An ELI Hybrid Event

Sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute
Co-Sponsored by the Women's Bar Association of DC

 

Please join us on March 27, 2026, from 10:30 am – 4:00 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  

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
  • 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! 

2026 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) Conference

  • Friday Mar 27 2026, 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Zoom & In Person (Hybrid)
    Environmental Law Institute, 1730 M St NW
    Washington, District of Columbia
    United States
    20036