March 22, 2012

The Clean Water Act at 40:
The J.B. & Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium

Co-sponsored by the The George Washington University Law School,
the Environmental Law Institute,
The Center for Progressive Reform,
The Association of Clean Water Administrators,
The Clean Water America Alliance,
The GW Journal of Energy and Environmental Law,
and The GW Environmental Law Association

DAY 1

Welcome: Robert L. Glicksman, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School

PANEL: Perspectives

Lee Paddock, Associate Dean for Environmental Legal Studies and Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School. (moderator)
N. William Hines, Dean Emeritus and Joseph F. Rosenfield Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law
Nancy Stoner, Acting Associate Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

PANEL: Evolution of the CWA

Adam Schempp, Staff Attorney and Director, Western Water Program, Environmental Law Institute (moderator)
William Andreen, Edgar L. Clarkson Professor of Law, The University of Alabama School of Law
William W. Buzbee, Professor of Law and Director of Emory Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, Emory University School of Law
Christine Klein, Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law and Director, LL.M. Program in Environmental & Land Use Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Luncheon Speaker: Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

PANEL: Jurisdiction

Lance D. Wood, Assistant Chief Counsel of the Environmental Law and Regulatory Programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School (moderator)
Holly Doremus, Professor of Law and Co-Faculty Director, Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, University of California Berkeley School of Law
Donna M. Downing, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School
A. Dan Tarlock, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Program in Environmental and Energy Law, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law

Presentation of the 2012 Jamie Grodsky Prize for Environmental Law Scholarship: remarks by Paul Schiff Berman, Dean and Robert Kramer Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

PANEL: Infrastructure and Cooperative Federalism

Benjamin H. Grumbles, President, Clean Water America Alliance (moderator)
Robert W. Adler, James I. Farr Chair and Professor of Law, The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Alexandra D. Dunn, Executive Director and General Counsel, Association of Clean Water Administrators, and Lecturer in Law, the Catholic University of America, Columbus College School of Law
Brent A. Fewell, Vice President of Environmental Compliance, United Water
Ryan C. Seiger, Staff Director and Senior Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

PANEL: Compliance and Enforcement Issues

Jeffrey G. Miller, Professor of Law, Pace University Law School (moderator)
Karl S. Coplan, Professor and Co-Director of the Environmental Litigation Clinic, Pace University Law School
Catherine A. O’Neill, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
Rena I. Steinzor, Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law

DAY 2

PANEL: Perspectives II

Robin L. Juni, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School (moderator)
Ridgway M. Hall, Senior Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP
Christophe A.G. Tulou, Director, District of Columbia Department of the Environment

PANEL: Challenges for the CWA

James M. McElfish Jr., Senior Attorney and Director, Sustainable Use of Land Program, Environmental Law Institute (moderator)
Robin K. Craig, Professor and Associate Dean for Environmental Programs, Florida State University College of Law
Robert L. Glicksman, Professor, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School
Jon Mueller, Vice President of Litigation, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Sandi B. Zellmer, Alumni Professor of Natural Resources Law, University of Nebraska College of Law

PANEL: What Lies Ahead

Benjamin Wilson, Managing Principal, Beveridge & Diamond (moderator)
Jamie Benidickson, Professor, University of Ottawa
Benjamin H. Grumbles, President, Clean Water American Alliance
Ken Kirk, Executive Director of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies
Sylvia A. Quast, Chief, Defensive Civil Litigation Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California
Kathy Robb, Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP

Materials:
For a video of the event, please go HERE