Earthjustice responds to Obama's Energy Plan: 1 thumb up, 1 thumb down.

Last week, Earthjustice, the non-profit environmental law firm, issued a statement responding to President Obama's energy address. In its statement, Earthjustice said that "some elements of the plan are flawed and signal a lingering attachment to outdated ways of thinking."

Earthjustice is referring to the possibility of offshore drilling in America's Artic, corporate loopholes that limit liability for hydraulic fracturing, and monetary incentives for the oil and gas companies.

Read Earthjustice's statement in its entirety...

Michael Gerrard Speaking at NYLS February 9th 2011 at 12:50PM

Michael Gerrard is an award winning author and professor of environmental law, energy law, and climate change law at Columbia University. He will be joining the Environmental Law Society and The Center for Real Estate Studies on February 9 in Room W220 from 12:50PM until 1:50PM for a Master Class and discussion on issues pertaining to Environmental Law, The Law of Green Buildings, Energy Law, and Climate Change Law.

FREE PIZZA WILL BE SERVED

If you are interested please RSVP at RealEstateRSVP@nyls.edu

Protecting and Licensing Green Energy Technologies Speaking Engagement

Greentech Committee meeting on Monday, November 15, 2010 at 12:30 pm. Rory Radding will be hosting the meeting (see address below). Lunch will be provided, courtesy of Rory and Morrison & Foerster, LLP.

Discussion Topic:

REVISED:  “Protecting and Licensing Green Energy Technologies.” Speaker - Alex Sousa, in house counsel at Innovalight, Inc.

Call-in Information for Phone Participants:  Please call 800-650-4949 at 12:45 pm and use pass code 4688146#

Location of Meeting:

Rory J. Radding, Esq.
Partner
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
Conference Room on 43rd Floor
1290 Avenue of the Americas (at 51st St) New York, NY 10104-0185
Telephone (212) 468-8146
Secretary Telephone:  Sally McFarland (212) 336-4059



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National Energy Moot Court Competition!

West Virginia University School of Law will be hosting its Innagural National Energy Moot Court Competition in the Spring 2011 semester. The NYLS Environmental Law Society is looking to send a team (of 2 students) to this competition.

For more information, please check out their website (http://energycomp.wvu.edu/). Registration deadline is November 15, 2010.

If you're interested in competing and are a 2L or 3L at NYLS, please contact Jose Almanzar (jose.almanzar@law.nyls.edu).

Environment, Energy and Resource Law Summit in New Orleans (9/29-10/2)

The American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Law (ABA-SEER) will be hosting its 18th annual Fall Summit in New Orleans this year (September 29-October 2).

As a 2nd year law student, I attended last year's Falls Summit in Baltimore and it was an incredible experience. I met attorneys from many fields, both private and public, and established great connections with some of today's preeminent environmental law leaders.

I highly recommend attending this conference if you're at all interested in environmental, energy or resource law. The CLE's and "break-out" sessions are great, touching upon some of the most important developments in the field of environmental law. This year's Summit should be particularly special because of the recent BP Oil Disaster that devastated the Gulf Region. I'm sure ABA-SEER will have great programming addressing the disaster, what we can do as attorneys (and law students) to help and what are the most important "lessons learned".

If you're interested in attending as a Law Student Volunteer, please contact Julie Connell (connellj@staff.abanet.org) for more information, or check out the Summit website (http://www.abanet.org/environ/fallmeet/2010/home.shtml).

NoLa is one of my favorite cities, so I'm looking forward to this one.

-JA