Featured News
December 13, 2018
Trade and investment policy
Matt Porterfield, the Harrison Institute's deputy director, is a contributing author of Rethinking International Investment Governance: Principles for the 21st Century. The book's 13 coauthors are a virtual global coalition that aims to change the terms of debate on the future of international investment treaties. After a long planning process, they completed their work in a "booksprint" -- an intensive week of writing collaboratively. The book's publisher is the Columbia University Center for Sustainable Investment (see title for link).
January 22, 2018
Climate adaptation
Sara Hoverter, staff attorney at the Harrison Institute, contributed the chapter on adapting to heat in Climate Change, Public Health, and the Law. The book is the first comprehensive treatment of interactions between climate change, public health law, and environmental law. Written for policymakers and professionals in public health and environmental law, the book is edited by Michael Burger and Justin Gundlach, both at Columbia University, and published by Oxford University Press (see title for link).
Featured Events
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Georgetown Law - Gewirtz Building, 12th floor
GELR-GLS 2019 Symposium: Role of Environmental, Land Use & Housing Law in Washington, DC, Development
Jennifer Li, Harrison climate fellow, will speak on the panel on Community Planning and Climate Resiliency in Ward 7 (NE Washington). Other panels include historic presentation, public-private partnerships, large-scale development, and environmental and housing issues. The symposium is sponsored by the Georgetown Environmental Law Society, the Georgetown Environmental Law Review, and the Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Program.
April 5 - 7, 2019
Georgetown Law
Food Law Leadership Summit
The Food Law Leadership Summit will convene law students from around the country who share a passion for creating an equitable, transparent, healthy, and sustainable food system. Co-sponsors include the Harrison Institute (GULC), the O'Neill Institute (GULC), and the Food Law and Policy Clinic (Harvard), with support from the National Food Law Student Network. Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until January 31 (see title for link).
