(Papers to be published in the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation)
Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) sits at the crossroads of environmental law, natural resources and energy law, public policy, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). This dynamic and evolving field has sparked the imagination of those who would address some of the most pressing and complex disputes and decisions in the environmental and natural resources arenas.
So how well is this boisterous newcomer doing? This panel brings together professors and practitioners – all of whom work in and around environmental and natural resources law and ADR – to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, ongoing challenges, and future possibilities of ECR. This “report card” will grade ECR in various areas, including programmatic and institutional inroads, practical methodologies, pedagogy and theory, and on-the-ground case studies. Our goal is to capture the current state of the field and debate possible directions for the future.
Environmental conflicts and planning are some of the highest stakes activities that societies undertake. As a developing field of practice and study, ECR could revolutionize our approach to environmental problems … or could make true environmental justice harder to achieve. Join us as we discuss how well ECR is doing and what steps ECR should take next.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.