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On Earth Day 🌎, our special ⭐️FACULTY FOCUS⭐️ is on Professor Jason Czarnezki, the Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law and the Associate Dean of Environmental Law Programs and Strategic Initiatives. Professor Czarnezki teaches Natural Resources Law, Sustainable Business and the Environment, Property, and the Environmental Law Seminar: Current Challenges. His leadership in the Pace I Haub Environmental Law Program has led to its consecutive ranking as the #1 program in the country!

Q: As we reflect on Earth Day, what advice can you give students to make a difference in saving our planet and promoting conservation and sustainability?

A: The low-hanging fruit include, to name a few: try to eat organic and local, eat less meat and shift away from red meat, live close to where you work and play, see if your household can get along with only one car (and try to make it a fuel efficient one), walk and take public transit, compost as much as possible, stop engine idling, buy compact fluorescent light bulbs, adjust down the thermostat, decrease household water temperature, keep proper tire pressure, and work to educate yourself about the ecological and economic costs of your actions in the long term. Engine idling, for example, accounts for a substantial portion of carbon emissions and fuel consumption, measured at 1.6% of all U.S. carbon dioxide emissions and 10.6 billion gallons of fuel per year.

A generational environmentalist, learn about Professor Czarnezki’s recent research interests, his family full of outdoor enthusiasts, and more in his Q&A here: https://fal.cn/3nZx3
Despite the urgency coming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy cannot happen without first having acceptable alternatives, says Dean Emeritus Professor Richard L. Ottinger of Pace I Haub Environmental Law in his article published by Bloomberg Law. Solar and wind installations must be built first, and transmission lines. No country would accept the economic disruption of premature action on abandoning fossil fuels, he says.
Assistant Professor Josh Galperin of Pace I Haub Environmental Law breaks down the 2018 “farm bill,” as well as provides exciting suggestions for big change in the upcoming 2023 farm bill for WCBA Lawyer Magazine. The farm bill, one of Congress’ most complex legislative efforts as well as the last bipartisan effort, expands 11 broad policy areas, each represented by a different title of the bill.

Leading up to the 2018 farm bill, Professor Galperin joined fellow Haub Law Professors Margot Pollans and Jon Brown as well as faculty at Duke, Harvard, UCLA, Vermont Law School and Yale to create the Farm Bill Law Enterprise. Together they recognized the need for nonpartisan expertise, clear expression of values and an eye to the future of American food systems and worked to make the complex policy areas more digestible, as well as provide recommendations to Congress for areas of improvement.
As the Farm Bill Law Enterprise looks towards the 2023 farm bill, they have been planting seeds for big change and engaging students in vigorous research to assist with making further recommendations. “The Farm Bill Law Enterprise has its sights set on the future, which means that the recommendations we develop are meant to sustain and transform farm bill policy. It also means we have a responsibility for training the next generation of leaders,” Professor Galperin shares.
Read the article: https://fal.cn/3nxil
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is once again ranked number one in the country for Environmental Law by the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings, released today. This is the second year in a row, and the third time in four years, that Haub Law has received the number one ranking for Environmental Law, marking the latest major success for Pace I Haub Environmental Law.

Haub Law also received a #32 ranking in ADR in this year – a significant increase from #67 last year. Our part-time program increased in the rankings as well, moving up to #47, and our trial advocacy program once again ranked in the top 15% of law schools, coming in at #26 this year.

“Since its founding decades ago, our Environmental Law Program has been at the forefront of training the environmental leaders and advocates of tomorrow,” said Dean Horace E. Anderson Jr. “We are very proud of the leadership positions that our alumni have attained at government agencies, law firms, and NGOs, and of our program’s consistent recognition as being at the pinnacle of the field. We are also pleased with the strong rankings for our Dispute Resolution program, our Trial Advocacy Program, and our part-time program. I am proud of the work we have done and continue to do each day at Haub Law to provide our students with a stellar legal education.”

Read more about our 2023 rankings here.: https://fal.cn/3nlkh
Students at Haub Law put practice into action! Several students in the Pace I Haub Environmental Law program recently enjoyed a fun and informative trip to Catskill Merino farms, a small sheep farm in Warwick, NY specializing in superfine merino wool products.

