Annual Meeting begins on Thursday, September 30, 2021
Thursday, September 30, 2021
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Opening Session at the NM Legislature Round House: State of New Mexico: Balancing Resources, the Environment and the Economy
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm Reception at Nedra Matteucci Gallery, https://www.matteucci.com/sculpture-garden
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm No Host Dinners
Friday, October 1, 2021
7:30 am to 2:00 pm ACOEL Breakfast, Lunch and Business
Lunch – Keynote Speaker
Brenda Mallory (invited) – Chair, CEQ
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Climate Change: Sustainability and Environmental Justice
Program Coordinators – Earl Philips, Jessie Merrigan
Ben Wilson – Moderator (PP – DC) (Amy Edwards confirmed – 3/8/21)
Sean Hecht – UCLA (EJ)
Vicki Arroyo – Climate (Tentative – needs org approval) (Nominee, EPA Policy AA)
Hilary Tompkins – Sustainability and Native American Perspective (PP DC)
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. – Climate Change: Tort Liability
Program Coordinator – Tracy Hester
Catherine McCabe – Moderator
Peter Lehner – NGO (Earthjustice – NY)
Peter Hsiao – Private Practice (Los Angeles)
Michael Burger – Columbia University (Tentative – Tracy will contact)
On your own
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm ACOEL Annual Reception and Dinner – An Evening in Santa Fe at Tom Hnasko’s home
Saturday, October 2, 2021
7:30 am to 9:25 am ACOEL Breakfast and Business
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – NEPA Regulatory Process in Biden Administration
Program Coordinators – Irma Russell and Linda Bullen
Tracy Hester – Moderator (Academic)
JB Ruhl – Vanderbilt
Linda Bullen – Private Practice
Justin Pidot – Tentative (Nominee, GC at CEQ – Linda Bullen will contact after he is confirmed)
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Supreme Court Year in Review
Program Coordinators – Steve Miano and John Cruden
John Cruden (PP – DC)
Bob Percival (University of Maryland Carey School of Law)
Sanne Knudsen (University of Washington School of Law)
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Environmental Lawyers’ Ethical Duties Embodied in Rules of Ethics
Program Coordinator – Irma Russell
Irma Russell – Kansas City, MO (UMKC School of Law)
John Dernbach – Harrisburg, PA (Widener University Law School)
Potential Third Speaker (Alex Dunn – Irma will contact?)
3:30 pm to 9:30 pm ACOEL Saturday Event – Albuquerque Balloon Festival