activities07-08

Dinner with Simon Wynn
March 25, 6:00 PM, Room 110
Simon Wynn, formerly an environmental lawyer in the New York Attorney General's office and now the Senior Environmental Council at the New York State Economic Development Corporation, will be coming to speak on March 25 at 6:00 in room 110. Dinner will be provided, and all are invited!

Doug Smith Climate Change Talk
March 24, 2008, 12:15 PM, Room 128
In addition to being one of the professors in the YELA Climate Change Reading Group, Doug is currently with the law firm Van Ness Feldman in Washington, and he formerly served as the General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. All members of the Yale community are invited.

Looking Back on a Career in Service of Environmental Justice:
A Talk with Barry Hill, Senior Counsel for Environmental Governance,
U.S. EPA
Wed., Feb. 27, 4:30 PM, Room 108
Barry Hill, former Director of the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and current Senior Counsel for Environmental Governance discussed the role he has played in moving the issue of environmental justice forward throughout his career.

Reblaw Panel on Emerging Issues in Environmental Justice Advocacy
Fri., Feb. 22, 4:00 - 5:30 PM,
Yale Law School
Panelists:
• Monique Harden, Co-Director and Attorney, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, New Orleans
• Anhthu Hoang, General Counsel, West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT)
• Dr. Mark Mitchell, Founder, Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Moderated by Robin Schafer, Steering Committee, New Haven Environmental Justice Network

YELA Field Trip to Mystic Aquarium
On Saturday, Feb. 16. YELA sponsored a field trip to the Mystic Aquarium,
including a private behind-the-scenes tour of the aquarium.

Hill Neighborhood Environmental Justice Walkabout
Sat., Dec. 1, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM,
Hill Regional Career High School, 140 Legion Ave.
A walking tour of the Hill neighborhood, focusing on environmental health and environmental justice issues.

Brownbag with Robert McKinstry,
Tues., Dec. 4, 12:10 - 1:00 PM,
Room 110, Law School
Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. '79 was the first joint-degree student to graduate from Law School and the School of Forestry. Currently, he is a partner in the Litigation Department, the Environmental Group, which he co-founded, and the Energy and Project Finance Group at Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. Mr. McKinstry is the editor of the Biodiversity Conservation Handbook published by the Environmental Law Institute, and he will be speaking to us about his project in habitat banking under the Endangered Species Act for the threatened bog turtle.

YELA Potluck & Holiday Party with Dale Bryk,
Thurs., Dec. 6, 6:00 PM,
111 Mansfield St., Apt. 1.

DOJ Careers Brownbag with Tom Ballantine (by videoconference),
Wed. Dec. 12, 12:10 pm, Rm 124

YELA Brownbag: Paper Presentation
by Byron Kahr '08
Wed., Nov. 28, 12:10-1:00 PM, Room 109
Byron Kahr will present his SAW paper, entitled "The Right to Exclude Meets the Right to Ride: Private Property, Public Recreation, and the Rise of Off-Road Vehicles." He'll talk about the ecological and social impacts that off-road vehicles cause, with particular emphasis on increasing conflicts between off-road vehicle users and private landowners.

A Panel on the Food and Farm Bill
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:00 PM, Bowers Auditorium
Sage Hall (205 Prospect St.)
YELA and the Yale Sustainable Food Project co-sponsored a panel discussion on the Farm Bill. Panelists: Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group; Gus Schumacher, Former Undersecretary of Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; and Michel Nischan, Chef, The Dressing Room, and a vocal advocate and community organizer for local and sustainable food.

YELA Brownbag: Environmental Jobs For 1Ls
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
12:10 PM, Room 109, Yale Law School
A brownbag lunch about environmental summer jobs available to 1Ls. Several YELA members discussed their summer job experiences, in federal and state government, NGOs, and private companies.

"THE FUTURE OF ENERGY" CONFERENCE AT YALE
Friday, November 9, 2007
9 AM - 5:30 PM, Yale Auditorium
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Lunch, Room 129

Sponsored by the Yale Law & Business Society, the Yale Environmental Law
Association, and the School of Management's Energy Club

Climate Change &
Renewable Energy Law Lunch
Speakers: Yale Law Alum Suzanne Perry and
Yale FES Professor Brad Gentry
Monday, Oct. 15, 12 - 2 PM
Yale alum Suzanne Perry, a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie in Washington, DC, spoke about biofuels and climate change law, as well as her work with international project finance. Professor Brad Gentry from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, who is also a part-time lawyer at Baker & McKenzie, spoke about his work with carbon finance.

Ice Cream Social with Prof. Carol Rose
Tuesday, October 16
Professor Rose spoke to students about the broader legal disciplines that are relevant to environmental law, as well as ways to incorporate those disciplines into academic research.

Environmental Careers Panel
(co-sponsored by YELA and CDO)
Monday, October 8, 2007
with representatives from
the Natural Resources Defense Council,
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and
the California Attorney General’s Office

YELA Fall Hike at Naugatuck State Forest!
Sunday, October 7, 2007

3L Panel On “Finding The Right Firm”
Wed., Sept. 19, 2007

Our panel of veteran law school students spent their lunch hour discussing how and where
to find happiness as a 2L in the private sector. Please click here and here for pamphlets describing
where Yalies have spent their 2L summers in recent years (including not just firms but government
agencies and public interest organizations).

Student Organizations Fair
Thurs., Sept. 20, 2007 • 6 P.M. • YLS Courtyard

YELA Fall Plenary Meeting,
Wednesday Sept. 26 • 6 P.M. • Room 129

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