Organized by the Pace-NRDC Food Law Initiative, students learned about farmland access issues in the Hudson Valley. They discussed the farm’s goal of developing an agritourism enterprise on the farm, and the risks involved in bringing the public onto an operating farm. Using this information, students have been hard at work drafting a liability waiver based on their assessment of the particular risks on the property and reading of the law.

Pace I Haub Environmental Law Professor Katrina Fisher Kuh was quoted in the E&E News article “Biden Supreme Court nominee faces big climate questions.”

“We’re now seating justices who are going to be steering the ship as we deal with increasingly disruptive climate effects,” said Professor Kuh. “These are the justices who will be guiding our legal response to all of the impacts we’ve known are coming for a very long time but that seem to be manifesting more quickly and with greater severity.”
Haub Law Professor Noa Ben-Asher was featured in University of Washington School of Law's Discovery Podcast series discussing how emotional trauma has fueled legal and policy social justice reforms in the three key social justice movements of our time: , , and climate change.

In the episode, titled “The Injury Point” Professor Ben-Asher warns that, even as we have advanced our understanding of trauma as a modern characteristic of our times, we are in danger of overlooking structural solutions to broader social injustice.

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Will private actors, including multinational corporations, lead a new era of environmental progress? In her article in the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journal, Pace I Haub Environmental Law Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh breaks down key takeaways from the 2022 Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law presented by Roger Martella, Chief Sustainability Officer at GE, explaining why we are at an inflection point for corporate sustainable responsibility.

Read the article: https://fal.cn/3mXS2

Pace I Haub Environmental Law Professor Margot Pollans discusses how the laws governing our food system make eaters powerless in her new article published by Michigan law Review.

"Food law, including traditional food safety regulation, antihunger programs, and food system worker protections, has received increased attention in recent years as a distinct field of study. Bringing together these disparate areas of law under a single lens provides an opportunity to understand the role of law in shaping what we eat (what food is produced and where it is distributed), how much we eat, and how we think about food. The food system is rife with problems—endemic hunger, worker exploitation, massive environmental externalities, and diet-related disease. Looked at in a piecemeal fashion, elements of food law appear responsive to these problems. Looked at as a whole, however, food law appears instead to entrench the existing structures of power that generate these problems."

Read the article: https://fal.cn/3mxZM

Ranked #1 Environmental Law Program by U.S. News and World Report. In 2016, we were renamed for the late Elisabeth Haub, a tireless environmental advocate.

Founded in 1982, the Haub Environmental Law Program oversees all of Haub School's prestigious environmental academic programs and research centers, including the Environmental Litigation Clinic, the Energy and Climate Center, the Land Use Law Center, and the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies. Environmental law students come from around the country and the world to participate in our ce

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Climate - Legal Update from Lights Out Norlite 06/15/2023

Managing Attorney of the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic Professor Todd Ommen discusses the litigation status of Lights Out Norlite in its motion to join the state public nuisance lawsuit against the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator and aggregate production facility with Mark Dunlea via The Sanctuary for Independent Media.

The Clinic previously filed a Motion to Intervene in the State of NY and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation v. Norlite, LLC on behalf of Lights Out Norlite in the Supreme Court of New York Albany County. Lights Out Norlite seeks to intervene in the State case to sue the Norlite Facility for its members’ decade-long exposure to harmful air contaminants. Lights Out Norlite also seeks to challenge DEC’s lack of enforcement action with regard to the Facility as a violation of its members’ constitutional rights to clean air and a healthful environment, pursuant to the recently enacted Green Amendment.

Read More: https://lnkd.in/epHrvJVc
Listen to full radio segment: https://lnkd.in/eh4bBEzu

Climate - Legal Update from Lights Out Norlite PACE Environmental Law Clinic is representing Lights Out Norlite in its motion to join the state public nuisance lawsuit against the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator and aggregate production facili

Photos from Pace I Haub Environmental Law's post 06/14/2023

The Pace I Haub Environmental Law Program co-hosted the 2nd Annual Profit & Purpose Conference which included 200 business, nonprofit, & government leaders who gathered together lawyers to help businesses prepare for a low-carbon future. New this year, a “Sustainability Bootcamp” workshop served as a primer for businesses of all sizes to get started with practical tools to develop a sustainability program.

