Volunteer members of Land Air Water, the nation’s oldest student environmental law organization, are hosting the 23rd annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the University’s Knight Law Center today through Sunday, March 6.
Keynote speeches will take place in the EMU Ballroom at 7 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday, and at noon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are free and can be picked up in the EMU lobby an hour before the speeches begin.
Speakers include cancer researcher Samuel Epstein, journalists Jane
Akre and Steve Wilson, and
University law school alumna Gail Small, founding director of Native Action, a non-profit American
Indian organization that works
on environmental protection, educational equality and political reform.
As part of Sunday’s keynote speech, there will also be a recorded address from activist Jeffrey “Free” Luers, currently in prison for starting a fire at an SUV dealership to protest global warming.
Today, panel discussions on topics such as environmental law around the world, international wildlife
issues, and genetic engineering will be held in various rooms at the EMU from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. More
panel discussions will be held all day Friday and Saturday at the EMU and the Knight Law Center.
Special events include an excursion to Spencer’s Butte on Saturday afternoon and films on environmental issues, such as activism and protecting natural resources, throughout the weekend.
All discussions and events are free and open to the public, except
for workshops and meals, which
participants must register and pay a fee for at Knight Law Center.
A complete schedule of events is available online at www.pielc.org.

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