October
10/22-23
Administrative Law Conference
Sponsor: Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
Description: Topics include "red flag" rules dealing with identity theft; regulatory reform efforts in the financial sector; Obama Administration restrictions as they apply to lobbying; regulating emerging transportation technologies; federal loan programs for energy projects; the use of adaptive management in various environmental programs; and climate change. Issues included in coverage include preemption, administrative appellate review, judicial review of agency policy reversals, and executive oversight of agency rulemaking.The conference also includes its Annual review of Major Developments in Administrative Law and the George Washington Law Review's Annual Scholar's Review of Administrative Law.
Location: Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Registration Fee: Before October 16: $135 Annual Review of Major Developments; $85 any other individual session; $300 all CLE sessions - Section member; $275 all CLE sessions - government; $350 all CLE sessions - non-member; No charge law students; $75 each lunch; $110 reception/dinner. On-site registration after October 16 + $25 additional charge.
Contact: Anne Kiefer, kiefera@staff.abanet.org
10/28
Renewable Energy: Legal Challenges and Solutions for the Green Economy, Part I
Challenges and Opportunities for a Green Economy
Sponsor: Standing Committee on Environmental Law
Description: How, and how fast, can we move to a green energy economy? Are there institutional or financial barriers to the rapid deployment of renewable energy technologies? This panel examines impediments to renewable energy from several perspectives. Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Suedeen Kelly discusses the FERC perspective on federal renewable energy initiatives. Warren Belmar examines the challenges and opportunities related to transmission for renewable energy projects. Christopher Guith contends that the key to growing “green” jobs is cutting the “green tape.” Howard Learner points to wind energy growth to show that renewable energy is an economic and jobs engine. Will existing impediments frustrate that vision? Do renewables face many of the same challenges as conventional energy projects, including a BANANAs – Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything – mindset? Will transmission constraints hinder the transition to renewable energy? Are existing incentives, as sweetened by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, adequate? What is the proper role of Renewable Portfolio Standards?
Location: Webinar
* Registration Fee: ABA Member $95, Academic/NGO/Government $75, General $125, Student $60
Contact: Jinny Choi, 202-662-1694 or choij@staff.abanet.org
10/29
A Board's-Eye View of Environmental Liabilities: Using Financial Analytics to Assess Accounting Estimates, Materiality and Solvency
Sponsor: Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Description: Financial analysis of publicly-available data can be used to test the reliability of reported accounting estimates, gauge the materiality of off-balance sheet environmental liabilities, evaluate business performance, and assess financial condition. Learn about these new techniques, the results of a survey of 24 U.S. companies recently reported by CFO Magazine, and the implications for informed decision-making and oversight by senior management and boards of directors.
Location: Quick Teleconference, 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Eastern. No CLE.
Contact: Ninah Moore, MooreN@staff.abanet.org
November
11/5-6
Key Enforcement and Regulatory Developments in USEPA Region 8
Sponsor: Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Description: Policy and enforcement developments in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and 27 tribal nations
Location: Hyatt Regency Denver, Denver, CO
Contact: Ninah Moore, MooreN@staff.abanet.org
11/20
Renewable Energy: Legal Challenges and Solutions for the Green Economy, Part II
Renewable Energy Technologies: Legal Issues
Sponsor: Standing Committee on Environmental Law
Description: Is renewable technology advancement outstripping the regulatory regime? The speakers will address the significant advancements in commercially viable renewable technologies with a constructive and discerning eye on current regulatory challenges. Our panelists also examine concrete policies and measures that can be adopted in the near term to facilitate deployment of promising alternative energy technologies. Speakers representing state government and the private sector will delineate challenges and opportunities driven by market demand and by President Obama’s renewable energy mandate.
Location: Webinar; also in-person at Denver University Sturm College of Law
* Registration Fee: ABA Member $95, Academic/NGO/Government $75, General $125, Student $60
Contact: Jinny Choi, 202-662-1694 or choij@staff.abanet.org
January
1/28-30
Section of Litigation - Joint Committees CLE Seminar
Sponsor: Environmental Litigation Committee and Committee on Mass Torts and Product Liability
Description: Program includes a CERCLA moot court, EPA update, and year in review.
Location: Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa, Avon, CO
February
2/17-19
28th Annual Water Law Conference
Sponsor: Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Description: For lawyers, engineers, policy makers, and water managers with an interest in the protection, development, and allocation of water rights and water resources, or those who participate in the management of surface and groundwater resources. The program will be of value to those involved in water right issues, including those with private, municipal, agricultural, and tribal water rights. Not limited to lawyers.
Location: US Grant, San Diego, CA
Contact: Ninah Moore, MooreN@staff.abanet.org
* Concurrent registration for both webinars: ABA Member $150, Academic/NGO/Government $125, General $180, Student $100
More Coming Soon!
Publications
Title: The International Environmental News
Content/Subject: The International Environmental News, a publication of the Section of International Law – International Environmental Law Committee, is a scholarly newsletter that evaluates a variety of cross-cutting issues impacting international environmental law in the U.S. and around the world. Past newsletter topics include climate change, China, globalization and the environment, water issues, and more.
Availability: http://www.abanet.org/dch/more.cfm?com=IC940000&mod=11
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