Clinical Professors Ryke Longest and Michelle Nowlin—both faculty co-directors of the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Clinic—talk about the clinic's work, how students get involved, the skills that students learn, and their favorite part about leading the clinic. The clinic provides training that the next generation of leaders to solve environmental problems and providing access to justice in underserved communities.

The Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum held their annual symposium on February 5, 2016. A range of experts contributed to the discussion about water law and policy.

Coal Ash Panel

Appearing:

Moderator: Michelle Nowlin (Supervising Attorney, Environmental Law & Policy Clinic; Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke University School of Law)

The keynote speech and a panel discussion from Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum's 25th Anniversary Symposium, "Carrots and Sticks: Moving the US National Food System Toward a Sustainable Future."

The keynote (0:45-37:45) was delivered by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine).

The panel topic "Distribution Channels," (43:52) was addressed by the following panelists:

Dr. Dan Vermeer, Director, Duke Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment

Laurie Ristino, Director, Center for Agriculture & Food Systems, Vermont Law School

The Modern Environmental Movement draws from much older traditions, but the scientific study of relationships between organisms and their natural environment really exploded following the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring." The policy response to this study led to the creation of many of the laws and law practice specializations which we call Environmental Law. Last year, John H.

Opening Remarks: Dr. Pamela Maxson, Research Director, Duke Children's Environmental Health Initiative
Panel 1 -- Broadening the Energy/Environmental Discourse: Why and How
Moderator: Michelle Nowlin, Senior Lecturing Fellow and Supervising Attorney
for Duke's Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
Caroline Farrell*, Director of the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
Michael Rawson*, Co-Director of the Public Interest Law Project
Chandra Taylor, Senior Attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center

Clinical Professor Michelle Nowlin discusses her recent article on the environmental effects and regulatory challenges of large-scale meat production.

The article, "Sustainable Production of Swine: Putting Lipstick on a Pig?" (Vermont Law Review, vol. 37), can be found at http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/3111/.