2026 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) Conference
Co-hosted by Environmental Law Institute, Vanderbilt University Law School, and D.C. Bar Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Community
An ELI Hybrid Event
Please join us on March 27, 2026, from 10:30 am – 4:30 pm ET (in person and via webinar) for the 2026 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) Conference in Washington, D.C.
Each year, Vanderbilt Law School and the Environmental Law Institute identify creative environmental law and policy proposals in the academic literature and invite leading professors, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss them at this annual conference.
Topics:
- Indoor air quality
- Western water governance
- Cooperative federalism and state administrative law
View the full agenda here.
Articles for Discussion:
- Anthony B. Derron, Unwritten Administrative Law and the Regulatory Last Mile, 173 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1657
- Albert C. Lin, Indoor Air: The Forgotten Frontier of Environmental Law, 85 Ohio St. L.J. 1291
- Dave Owen, The Water District and the State, 134 Yale L.J. 1
Presenters:
- Anthony B. Derron, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
- Albert C. Lin, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and Co-Director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center, University of California, Davis School of Law
- Dave Owen, Associate Dean for Research and Harry Sunderland '61 Professor of Law, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Commenters:
- Elizabeth Beardsley, Senior Policy Counsel, U.S. Green Building Council
- Susan Bodine, Partner, Earth & Water Law
- James Eklund, Partner, Taft Law
- Amanda Garcia, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
- Laurence S. Kirsch, Partner, Sidley Austin
- Emily Porcari, Manager of State and Local Government Affairs, ASHRAE
- J.D Strong, Western States Water Council
- Michelle Thompson, Public Health Industrial Hygienist, Vermont Department of Health
- D. Reid Wilson, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
And more!
This chart includes brief descriptions and links to the three articles that will be discussed, in addition to the other articles selected this year.
The in-person component will take place at the Environmental Law Institute’s offices at 1730 M St NW, Washington, DC 20036.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
For questions about the conference, please contact Mara Pusic at [email protected].
For more information about ELPAR, please visit: www.eli.org/environmental-law-and-policy-annual-review.