FSU College of Law’s nationally recognized environmental law program has a full schedule of activities for the 2005-2006 academic year, including the following: 

1) The Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law’s Distinguished Lecture Series – the Journal, ranked nationally among specialty journals based on citation count, will feaure this year Professors Jim Salzman of Duke University Law School, and Douglas Kysar of Cornell University as its Distinguished Lecturers.  The Journal’s student Executive Board for this year includes: Editor-in-Chief Zachary Ross, Executive Editors Melanie Shoemaker and Matthew Scanlan, Research Editor Peter McKernan, Associate Editor Jennifer McCoy, and Administrative Editor Shakila Faqeeri.

2) The Law School Environmental Forum Series, a series that provides a neutral forum for the discussion of timely environmental issues, will focus on the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision in its Fall Forum.  A spring Forum will be held as well.  Last year’s Fall Forum focused on the protection of Florida’s springs while the spring Forum addressed hurricane response issues.

3) The Law School is organizing an academic Symposium on Ecosystem Services for April 2006 that will feature leading scholars from throughout the United States.

4) The Law School – through its Faculty Workshop series, its Environmental Certificate Program and the Symposium on Ecosystem Services – will host a distinguished group of scholars during the school year.  These visiting scholars include Professors Alexandra Klass, William Mitchell College of Law; Douglas Kysar, Cornell Law School; Nancy McLaughlin, University of Utah; Jim Salzman, Duke University; Michael Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt University; John Nagle, Notre Dame; and Deborah Donahue, University of Wyoming.

5) The student-led Environmental Law Society will once again have a busy schedule during the year as the sponsor of a variety of activities at the law school.  This year’s officers include: President - Amanda Sampaio, Vice-President - Ryan Mahler, Secretary - Ali Stevens, and Treasurer - Mike Mikdisi.  

     We hope you’ll join us for one or more of our programs.  For more information, please consult our web site at: www.law.fsu.edu, or please feel free to contact Professor David Markell, at dmarkell@law.fsu.edu.  Our environmental brochure, is also available online at http://www.law.fsu.edu/academic_programs/environmental/images/environmental_brochure04.pdf.  This brochure includes considerable information about the environmental law program at FSU.