2015 Symposium
Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Keynote Address
Panel I: “Climate Change and Human Rights”
Panel II: “Environmental Issues of Human concern: Assessing Environmental Degredationm and Human rights abuses ”
Panel III: “A voice for the Voiceless: Advocacy in Human Rights and Environmental Law”
Volume 40, Vermont Law Review proudly presents its 15th Annual Symposium, Habitat for Human Rights, to explore the issues surrounding environmental degradation and human rights.
Schedule
Tuesday September 25
Registration and Breakfast
Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Keynote Address
– Cathrine Fergosi, Editor-in-Chief, Vermont Law Review
– Marc Mihaly, President and Dean, Vermont Law School
– Marcos Orellana-Senior Attorney and Director of CIEL’s Human Rights and Environment Program
Panel I: “Climate Change and Human Rights”
– Tracy Bach | Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
– Alyssa Johl Senor | Attorney, Center for International Environmental Law
Morning Break
Panel II: “Environmental Issues of Human concern: Assessing Environmental Degredationm and Human rights abuses ”
– Randall Abate | Professor of Law and Director, Center for International Law and Justice, Florida A&M University College of Law
– Judith Kimerling | Professor of Environmental Law and Policy in the Political Science Department and Environmental Studies Program at the City University of New York, Queens College
– Mark Squillance | Director, Natural Resource Law Center, University of Colorado Law School
– Adebola Ogunba | Fullbright Scholar, Law Lecturer at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, and PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa, Canada
Lunch
Panel III: “A voice for the Voiceless: Advocacy in Human Rights and Environmental Law”
– Leonardo Crippa | Senior Attorney, Indian Law Resource Center
– Stephanie Farrior | Professor of Law and Director, Center for Applied Human Rights, Vermont Law School
– Sean Powers | Bertha Foundation Fellow, Eath Rights Internalional
– Jessica Scott | Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
Closing Remarks