the Practice of Environmental Law | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | • Plenary Session: Climate Change Regulation is Already Here—State and Regional Cap-and-Trade Initiatives | |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | • International, National, and Regional Climate Change Regulation Update: What Clients Should Know • The Endangered Species Act and Its Inextricable Role in Land Use Planning in the 21st Century • Transmission Corridors and the Modern Electric System • Green Chemistry and TSCA–REACHing Out? |
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| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | • Hot Topics in Climate and Air • When Brown Meets Green: Incorporating Sustainability and Green Building Principles into Brownfields Redevelopment Projects • Natural Resources Potpourri–Resources Hot Topics • Ethics Presentation: Honor and Respect: A Professional Responsibility? • State Bar Idea Exchange (non-CLE) |
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| Saturday, September 20, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | • The Other Renewables: Exploring New Renewable Energy Technologies and Their Environmental Legal Challenges (Offsite, Ticketed Event) • Clash of the Titans (in the Courtroom)–Getting Ready for and Emerging in Complex Environmental Litigation–Part I: Pre-Trial Techniques and Strategies and Part II: Trial and Beyond |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | • Lunch with the Client (non-CLE, Ticketed Event) | |
Fall Meeting Navigation
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Saturday Offsite Session (Arizona Falls) |
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Wine and Cheese Farewell Reception |
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