Panelists included Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University alumni experts Kristen Motel, partner, Cuddy & Feder LLP, Jacqueline Hattar, partner, Wilson Elser, and Harriette Resnick, Acting Executive Superintendent, Climate Division, who paid attention to the environmental, social, and governance issues critical for all companies to consider. The conference featured a plenary discussion by Michael N Romita, President & CEO The The Westchester County Association, Christina Esposito Gunnell, Senior Manager, Sustainability & ESG Deloitte, and Haub Law Prof Jason Czarnezki.

Scholars and Fellows of Haub Law’s Sustainable Business Law Hub also had the unique opportunity to network with representatives from across all sectors at the Sustainable Business Conference. “By providing our students with the opportunity to grapple with critical ESG questions and preparing them to be thought-leaders in achieving a low-carbon future through meaningful discourse with business and government leaders, the Hub combines the rigor and practical engagement our students need to become the first generation of sustainable business lawyers," said Professor Jason Czarnezki, Associate Dean of Environmental Law Programs and Strategic Initiatives, and Inaugural Faculty Director of the Sustainable Business Law Hub

Read more about the conference ➡️ http://bit.ly/3N4Qjh9

06/08/2023

On , we want to recognzie Pace I Haub Environmental Law alumna & Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Sustainable Business Law Hub Advisory Board member Donna Lanzetta (JD, '86). Donna is an attorney & entrepreneur with a passion for sustainable seafood production.

Donna is Founder and CEO of Manna Fish Farms, Manna Seafood Blockchain, Inc., Manna Systems, Inc., Manna Aquaculture Innovation Center, Inc., Manna at Lobster Inn Restaurant, and Manna Ocean Foundation, Inc. The Manna Fish Farms team and collaborators include experienced fish and oyster farmers, marine biologists and marine engineers, along with numerous educational institutions. The Manna Companies explore new models for ocean farming, integrating technology, automation, new feed compositions, and renewable energy into offshore farms and operations.

Manna Fish Farms grows finfish and researches IMTA (Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture) with macroalgae (kelp) and shellfish (sea scallops). Manna Fish Farms use world proven submersible cage and automated feed technologies to grow local, wild species finfish. Manna Fish Farms utilizes the patented storm safe submersibles net pens 8 miles off the south shore of Eastern Long Island in New York State in water depths of 150 feet. The submerged cage provides a natural and safe environment for finfish to grow. Each cage contains approximately 1.7 million gallons of flowing water at any given moment.

Read more about Manna Fish Farms: https://mannafishfarms.com/

06/07/2023

Please join us in the Capitol for the return of the Pace | Haub DC Environmental Law Alummi Event as we celebrate the DC Externship and all its elements.

As in the past, this is an opportunity to celebrate the DC Externship and all its elements: the students, the mentors and supervisors, the seminar professors, and the alums who participate. We are also excited this year to celebrate our #1 ranking in the U.S. News & World Report with you all! This is the third year in a row, and the fourth time in five years, that Pace | Haub Environmental Law has received the number one ranking for Environmental Law. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to re-connecting and celebrating with you in the Capitol!

register to attend ➡️ bit.ly/43KZUAI

WOTUS Woes Continue | Cole Schotz 05/31/2023

On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA clarified the scope of the “waters of the United States” or “WOTUS” protected under the Clean Water Act – revisiting “a contentious and difficult task.” Although all the Justices joined in the judgment, they did not all agree on the reasoning behind that judgment. Therefore, this is likely not the last time that we will hear from the Supreme Court on the scope of wetlands under the Clean Water Act.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Adjunct Professor Inga Caldwell, Pace I Haub Environmental Law alumna Erin Palmer, and Heather Demirjian discuss recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. EPA decision, identifying three key impacts affecting Clean Water Act jurisdiction in recent Cole Schotz P.C. blog post, "Wotus Woes Continue".

Read More ➡️ https://www.coleschotz.com/wotus-woes-continue

WOTUS Woes Continue | Cole Schotz U.S. Supreme Court Articulates New Test for Determining Whether Wetlands Are Protected Under the Clean Water Act On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA clarified the scope of the “waters of the United States” or “WOTUS” protected under the Clean Water Act – revisiting “a con...

05/26/2023

The The Westchester County Association Profit & Purpose Sustainable Business Conference is a week away! Join us as we hear from Pace I Haub Environmental Law Profs, alumni & experts in energy policy, business strategy, finance, law and compliance.

