Pace / Haub Environmental Law

01/23/2023

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professor Katrina Kuh discusses the legal implications for ExxonMobil documents in Chemistry World's recently published article, "ExxonMobil scientists’ climate models were accurate, but hidden".

"The new study will bolster efforts to hold the company accountable for climate harms. The study’s findings provide additional evidence that ExxonMobil’s public assertions emphasising the uncertainty in different aspects of climate change science were disingenuous. That will help to support claims brought in many cases pending in US courts that the company’s conduct was unreasonable and that [its] representations to consumers, including about the harms from [its] products, were misleading. This could influence whether the company is held liable and whether enhanced damages are warranted." - Professor Katy Kuh

Read Full Article ➡️ bit.ly/3ZUVHtd

01/12/2023

📢 CALL FOR JUDGES! We invite you to join us as a virtual judge for the The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) in February 2023. The Competition is distinctive in that three adverse teams argue the issues, reflecting the fact that environmental litigation frequently involves multiple parties — the government, a public interest group, and a member of the regulated industry.

Judges evaluating the oral arguments include attorneys with environmental law expertise, local attorneys and judges from the nation’s courts. Final round judges are members of the federal and state benches and the US EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board.

Oral arguments will be online via ZOOM. Preliminary rounds begin Wednesday, February 22 and conclude with the semifinal round on Friday, February 24, 2023. The Final round is scheduled for Saturday, February, 25, 2023.

Attorneys admitted to the New York Bar for more than two years may earn two general practice credits per round of judging! Attorneys in other states may also be eligible!

Register HERE ➡ bit.ly/3vTBxlg

12/23/2022

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University conferred the 2022 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy on Professor Paulo de Bessa Antunes, an environmental scholar and leading professor of environmental law at Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, head of the Environmental Practice of Campos Mello Advogados (Brazil).

This year’s award highlighted the Amazonian crisis and the rule of law in Brazil and included a timely discussion with the laureate, led by Professor David Cassuto, Director of the Brazil-American Institute for Law and Environment (BAILE) Haub Law.

“Through this award, for 25 years, we have recognized the diplomats, policy makers, lawyers and activists who have sought to protect our environment through the rule of law, the cooperation of world governments and the group efforts of advocates across the globe,” said Christian Haub, businessman, philanthropist and grandson of Elisabeth Haub, who presented the award along with his daughter Anna-Sophia E. Haub who also serves on the board of advisors for the Law School’s Sustainable Business Law Hub. “It is our hope that with this award, we are making a statement in support of those individuals and communities who are fighting to create a more sustainable planet.”

Read More in the Annual Report ➡️ bit.ly/3OOVrqd

12/16/2022

Meet the inaugural Faculty Director of the Sustainable Business Law Hub at The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University: sustainable business law expert Professor Jason Czarnezki! Professor Czarnezki is also the Associate Dean of the Pace I Haub Environmental Law Program.

Prof Czarnezki specializes in environmental and natural resources law and policy, and sustainable business strategies, with a particular expertise in sustainable procurement, ESG criteria, eco-labeling, and life cycle assessment and costing. He has written extensively in the field, including his recent article, Sustainable Business Law? The Key Role of Corporate Governance and Finance.

Read more in recently published Westfair Online article ➡️ http://bit.ly/3FX4rqr

12/13/2022

NEWS ALERT 🗞️: Distinguished Professor James R. May of Delaware Law Schoolwill return in spring 2023 as a Pace I Haub Environmental Law Visiting Scholar! We are incredibly honored to welcome our longtime friend and global environmental rights expert back to the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

May shares a long history with Haub Law as he previously served as a Haub Visiting Scholar in 2020 and more recently, in spring of 2022, May joined the environmental law faculty as a visiting professor. Fun fact - May served as distinguished member of the bench as Final Round Judge in this previous year's The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC). As a Visiting Scholar in 2020, he focused on the intersection of human rights and environmental law, specifically concentrating on constitutionally-recognized rights to human dignity. And, this past spring, as a Visiting Professor he taught Civil Procedure and a seminar on Environmental Rights. Notably, May is also a past recipient of the Nicholas Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement.

“Professor May provides students with a compelling example of how to use careful but ambitious scholarship to support social and environmental justice. His work has helped to advance environmental rights around the world and will be instrumental as we implement New York’s new constitutional right to clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment", says Professor Katrina Kuh.

Welcome back to , Professor May!

Read More ➡️ bit.ly/3UF9yQf

12/12/2022

For the second year in a row, a team of students from University of Miami School of Law won the third annual Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition. Congratulations to students Vanessa Forbes-Pateman, Alyssa Huffman, Clara Tomé, Gabriella Berman, Katie Geddes and coach Professor Jessica Owley on this achievement! The Competition, developed by Haub Law and launched in 2020, is an environmental law and policy problem-solving event that invites students to propose an innovative and practical response to a current environmental challenge and awards seed funding to support implementation of the winning concept.

