Policy and practice seminars
23 September 2014
Policy seminars are held on Thursday lunch time, 1-2 pm, SR 7. Lunch will be provided , but you must sign up at doodle. These seminars are primarily for current environmental law students – anyone else who would like to attend, please email maria.lee@ucl.ac.uk
13 Nov Halina Ward, Future Programmes Manager, Bond for International Development, Title tbc
27 Nov Ludwig Kramer, Former senior official DG Environment, European Commission, consultant ClientEarth, EU Environmental Law and Policy – Is there a Good Story to Tell?
4 Dec Judge Meredith Wright, Vermont Environment Court 1990-2011, Why do we need Environmental Courts?
15 Jan Jake White, legal adviser, Friends of the Earth, Environmental law under fire
5 Feb Elizabeth Hiester, Senior Lawyer, ClientEarth, Access to environmental information- a Swiss Army knife for public interest environmental lawyers
26 Feb Kim Bouwer, UCL PhD candidate, Unsexy climate change litigation
19 March Simon Burall, Director, Involve (http://www.involve.org.uk/), Soft vs hard accountability and the role of publics
Note other events
20th Nov UKELA’s annual Garner lecture, from Lord Chris Smith, former Chair of the Environment Agency – booking details not currently available, check the UKELA website
11th Dec UCL Current Legal Problems Lecture, Bettina Lange (University of Oxford) Mapping a new regulatory space: The case of managing water scarcity in the UK, details and (free) registration at Lange