Paying attention to environmental, social, and governance issues is critical for all companies. This year’s regional sustainability conference will feature a half-day of programming from experts in energy policy, business strategy, finance, law and compliance. And new this year is a “boot camp” sustainability workshop.

Register NOW ➡ bit.ly/3MTy3sr

05/18/2023

We are proud to announce that | Haub Pace I Haub Environmental Law Ranks #1 in the Nation for Environmental Law for the third year in a row, and the fourth time in five years!

"I am thrilled that the work of our Environmental Law Program has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report for the third year in a row with a number-one ranking," said Jason Czarnezki, Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law and Associate Dean for Environmental Law Programs and Strategic Initiatives at Haub Law. "We provide our students with an immersive classroom experience while also ensuring our students have numerous practical learning opportunities, so they are able transition from the classroom into the field seamlessly."

Our resilient community looks forward to continuing to fight for environmental, social, and economic justice.

Professor Czarnezki added, "The education our students receive at Pace | Haub Law launches them into their careers as environmental lawyers, policy experts, and change makers, in law firms, non-profits, environmental NGOs, companies, government agencies, and more."

Read more ➡ bit.ly/3BDr4gE

Photos from Pace I Haub Environmental Law's post 05/10/2023

Vol. 13, Iss. 1 of Journal of Animal Ethics (University of Illinois Press) includes a book review by Professor David Cassuto: "Animals in Brazil: Economic, Legal and Ethical Perspectives,” edited by Carlos Naconecy.

Prof Cassuto writes, “Animals in Brazil: Economic, Legal and Ethical Perspectives presents a broad overview of the complicated role of animals in Brazilian society. Its four substantive chapters survey the landscape of animal agriculture, animal protection laws, recent animal jurisprudence, and the underlying cultural factors that have shaped the Brazilian people's relationship with and treatment of animals.”

See pages 96-98
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03/23/2023

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS!

The Dean of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University invites nominations for consideration by the Jury for the 2023 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy. The Award, which is granted annually by Haub Law, recognizes exceptional accomplishments in the field of environmental law and environmental diplomacy and is the most prestigious award of its kind.

A nomination for the Award may be submitted by any institution, international organization, diplomat, or any other person qualified in the field of environmental law and policy, including former laureates. Members of the Jury may also initiate nominations for the Award. Nominations may be submitted for an individual or for a governmental or intergovernmental organization, an Indigenous peoples’ organization, or a non-governmental organization. A Jury comprised of eminent leaders in the field of environmental law and diplomacy is responsible for selecting the recipient of the Award, which will be conferred in Fall 2023.

We encourage you to nominate your colleagues for their outstanding work in the environmental law field!

Submission deadline is Friday, March 31, 2023.

To nominate, visit: bit.ly/3zjM1MN
To read more about the award, past laureates, criteria for award, etc.: https://law.pace.edu/elisabeth-haub-award

02/03/2023

📢 CALL FOR JUDGES - We need your help! We invite you to join us as a virtual judge for 35th Annual The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC).

The Pace I Haub Environmental Law relies on the support of our incredible community of alums, adjunct profs, faculty, staff, and friends to assist in carrying on the tradition in hosting the largest interschool moot court competition. Thank you to Adjunct Prof Seth Davis for helping us to keep this tradition strong.

This is your chance to give students first-hand experience in environmental litigation while also providing them a rigorous academic experience.

Register to be a NELMCC judge NOW! ➡️ http://bit.ly/3vTBxlg

01/26/2023

Did you know that the Pace I Haub Environmental Law Program offers a joint degree with Yale School of the Environment and the Yale School of Forestry (J.D./M.E.M.)? The combined degree program presents the opportunity to earn both degrees in only four years, broadening your expertise to excel in litigation, policy, advocacy, leadership, science, and other critical areas of environmental practice.

Students spend two years at the law school and then head to New Haven for a year of study, splitting their final year between Haub Law and Yale Law School in whichever order they prefer. Be part of a network of nearly 100 dual-degree alumni in government, private practice, and non-profit environmental work.

Thank you to Professor Josh Galperin for shepherding our students through this great program!

Read more about the joint degrees in environmental law: http://bit.ly/3XyQMfO

01/20/2023

📢 CALL FOR JUDGES - Interested in helping the next generation of environmental lawyers develop their oral advocacy skills? We invite you to join us as a virtual judge for 35th Annual The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC).

