24th Annual Water Law Conference
19th Century Rules for the 21st Century: Are Growth and Development Outpacing Water Law?

February 23-24, 2006
Hotel Del Coronado
San Diego, California

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Conference Schedule

Friday, February 24, 2006
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Plenary Presentation 3: Fifty Plus Ways to Divide the Waters: States, Tribes, Riparians, Priors and Interstate Allocations Too
This panel will compare tribal rights in eastern states and western states and will analyze differences and similarities between interstate adjudications conducted under the prior appropriation doctrine and adjudications conducted under riparian law.

Moderator:
Jerome C. Muys, Muys & Associates, P.C., Washington, DC

Panelists:
Robert Anderson, Assistant Professor of Law & Director, Native American Law Center, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle WA
Judith Royster, Professor of Law & Co-Director, Native American Law Center, University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa OK

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Plenary Presentation 4:
The View from Washington
Assistant Secretary Limbaugh will bring us a Washington, DC perspective on water supplies, water projects and national impacts from growth on water laws.

Mark A. Limbaugh, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Break

12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Hot Topics

This popular lunch program will provide an interactive forum to discuss recent developments in water resources law, including cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Moderator:
Arthur L. Littleworth,
Best Best & Krieger LLP, Riverside, CA

Panelists:
Jeff Kightlinger,
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Paul Haik, Kresbach & Haik, Ltd., Minneapolis, MN
Jeanne Zolezzi, Herum Crabtree Brown, Stockton, CA
Edwin Kneedler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC
Gregory Wilkinson, Best Best & Krieger, LLP, Riverside, CA

1:00 p.m.
Adjourn

Thursday, February 23, 2006

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