The Red Clay Conference is an annual student-run conference at the University of Georgia School of Law, established to increase public awareness of environmental issues. The 35th annual conference is titled Climate Change Innovation: Stakeholders and Tools and will discuss climate change stakeholders and identify the legal tools they are using to combat climate change. The conference will be held Friday, February 10, from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall on the UGA campus.

The conference will include three panels: Roles of Humans, Rights of Nature, and Responsibilities of Corporations. The Peter Appel Honorary Keynote will be Dr. Marilyn A. Brown, a Regents’ Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a joint faculty member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Brown will discuss her experience with policy work aimed at accelerating the implementation of sustainable energy sources and technology.

Organized by members of the UGA Environmental Law Association, Georgia lawyers who attended could earn 4 CLE credits (pending approval by ICLE).
Schedule

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2023
Friday, February 10th
9:15 AM

Opening Remarks

Melissa J. Durkee, University of Georgia School of Law

Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

9:30 AM

Roles of Humans

Shana Jones, University of Georgia
Pam Knox, University of Georgia
James M. Shepherd, University of Georgia
Tawana Mattox, Athens Land Trust

Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

10:55 AM

Rights of Nature

Christian Turner, University of Georgia School of Law
Kekek Stark, University of Montana Blewett School of Law
Chuck O'Neal, Speak Up Wekiva, Inc.
Eduardo Salazar Ortuño, Universidad de Murcia

Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall

10:55 AM - 12:10 PM

12:55 PM

Peter Appel Honorary Keynote

Marilyn A. Brown, Georgia Institute of Technology

Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall

12:55 PM - 2:00 PM

2:10 PM

Responsibilities of Corporations

Melissa J. Durkee, University of Georgia School of Law
Christopher Bruner, University of Georgia School of Law
Michael P. Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt University Law School
Kelly Rondinelli, Vinson & Elkins

Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall

2:10 PM - 3:25 PM

3:25 PM

Closing Remarks

Adam D. Orford, University of Georgia School of Law

Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall

3:25 PM - 3:30 PM