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1– Matthew T. Klein, ‘01, Executive Director of Indianapolis
Water, gave the keynote address.
2– The third annual Spring Environmental Law Symposium
brought a crowd of attorneys to Inlow Hall on April 1st.
3– Elizabeth Hall, ‘10, President of the law school’s
Environmental Law Society, welcomed the participants.
4– Professor Eric Dannenmaier, Chair of the Environmental
Policy Forum, offered remarks.
THE IU LAW – INDIANAPOLIS THIRD ANNUAL
SPRING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SYMPOSIUM on April 1 st
focused on conflict, scarcity, and the quality of state water resources.
Three panels addressed recent and developing challenges to state
and local water supplies—with an emphasis on the legal frameworks
through which those supplies are managed and protected.
The keynote speaker at the half-day event was Matthew T.
Klein, ’01, Executive Director of Indianapolis Water who spoke
on “Who’s Guarding Our Water Infrastructure?” Three panel
discussions addressed other issues relating to water law and
featured local experts and well known academics from around
the country. Participants included: Tom Healy, Broad Ripple
Village Association; Dr. Travis Ryan, Professor of Biology,
Butler University; Paul Whitmore, Communications Manager,
Veolia Water; Laurie Fowler, Professor, University of Georgia;
Jennifer Wilson Miller, Associate, Sirote & Permutt, Birmingham,
Alabama; William Blomquist, Dean, IU School of Liberal Arts
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at IUPUI; Robin Kundis Craig, Florida State University School
of Law and Lenore Tedesco, Department of Earth Sciences,
Purdue School of Science. Moderators for the three panels were
IU law professors Dan Cole, the R. Bruce Townsend Professor
of Law; Eric Dannenmaier, Associate Professor of Law & Chair
of the Environmental Policy Forum, and David Orentlicher,
Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law & Co-director of the Hall
Center for Law and Health.
The program was followed by a reception hosted by the IU
Environmental Policy Forum; the law school’s Environmental
Law Society; and the IU School of Law – Indianapolis
Environmental Law Alumni.
This year’s symposium was co-sponsored by Butler
University Center for Urban Ecology; William S. and Christine
S. Hall Center for Law and Health; IUPUI Center for Earth and
Environmental Science; IUPUI Campus Sustainability Initiative
& IUPUI Common Theme.
I U S C H O O L O F L AW S U M M E R A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E
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