Over the course of three days, the Environmental Law Collaborative (ELC) convened in Briarcliff Manor, New York to discuss “Blue Sky Thinking in a Red Sky World.” The ELC comprises a rotating group of law professors who assemble every other year to think, discuss, and write on an important and intriguing theme in environmental law. This year, the group focused on how to think optimistically and proactively about environmental protection when so much is going so quickly in the opposite direction.
The ELC facilitates dialogue among thought leaders and the goals of the bi-annual ELC meeting are both scholarly and practical with participants seeking to use their areas of scholarly expertise to study trends and significant events, ultimately hoping to improve the environmental conditions of today’s world and for the future. As part of the 2025 meeting, 18 scholars met to share ideas and collaborate for a forthcoming article and book. Participants included Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professors Josh Galperin, Margot Pollans, and Camila Bustos, as well as recent Pace Haub Law Visiting Assistant Professor Paul Rink. Professor Galperin was on the planning team for this year’s conference and will co-edit the forthcoming book.
This year’s meeting was made possible in part through support from The Haub Innovation Fund, which is part of the generous naming gift to the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, made by the Haub Family, tireless environmental advocates and philanthropists.
On November 6, Professor Justin Pidot of the University of Arizona delivered the annual Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, speaking on “Environmental Justice at the White House.”
University of Colorado Law School Dean and Provost's Professor of Law Lolita Buckner Inniss, and Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professor Bridget J. Crawford have announced the release of their new book, “Social Movements and the Law: Talking About Black Lives Matter and #MeToo.”
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professors Emily Gold Waldman and Bridget J. Crawford have published “Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It. Their goal is to replace the legal and cultural silence surrounding menopause with a deeper understanding.