Environmental law center
October 04, 2023
On Sept. 28-29, two dozen of the foremost experts in climate change and international law gathered at Woodland Hall at the Cleveland Botanical Garden to debate how to respond to the increasing threat of global climate change. The event was organized by ӰƵ School of…
August 23, 2023
Join ӰƵ for a presentation titled “Depolarizing Climate Change in the United States,” featuring guest speaker Matthew G. Burgess. The event will take place Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Moot Courtroom A59 of George Gund Hall (11075 East Blvd.). About the…
May 10, 2023
On April 10, the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, spoke about the environmental legacy of Justice William O. Douglas, both as a Supreme Court justice and citizen advocate for environmental conservation. Judge McKeown’s remarks drew…
May 10, 2023
Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law Director Jonathan H. Adler’s latest book, Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty, Property and Pollution (Palgrave), explores the intersection of climate change policy and classical liberal political theory. Adler, also the Johan Verheij Memorial…
May 09, 2023
Every community faces its own challenges—and often, the struggles are shared across boundaries. In mid-April, ӰƵ School of Law students explored three Cleveland-area communities to see in person how leaders grapple with pressing land-use challenges. Local planning…
May 04, 2023
Monte Mills, the Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and director of the Native American Law Center at University of Washington School of Law, joined the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at ӰƵ School of Law for a discussion on the history and management of…
May 03, 2023
Nearly three months after news broke that a train had derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, students in the Environmental Law Clinic at ӰƵ School of Law held a free legal clinic in East Palestine. The clinic, in collaboration with River Valley Organizing, Community Legal…
January 19, 2023
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently cited the scholarship of CWRU School of Law Professor Jonathan H. Adler in a decision holding that Ohio courts need not defer to state administrative agency interpretations of state law. The Court’s opinion in TWISM Enterprises, L.L.C. v. State Board of…
October 07, 2022
One of the most cited legal scholars in the United States, Professor Thomas Merill joined the Coleman P. Burke Center at ӰƵ School of Law for a discussion about his new book: “The Chevron Doctrine: its Rise and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State.” Thomas…
October 07, 2022
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency was the first case heard by the Supreme Court in its Oct. 2022 term. At issue is the scope of federal authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act. To preview this important case and explore the legal and policy ramifications of a decision in…