WHAT

Georgetown Law’s environmental law faculty will discuss the Trump administration’s environmental and regulatory track record, the Biden administration’s different priorities, and anticipated developments to watch for.

Topics are likely to include climate change policy; environmental justice priorities; Trump deregulatory actions that were often rejected in court and their implications for the Biden administration; the role of the White House and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), as well as, cost-benefit analysis in environmental law; shifts in endangered species and National Environmental Policy Act regulation; EPA and Justice Department environmental enforcement policies and priorities; and international environmental law.

The session will start with brief comments from each panelist, then allow time for panelist interaction and questions from those joining the session.

WHO

Georgetown Law Environmental Law Faculty:

Hope Babcock, Professor of Law; Director, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

William Buzbee, Edward and Carole Walter Professor of Law

Peter Byrne, John Hampton Baumgartner, Jr. Professor of Real Property Law; Faculty Director, Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Program; Faculty Director, Georgetown Climate Resource Center

Sara Colangelo, Director, Environmental Law & Policy; Adjunct Professor of Law

Sheila Foster, The Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy; Professor of Public Policy

Lisa Heinzerling, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law

Edith Brown Weiss, University Professor

WHEN

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
5:15pm – 6:30pm

WHERE

Please RSVP for the Zoom Webinar.

Georgetown University Law Center is a global leader in legal education based in the heart of the U.S. capital. As the nation’s largest law school, Georgetown Law offers students an unmatched breadth and depth of academic opportunities, taught by a world-class faculty of celebrated theorists and leading legal practitioners. Second to none in experiential education, the Law Center’s numerous clinics are deeply woven into the Washington, D.C., landscape. More than 20 centers and institutes forge cutting-edge research and policy resources across fields including health, the environment, human rights, technology, national security and international economics. Georgetown Law equips students to succeed in a rapidly evolving legal environment and to make a profound difference in the world, guided by the school’s motto, “Law is but the means, justice is the end.”