Ocean View, Michelle Bender MELP’15
July 24, 2016
VLS alum, Michelle Bender MELP’15, Earth Policy Fellow at Earth Law Center in Redwood City, California, dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.
Ocean View, Peter Van Tuyn JD/MSEL’89
July 22, 2016
VLS alum, Peter Van Tuyn JD/MSEL’89, Managing Partner at Bessenyey & Van Tuyn, LLC in Anchorage, Alaska, dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.
Water Wars
June 28, 2016
Few question the need for clean waterways and safe drinking water. But the controversy and litigation involved in attaining those goals is increasing and sometimes makes the ultimate objectives harder to reach.
Ocean View, Zachary Lees JD/MELP’12
July 18, 2016
VLS alum, Zachary Lees JD/MELP’12, Staff Attorney at Clean Ocean Action in Sandy Hook, N.J., dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.
Ocean View, Stephanie Showalter Otts JD/MSEL’01
July 16, 2016
VLS alum, Stephanie Showalter Otts JD/MSEL’01, Senior Research Counsel and Director of Sea Grant Programs at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, Miss., dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.
Ocean View, Meghan Jeans JD/MSEL’02
The kelp forests and rare deep-sea corals off New England’s coast deserve preservation. MeghanJeans is involved with a campaign to protect marine species and habitats through a Marine National Monument […]
Ocean View, Jim Landis LLM’09
July 12, 2016
VLS alum, Jim Landis LLM’09, Counsel at Lowcountry Counsel Office U.S. Marine Corps in Beaufort, S.C., dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.
A Lawyer On Thin Ice
July 10, 2016
Betsy Baker, Professor of Law at VLS, is now a go-to expert on the Arctic. Through her work with the U.S. State Department and the Arctic Council, an international governing body for the Arctic, Baker has played an important role in elevating the status and understanding of the frozen north.
Clean Water Act William Taylor, JD/MSEL’83
July 8, 2016
Alum William Taylor JD/MSEL’83, Attorney at Pierce Atwood LLP in Portland, Maine and Partner, Environmental Practice Group, shares his Clean Water Act (CWA)-related work along with CWA trends and big issues.
Clean Water Act Anne Hedges, MSEL’93
July 6, 2016
Alum Anne Hedges MSEL’93, Deputy Director and Lead Lobbyist, Montana Environmental Information Center, a statewide nonprofit focused on air and water pollution issues, shares her Clean Water Act (CWA)-related work along with CWA trends and big issues.