3rd ANNUALENVIRONMENTAL LAW SYMPOSIUM

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW / WILLIAM H. GATES HALL, SEATTLE

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Environmental Justice for Washington and Beyond

CO-SPONSORED BY:

UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

UW Superfund Research Program

UW Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics and Environment (EDGE)

Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, UW School of Law

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Attorneys representing, or desiring to represent, clients with environmental

justice concerns

• Public interest attorneys, community and environmental organizations, and

anyone seeking to learn more about the state of environmental justice law

• Planners, policymakers, and elected officials contemplating new proposals for

addressing environmental justice in Washington and beyond

• Persons seeking to learn more about the latest national and regional research

findings across a range of disciplines at the UW

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Join us for the 3rd Annual University of Washington Environmental Law Symposium.

This year’s symposium focuses on the latest research and most promising avenues

for advancing environmental justice through law in our region and beyond. The

event is cosponsored by the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational

Health Sciences, the UW Superfund Research Program, the UW Center for

Exposures, Diseases, Genomics and Environment (EDGE), and the Washington

Journal of Environmental Law & Policy. Our one-day gathering will feature discussion

of: research on disparate environmental impacts, the many visions for environmental

justice, the current state of federal and state environmental justice law, potential new

legal avenues for equitable environmental protection, and practices of fair and equal

engagement among different communities of experience and expertise.

3RD ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SYMPOSIUM

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018

8:30 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. Welcome Dean Mario Barnes, UW School of Law 9:10 a.m. Environmental Justice and Law: An Introduction CliffVilla,UniversityofNewMexicoSchoolofLaw

9:45 a.m. Environmental Justice and Tribes: Shared Visions? CeciliaGobin(Tulalip),NorthwestIndianFisheriesCommission LarryCampbell(Swinomish),SwinomishIndianTribalCommunity ClaritaLefthand-Begay(Navajo),UWiSchool Rosalina“Rose”James(Lummi/Duwamish),UrbanIndianHealthInstitute

10:45 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Just Off the Press: Crosscutting UW Research on Environmental Justice JessicaHernandez(Zapotec&Ch’orti’),UWCollegeoftheEnvironment JulianMarshall/LaraClark,UWCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering LeiLaniNishime,UWDepartmentofCommunication EstherMin,UWDepartmentofEnvironmental&OccupationalHealthSciences JoelKaufman,UWDepartmentofEnvironmental&OccupationalHealthSciences

12:15 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:30 p.m. Justice Delayed, Justice Achieved: Seeking Environmental Justice Through Civil Rights Law HelenKang,GoldenGateUniversitySchoolofLaw MarianneEngleman-Lado,YaleLawSchool

2:20 p.m. An Environmental Justice Act for Washington: Prospects and Possibilities DavidMendoza,Front&Centered GerryPollet,StateRepresentative(46thDistrict),UWSchoolofPublicHealth TBD,DuwamishRiverCleanupCoalition

3:15 p.m. Equal Engagement: Expertise, Experience, and Environmental Justice MarisaOrdonia,EarthjusticeNorthwestRegionalOffice JillMangaliman,GotGreen TarikaPowell,SightlineInstitute

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REGISTRATION FEE

Throughthegeneroussupportofourco-sponsorsandtheUWSchoolofLawalumnianddonors,thereisnorequiredregistrationfeeforthissymposium.AttorneyschoosingtoseekCLEcreditwillneedtoindicatethatchoiceatthetimeofregistrationandwillbecharged$25.

All attendees, whether seeking CLE credit or not, must register for this event through the symposium website by October 31, 2018. Registration is subject to a first-come, first-served basis.

Toregister,pleasevisitoursymposiumwebsiteat:https://cvent.me/9gQRG

CREDITS

5.00CLEcreditsarependingforthissymposium.FormoreinformationregardingCLEcreditsinotherstates,contactUWConferences&ContinuingEducationat206.543.0059or800.253.8648oremailuwcle@uw.edu.

WASHINGTON JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY SPECIAL EDITION

AspecialeditionissueofWJELPonnaturaldisastersandenvironmentallawwillbepublishedinconjunctionwiththissymposium.Pleaseemailwjelp@uw.eduwithanyquestions.

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABILITIES

Torequestdisabilityaccommodation,pleasecontacttheDisabilityServicesOfficeat206.543.6450(voice);206.543.6452(TTY);206.685.7264(FAX),ordso@u.washington.edu(email).

CO-SPONSORS

UWLawwouldliketothankitscosponsorswhoprovidedvaluablesupportinhelpingwiththisevent:

For more information please email lawconf@uw.edu.

Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment

The University of Washington EDGE Center

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