Every year law student advocates nationwide assemble at Haub Law to compete in the largest interschool moot court competition under one roof. The Competition is distinctive in that three adverse teams argue the issues, reflecting the fact that environmental litigation frequently involves multiple parties — the government, a public interest group, and a member of the regulated industry.

NELMCC tests students' skills in appellate brief writing and oral advocacy and uses issues drawn from real cases to provide students first-hand experience in environmental litigation while also providing a rigorous academic experience.

Register to be a NELMCC judge NOW! ➡️ http://bit.ly/3vTBxlg

01/19/2023

NEWS ALERT 🗞️: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) General Counsel Jeffrey Prieto will deliver the annual Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law at The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, focusing on the Environmental Protection Authority’s role in addressing three pivotal issues of our time: environmental injustice, climate change, and pollution.

Mr. Prieto’s prior federal government service includes nearly 20 years across various agencies, including as an Attorney-Advisor in EPA’s Office of Water. Under the Obama-Biden administration, he served as the Senate confirmed General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He also served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Department of Justice and Natural Resources Division where he served as a Trial Attorney, Counsel to the Assistant Administrator, and General Counsel.

“Each year, our annual Kerlin lecture features a renowned expert in their respective field of environmental law. At a time when the federal government is pursuing its commitment to environmental goals with renewed vigor, who better than the top lawyer in the leading national environmental agency. We are privileged to have Mr. Prieto give the Kerlin Lecture in the new year.” - Professor Jason Czarnezki

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01/18/2023

Did you know that solar farming can have significant positive socio-economic benefits for local farming communities? Last year, the Pace Energy and Climate Center conducted a study in upstate New York which showed just that!

The report estimates that a 350 MW solar farm generates between $177 million to $229 million in revenues. Other benefits for the local community incl. stabilizing family farms that provide the land, benefits to local businesses from additional household spending, municipal revenues, and job opportunities throughout the region.

The Pace Energy and Climate Center study published the results in Strengthening Small Farms and Their Communities Through Solar Farming, available here: bit.ly/3ZK7U3t

Learn more about this and other cool updates from Pace Energy and Climate Center and other centers and clinics of the Pace | Haub Environmental Law Program in our Annual Leadership Report: http://bit.ly/3OOVrqd

01/17/2023

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professor Katrina Kuh discusses the legal implications for ExxonMobil documents in Chemistry World's recently published article, "ExxonMobil scientists’ climate models were accurate, but hidden".

"The new study will bolster efforts to hold the company accountable for climate harms. The study’s findings provide additional evidence that ExxonMobil’s public assertions emphasising the uncertainty in different aspects of climate change science were disingenuous. That will help to support claims brought in many cases pending in US courts that the company’s conduct was unreasonable and that [its] representations to consumers, including about the harms from [its] products, were misleading. This could influence whether the company is held liable and whether enhanced damages are warranted." - Professor Katy Kuh

Read Full Article ➡️ bit.ly/3ZUVHtd

01/10/2023

📢 CALL FOR JUDGES! We invite you to join us as a virtual judge for the The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) in February 2023. The Competition is distinctive in that three adverse teams argue the issues, reflecting the fact that environmental litigation frequently involves multiple parties — the government, a public interest group, and a member of the regulated industry.

Judges evaluating the oral arguments include attorneys with environmental law expertise, local attorneys and judges from the nation’s courts. Final round judges are members of the federal and state benches and the US EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board.

Oral arguments will be online via ZOOM. Preliminary rounds begin Wednesday, February 22 and conclude with the semifinal round on Friday, February 24, 2023. The Final round is scheduled for Saturday, February, 25, 2023.

Attorneys admitted to the New York Bar for more than two years may earn two general practice credits per round of judging! Attorneys in other states may also be eligible!

Register HERE ➡ bit.ly/3vTBxlg

12/22/2022

The Food and Farm Business Law Clinic has expanded its legal services w/ $225K in funding incl. in the State budget!

