Environmental law center

The Honorable Shalanda H. Baker, director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy, joined the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law for a conversation on her work promoting and overseeing the federal government’s energy justice initiatives.  Prior to…

In September, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law hosted a group of interdisciplinary scholars for a workshop on “Permitting the Future.” This workshop examined the legal and economic aspects of permitting and review requirements for new technologies, infrastructure and development,…

On Sept. 28-29, two dozen of the foremost experts in climate change and international law gathered at Woodland Hall at the Cleveland Botanical Garden to debate how to respond to the increasing threat of global climate change. The event was organized by Case Western Reserve University School of…

Join Case Western Reserve University for a presentation titled “Depolarizing Climate Change in the United States,” featuring guest speaker Matthew G. Burgess. The event will take place Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Moot Courtroom A59 of George Gund Hall (11075 East Blvd.). About the…

On April 10, the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, spoke about the environmental legacy of Justice William O. Douglas, both as a Supreme Court justice and citizen advocate for environmental conservation. Judge McKeown’s remarks drew…

Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law Director Jonathan H. Adler’s latest book, Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty, Property and Pollution (Palgrave), explores the intersection of climate change policy and classical liberal political theory. Adler, also the Johan Verheij Memorial…

Every community faces its own challenges—and often, the struggles are shared across boundaries. In mid-April, Case Western Reserve University School of Law students explored three Cleveland-area communities to see in person how leaders grapple with pressing land-use challenges. Local planning…

Monte Mills, the Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and director of the Native American Law Center at University of Washington School of Law, joined the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law for a discussion on the history and management of…

Nearly three months after news broke that a train had derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, students in the Environmental Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law held a free legal clinic in East Palestine.  The clinic, in collaboration with River Valley Organizing, Community Legal…

The Supreme Court of Ohio recently cited the scholarship of CWRU School of Law Professor Jonathan H. Adler in a decision holding that Ohio courts need not defer to state administrative agency interpretations of state law. The Court’s opinion in TWISM Enterprises, L.L.C. v. State Board of…