This year, the teams were invited to propose an innovative private environmental governance intervention with the potential to spur meaningful on-the-ground environmental progress. Of the proposals received, four teams were selected to compete as finalists in Haub Law’s 2022 Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition. The finalist teams were from the Vanderbilt University Law School, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Miami School of Law, and Yale School of the Environment, Yale School of Management. The final round of this year’s Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition was judged by María José Gutiérrez, Senior Director of International Programs for Tradewater and Founder and Director of RE Consultoria, Roger Martella, Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer for the GE, and Maram Salaheldin, Attorney at Law, Clark Hill Law’s Environmental & Natural Resources and International Trade practice groups.

“This is the third year we have held the Hack Competition, and once again, the competing finalist teams have impressed us with the breadth of their knowledge and their proposals that have the potential to make positive and meaningful environmental progress,” said Haub Law Professor Katrina Kuh, who organized the competition and wrote this year’s Hack Competition problem. “All four finalist teams submitted proposals that would have great benefits to environmental law and policy, most notably the University of Miami team’s proposal provides real-life solutions to the environmental issues involved with deep-seabed mining.”


Read More about the 2022 Hack Comp ➡️ http://bit.ly/3HzaKlB

12/07/2022

Happening THIS WEEK!

The Land Use Law Center will hold the 21st Annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference Thurs., Dec. 8th. This year's conference theme is Land Use Under Siege: Revisiting Well Grounded.

Twenty years ago, land use was well grounded. Local leaders were able to make steady progress to further environmental protection, sustainable development and the revitalization of cities and urban villages. Through optimistic guides to problem solving, using innovative land use laws, Professor John Nolon championed these efforts. Since then, localities have been challenged to address fair housing, a pandemic, shocking revelations of our racist history, threats of preemption of local power, and the ravages of climate change. The challenges today are much greater than in 2001 when Well Grounded: Using Local Land Use Authority to Achieve Smart Growth was first published. A new approach to properly using local land use power is needed. The conference is dedicated to furthering this exploration and to the prolific body of work of Professor John Nolon.

8AM - 5PM EST
Learn More : https://bit.ly/3F6gXlQ

10/26/2022

Have you heard about the new Program Coordinator for the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic and Pace's Food Law Center at Haub Law? Meet Camden Smithtro!

We are thrilled to welcome Camden to the program. Check out the links below to learn more about the Food Law Center and Food and Farm Business Law Clinic, where Camden is putting her skills to good use in support of the center and clinic's activities! Fun Fact: Now that Camden resides in Westchester, she enjoys riding her bike on the North County Trail.

Read more about Camden: https://bit.ly/3S7WAtj
Read more about the Center: https://bit.ly/3T0DW7F
Read more about the Clinic: https://bit.ly/3CnWWpu

10/25/2022

Please join us for a book launch event with Alumna Maya van Rossum ‘92, author of The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment (forthcoming November 2022).

We have reached a critical tipping point in our fight for the environment: Corporations profit off climate change, natural disasters devastate homes, and the most vulnerable suffer the health effects of pollution. Yet our laws are designed to accommodate this destruction rather than prevent it. Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professor Nicholas Robinson will lead an insightful discussion with Maya focusing on her roadmap to a healthier world—one that uses the law to empower activists and support environmental social justice for all communities.

See you there!

Thursday, October 27, 2022 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Register to attend: https://bit.ly/3gkWv8p

BOOK TALK: The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment Green Amendments For The Generations

10/18/2022

Pace | Haub Environmental Law alums Alicia Legland '20 (Hodgson Russ LLP) and William Kellermeyer '20 (Knauf Shaw LLP) are presenting on a panel regarding the Implementation of the CLCPA – Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, at the New York State Bar Association Environmental and Energy Law Section Section's 2022 Fall Meeting.

This program will cover where New York is at in its clean energy and climate agenda, focusing on the work of the Climate Action Council and the impending Scoping Plan, Department of Environmental Conservation’s regulatory initiatives and recent denials of high-profile Title V permits, permitting before the Office of Renewable Energy Siting, NYSERDA's progress in meeting the Clean Energy Standard and the interplay of the Public Service Commission’s mission to ensure affordable, safe, secure and reliable power.

October 18 -19
Register Here: https://bit.ly/3Vv74Wx

Implementing New York’s Clean Energy and Climate Change Agenda – Where Are We? New York is at the forefront in the fight against climate change. As part of its efforts, there have been numerous regulatory and legislative initiatives over the last few years, including the Climate Leadership and C...

10/11/2022

Wrapping up an incredible day including a tour of the New York State Capitol, Senate Chamber, and presentation & chat at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation office with a wonderful opportunity to reunite with old friends at the the Pace | Haub Environmental Law Alumni and Friends Event!

The Pace I Haub Environmental Law Program was thrilled to celebrate the recipient of The 2022 Nicholas Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement, Jeshica Patel. This award was established in 2005 to recognize Pace | Haub Environmental Law alumni who have made significant contributions to environmental law. We are honored to present this award to Jeshica and thank her for her ongoing dedication to the program. Thank you to our incredible students, Professors, alums, and friends for making their way to Albany for this event. It was a wonderful event to close out our Alumni Month!