“Small farms and food businesses operate in a complex legal and regulatory space and many face economic challenges. Access to pro bono legal support for those who need it can go a long way in helping these businesses get off the ground, survive challenges, and thrive, which in turn helps to build a stronger and more equitable regional food system. We are incredibly thankful to Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Senate and Assembly for recognizing the need in this area and supporting the work we do.” - Professor Jonathan Brown, Director of the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic

More Pace Food Law activities in our Annual Leadership Report ➡️ http://bit.ly/3OOVrqd

Local activists want to join state lawsuit against Norlite aggregate plant and incinerator 12/21/2022

On December 20th, the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic filed a Motion to Intervene in the State of NY and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation v. Norlite, LLC on behalf of Lights Out Norlite in the Supreme Court of New York Albany County. Lights Out Norlite seeks to intervene in the State case to sue the Norlite Facility for its members’ decade-long exposure to harmful air contaminants. Lights Out Norlite also seeks to challenge DEC’s lack of enforcement action with regard to the Facility as a violation of its members’ constitutional rights to clean air and a healthful environment, pursuant to the recently enacted Green Amendment.

The Norlite Facility, an aggregate production and hazardous waste incineration facility, has long plagued the community in Cohoes, NY through its emission of harmful pollutants. Nearby residents are severely impacted by the Facility’s production of fugitive dust emissions, which blanket their homes, cars, and other property in a sheet of dust. The air contaminants in this dust significantly increase the risk of adverse health effects in the surrounding communities. Despite voicing their grievances to DEC for years, DEC has only issued mere slaps on the wrist in the form of penalties. Lights Out Norlite through its motion to intervene seeks to ensure that the proper remedy is awarded – the immediate and proper closure of this Facility.

Read more about the motion in recently published Times Union article ⤵️.

Local activists want to join state lawsuit against Norlite aggregate plant and incinerator A group opposing the Norlite aggregate plant/incinerator wants to join the Attorney...

12/20/2022

NEWS ALERT 🗞️: The Pace I Haub Environmental Law Program launches The Pace New York Environmental Rights Repository, providing a resource to advocates, litigators, courts and scholars seeking to interpret, apply, and understand Article I section 19. It houses documents relating to the amendment’s legislative history; briefs and decisions in cases implicating Article I, section 19 of the NY Constitution; materials shedding light on the public context in which the amendment was adopted; and relevant legal scholarship.

Read more ➡️ https://nygreen.pace.edu/

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The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University conferred the 2022 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy on Professor Paulo de Bessa Antunes, an environmental scholar and leading professor of environmental law at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, head of the Environmental Practice of Campos Mello Advogados (Brazil).

This year’s award highlighted the Amazonian crisis and the rule of law in Brazil and included a timely discussion with the laureate, led by Professor David Cassuto, Director of the Brazil-American Institute for Law and Environment (BAILE) Haub Law.

“Through this award, for 25 years, we have recognized the diplomats, policy makers, lawyers and activists who have sought to protect our environment through the rule of law, the cooperation of world governments and the group efforts of advocates across the globe,” said Christian Haub, businessman, philanthropist and grandson of Elisabeth Haub, who presented the award along with his daughter Anna-Sophia E. Haub who also serves on the board of advisors for the Law School’s Sustainable Business Law Hub. “It is our hope that with this award, we are making a statement in support of those individuals and communities who are fighting to create a more sustainable planet.”

Read More in the Annual Report ➡️ bit.ly/3OOVrqd

12/13/2022

Have you met Pace I Haub Environmental Law Program’s Sustainable Business Law Hub Fellow, Barbara Ballan? Originally from Buenos Aires 🇦🇷, Barbara joins the team with a passion for environmental and international law.

Barbara is looking forward to developing her professional skills in the Sustainable Business Law and International Environmental Law fields to tackle future challenges, particularly regarding the need for coordination and coherence in environmental policies at international, national and local scales and their intersection with private environmental governance.

Read More about Barbara in our 2022-23 Leadership Report ➡️ bit.ly/3OOVrqd

12/09/2022

For the second year in a row, a team of students from University of Miami School of Law won the third annual Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition. Congratulations to students Vanessa Forbes-Pateman, Alyssa Huffman, Clara Tomé, Gabriella Berman, Katie Geddes and coach Professor Jessica Owley on this achievement! The Competition, developed by Haub Law and launched in 2020, is an environmental law and policy problem-solving event that invites students to propose an innovative and practical response to a current environmental challenge and awards seed funding to support implementation of the winning concept.

