The Schedule

Friday, October 23, 2026

Registration 8:00 - 8:30

8:30 - 8:40

Welcome Remarks

8:40 - 9:55

Using All the Options: From the State Legislature to the Courts

Break 9:55-10:05

10:05 - 11:05

New England Leading the Way: Using State Courts to Advance Innovative Public Trust Law in the Face of our Changing Climate

11:10 - 12:10

Federal Citizen Suits: Recent Developments and Plaintiffs' Strategies

Grab-and-Go Lunch 12:10 - 12:20

12:25 - 1:25

Lunch Working Groups

1:30 - 2:45

The Verdict Is In: Tales of Two Successful Trials

Break 2:45 - 2:55

2:55 - 4:10

SLAPP-happy: Responding to the Rise in Lawsuits Designed to Silence Environmental Speech

4:15 - 5:25

Law School Clinic Presentations

4:15-4:30 pm: Yale Law School Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic
4:30-4:45 pm: Vermont Law and Graduate School Clinics
4:45-5:00 pm: Harvard Law School Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic and Environmental Moot Court Initiative
5:00-5:10 pm: Suffolk University Law School Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
5:10-5:25 pm: Audience questions

Wrap-Up / Mingling 5:25 - 5:45

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