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ALUMNI ESSAYS<br />
The Birth of<br />
Environmental<br />
Law in Israel<br />
By Prof. Reuven (Richard) Laster<br />
Hebrew University law students<br />
celebrating the conclusion of the<br />
Green Eilat course.<br />
Prof. Reuven (Richard) Laster<br />
earned a PhD in environmental<br />
law from the Hebrew University<br />
in 1975, at a time when<br />
there were no courses in<br />
environmental law. He has taught<br />
intermittently at the Hebrew<br />
University since 1974.<br />
I<br />
was born in Richmond, Virginia,<br />
where my great-grandfather<br />
arrived in the 1880s. I was proud<br />
of being both Jewish and a native<br />
Richmonder. My parents were very<br />
active in the community; my father, a<br />
lawyer, became the first Jewish judge<br />
in Virginia. My mother worked as a<br />
social worker until WWII, when she took<br />
over the duties of the home. She was<br />
very popular in Richmond and headed<br />
up the Inter-Faith Council, among<br />
other groups that needed her help and<br />
guidance.<br />
I earned my BA at the University of Virginia,<br />
JD at Richmond Law, and LLM at
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