This year, the teams were invited to propose an innovative private environmental governance intervention with the potential to spur meaningful on-the-ground environmental progress. Of the proposals received, four teams were selected to compete as finalists in Haub Law’s 2022 Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition. The finalist teams were from the Vanderbilt University Law School, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Miami School of Law, and Yale School of the Environment, Yale School of Management. The final round of this year’s Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition was judged by María José Gutiérrez, Senior Director of International Programs for Tradewater and Founder and Director of RE Consultoria, Roger Martella, Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer for the GE, and Maram Salaheldin, Attorney at Law, Clark Hill Law’s Environmental & Natural Resources and International Trade practice groups.

“This is the third year we have held the Hack Competition, and once again, the competing finalist teams have impressed us with the breadth of their knowledge and their proposals that have the potential to make positive and meaningful environmental progress,” said Haub Law Professor Katrina Kuh, who organized the competition and wrote this year’s Hack Competition problem. “All four finalist teams submitted proposals that would have great benefits to environmental law and policy, most notably the University of Miami team’s proposal provides real-life solutions to the environmental issues involved with deep-seabed mining.”

12/07/2022

NEWS ALERT 🗞️: Distinguished Professor James R. May of Delaware Law School will return in spring 2023 as a Pace | Haub Environmental Law Visiting Scholar! We are incredibly honored to welcome our longtime friend and global environmental rights expert back to the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

May shares a long history with Haub Law as he previously served as a Haub Visiting Scholar in 2020 and more recently, in spring of 2022, May joined the environmental law faculty as a visiting professor. Fun fact - May served as distinguished member of the bench as Final Round Judge in this previous year's The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC). As a Visiting Scholar in 2020, he focused on the intersection of human rights and environmental law, specifically concentrating on constitutionally-recognized rights to human dignity. And, this past spring, as a Visiting Professor he taught Civil Procedure and a seminar on Environmental Rights. Notably, May is also a past recipient of the Nicholas Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement.

“Professor May provides students with a compelling example of how to use careful but ambitious scholarship to support social and environmental justice. His work has helped to advance environmental rights around the world and will be instrumental as we implement New York’s new constitutional right to clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment", says Professor Katrina Kuh.

Welcome back to , Professor May!

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12/06/2022

Happening THIS WEEK!

The Land Use Law Center will hold the 21st Annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference Thurs., Dec. 8th. This year's conference theme is Land Use Under Siege: Revisiting Well Grounded.

Twenty years ago, land use was well grounded. Local leaders were able to make steady progress to further environmental protection, sustainable development and the revitalization of cities and urban villages. Through optimistic guides to problem solving, using innovative land use laws, Professor John Nolon championed these efforts. Since then, localities have been challenged to address fair housing, a pandemic, shocking revelations of our racist history, threats of preemption of local power, and the ravages of climate change. The challenges today are much greater than in 2001 when Well Grounded: Using Local Land Use Authority to Achieve Smart Growth was first published. A new approach to properly using local land use power is needed. The conference is dedicated to furthering this exploration and to the prolific body of work of Professor John Nolon.

8AM - 5PM EST
Learn More : https://bit.ly/3F6gXlQ

Environmental Law Program, Haub Law School at Pace University - Annual Report 2022-23 12/05/2022

NEWS ALERT 🗞️: The Annual Leadership Report is LIVE! Catch up on all Pace I Haub Environmental Law updates, center work, curriculum info, professor/ student spotlights, award recipients, event recaps, & more.

See the message from Associate Dean of Environmental Law Programs, Professor Jason Czarnezki and Associate Director of Environmental Law Programs, Professor Achinthi Vithanage as they recap our past year.

"Over the past year, as we came to grips with the interconnected realities of the multiple environmental and societal crises we are facing, the Pace | Haub Environmental Law community saw numerous opportunities to fill emerging voids in the environmental legal space. Bolstered by the sentiments conveyed in the 2022 Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law delivered by Roger Martella, GE’s Chief Sustainability Officer—that private actors and corporations are poised to lead a new era of environmental progress—Pace | Haub Environmental Law continued its path towards building the next generation of sustainable business lawyers through the Sustainable
Business Law Hub. As the pursuit of a human right to a healthy environment meandered its way through national and international fora, Pace | Haub Environmental Law students, alums, and faculty ensured that the topic was at the forefront of emerging discussion. Our efforts to strive for diversity, inclusion, perseverance, and compassion, in our teaching, programs, and activities, have been instrumental in driving and delivering positive impacts for the Program."

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