Co-hosted by the Environmental Law Institute and Vanderbilt University Law School
Please join us on March 28, 2025, from 9:30 a.m.–2:45 p.m. ET (in-person and via webinar) for the 2025 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) Conference in Washington, D.C. The in-person component will take place at the Environmental Law Institute’s offices. Each year, Vanderbilt Law School and the Environmental Law Institute identify innovative environmental law and policy proposals in the academic literature. Leading professors, policymakers, and practitioners were invited to discuss the proposals selected this year.
Topics:
- Regulation of investor-owned electric utilities
- Water access and affordability
- Regenerative agriculture
Articles for Discussion:
- Joel B. Eisen and Heather Payne, Utilities with Purpose, 76 FLA. L. REV. 987;
- Sharmila L. Murthy, Disrupting Utility Law for Water Justice, 76 STAN. L. REV. 597; and
- Alexia Brunet Marks, Transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture One French Fry at a Time, 24 NEV. L. J. 1029.
Speakers:
- Joel B. Eisen (author), Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law (Utilities with Purpose)
- Heather Payne (author), Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (Utilities with Purpose)
- Sharmila Murthy (author), Professor of Law and Public Policy, Northeastern University School of Law (Disrupting Utility Law for Water Justice)
- Alexia Brunet Marks (author), Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School (Transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture One French Fry at a Time)
- Additional Commenters TBA
For questions about the conference, please contact Mara Pusic at mpusic@eli.org.
For more information about ELPAR, please visit: www.eli.org/environmental-law-and-policy-annual-review