WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – On, February 20, 2002 eight of the nations leading authorities on Environmental Law will assemble at Pace Law School in White Plains for a landmark Garrison Lecture and roundtable discussion. This lecture, Environmental Law at a Crossroads, will be held in the Robert B. Fleming Moot Court Room at 1:00p.m. with a reception immediately following. Admission to this lecture is free of charge and open to the public.

The Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture at Pace Law School celebrates the vision, public spirit and life of the attorney whose legal acumen won the landmark decision to preserve Storm King Mountain on the Hudson River. This victory for the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference did more than safeguard "an area of unique beauty and major historical importance." It inaugurated what today we recognize as the field of Environmental Law. For all his 93 years, Lloyd K. Garrison devoted his brilliance and indefatigable energy to building a humane and caring society, respectful of the rule of law. With characteristic enthusiasm he championed public participation rights for the community’s environmental interest, just as he did for civil rights and liberties. The Scenic Hudson victory is a living testament to the ever-hopeful spirit of Lloyd K. Garrison.

Where:   Pace Law School
                78 North Broadway
                White Plains, NY 10603

When:    1:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2002

Format:  The event will begin with Zygmunt J. B. Plater, professor of law, Boston
                College, presenting a lecture entitled, Environmental Law in the 
            Political Ecosystem - Coping With The Reality of Politics. Once the
            lecture is concluded, there will be an environmental law roundtable.

Participants include:

James Gustave Speth, Dean of Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Zygmunt J.B. Platter, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

Gerald Torres, H.O. Head Centennial Professor in Real Property Law, University of Texas School of Law

A. Dan Tarlock, Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Program in Environmental and Energy Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, ITT

Richard J. Lazarus, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Oliver A. Houck, Professor of Law Director of Environmental Law Programs

Tulane University School of Law

William H. Rodgers, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law

Joseph L. Sax, James H. House and Hiram H. Hurd Professor of Environmental Regulation

University of California (Berkeley)

David Sive, esq., Founding Partner, Sive, Paget & Reisel, P.C.

 

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is located in White Plains, N.Y., 20 miles north of New York City. The School offers the J.D. program for full-time, and part-time day, and evening students. Its post-graduate program includes the LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees in Environmental Law and the LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated environmental law programs and its Clinical Education Program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, securities arbitration, criminal justice, and disability rights.