Environmental law center

The Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to announce that Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Studies at Cleveland State University College of Law,…

This past June, Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at Case Western Reserve University hosted its third Junior Faculty Workshop for pre-tenured law faculty and fellows pursuing academic careers in environmental, energy, climate and natural resources law. Seven junior scholars were…

Although Jonathan Adler has moved from Case Western Reserve University School of Law to become the Cabell Research Professor and Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, he will continue to be involved at the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law. The Burke…

On April 14, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law hosted Abre’ L. Conner, Director of the Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at the NAACP for a public lecture on “Building Authentic Pathways for Environmental Justice Advocacy.” A native of Lakeland, FL, Conner served as…

On April 10, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law hosted former Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC), executive director of republicEn.org, for the talk “Can Free Enterprise Solve Climate Change?” Former Rep. Inglis represented Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, in the U.S.…

In September 2023, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law hosted an interdisciplinary workshop on “Permitting the Future,” examining the legal and economic aspects of permitting and review requirements for new technologies and environmentally desirable infrastructure and development.…

The Case Western Reserve University School of Law again has the highest rated environmental law program in the state of Ohio, according to the just-released 2025 US News & World Report law school rankings. In the latest rankings, the environmental law program’s ranking moved up six spots, from…

This May, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law will be hosting its second annual Junior Environmental Law Scholar Workshop for law school pre-tenured faculty and fellows who are currently pursuing teaching careers in environmental law, energy law, climate law or natural resources law.…

On Oct. 30, the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law hosted David Spence from the University of Texas School of Law for a talk on his new book, Climate of Contempt: How to Rescue the U.S. Energy Transition from Voter Partisanship.  David Spence is Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural…

In October, professor Victor Flatt’s Environmental Law class was joined by Jay Pendergrass, the former Vice President and Current Senior Advisor to the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in Washington, D.C. During his over 3 decades at the ELI, Pendergrass has helped tackle numerous environmental…