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Environmental Law Review Syndicate

The Stanford Environmental Law Journal is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate (ELRS)--a partnership between the editors of the Georgetown Environmental Law Review, Harvard Environmental Law Review, NYU Environmental Law Journal, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Environmental Law (Lewis & Clark Law School), Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Ecology Law Quarterly (UC Berkeley School of Law), the Virginia Environmental Law Journal, the William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, and Stanford Environmental Law Journal.  Every week a participating journal submits a student-written article for publication on the websites of all other member law reviews.  We hope that this system will allow our readers to access more interesting environmental law content in one place and encourage cross-journal collaboration.  Please direct any questions or inquiries about ELRS to: ELRSyndicate@gmail.com.

Spring 2016

A Primer on Rails-to-Trails Conversions in the Eastern U.S.

Garrett Gee, J.D. Candidate, William & Mary Law School 

Ethical Convergence and the Endangered Species Act

Caitlin Troyer Busch, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School 

Adapting the Paris Agreement

Bonnie Smith, J.D. Candidate, Vermont Law School

It is Time for Oregon to Define Its Public Trust Duties

Olivier Jamin, J.D. Candidate, Lewis & Clark Law School 

Towards a Middle Path: Loss & Damage in the 2015 Paris Agreement

Maryam Al-Dabbagh, L.L.M. Candidate, New York University Law School 

When a Disaster Is Not a “Disaster” and Why that Title Matters for Flint

Helen Marie Berg, J.D. Candidate, University of Michigan Law School 

Winter 2016

Rising Seas in the Holy City: Preserving Historic Charleston in the Face of Global Climate Change 

Will Grossenbacher, J.D. Candidate, University of Virginia School of Law 

Implementing Supplemental Environmental Project Policies to Promote Restorative Justice

Eric DeBellis, J.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley School of Law 

Scalia’s Swan Song: The “Irreconcilability Canon” Resolves the Clean Air Act’s Section 111(d) Drafting Error and Encourages Good Lawmaking

Brenden Cline, J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School 

Plugging the Regulatory Holes: How to Prevent the Next Aliso Canyon Catastrophe 

Myles Osborne, J.D. Candidate, University of Michigan Law School 

BioTransport: Moving Wildlife in Response to Climate Change 

Stacy Shelton, J.D. Candidate, Vermont Law School 

What the Supreme Court’s Stay of the Clean Power Plan Means for the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulation Moving Forward

Benjamin Harris, J.D. Candidate, UCLA School of Law

Clean Power Planning: Unlike with Obamacare, States are Preparing for Clean Power Plan Compliance Even as they Fight it in the Courts

Jennifer Golinsky, J.D. Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center

Getting to the Root of Environmental Injustice 

Shea Diaz, J.D. Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center

Administrative Necessity: Origin and Application to the EPA Tailoring Rule

Daniel Williams, J.D. Candidate, University of Virginia School of Law, Expected 2016

Fall 2015

La Vie en Vert

Daniel Carpenter-Gold, J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School, Expected 2016

From The Well Up: A California County Confronts Fracking at the Polls 

Malia McPherson, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, Expected 2016

EPA Unveils Final Clean Power Plan: So What's All the Fuss About? 

Eric Anthony DeBellis, J.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley School of Law, Expected 2016

From Kyoto to Paris: How Bottom-Up Regulation Could Revitalize the UNFCCC

Luke Grunbaum, J.D. Candidate, UCLA School of Law, Expected 2016

Liz Rasheed, J.D. Candidate, New York University Law School, Expected 2016

What is Reasonable?: The Consideration of Economic Effects in Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives Under the Endangered Species Act 

Gillian Schriff, J.D. Candidate, Lewis & Clark Law School, Expected 2016

Trying to Find a Balance: Agricultural Land Conservation vs. Development in the Green Mountain State 

Kristen Mae Rodgers, J.D. and Master's Candidate, Vermont Law School, Expected 2016

Sarah Stellberg, J.D. Candidate, University of Michigan Law School, Expected 2016

A Leading Cause of Everything: One Industry That Is Destroying Our Planet and Our Ability to Thrive on It

Christopher Hyner, J.D. Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center, Expected 2016

 


Selected Topics Related to Tribal Reserved Water Rights to Groundwater in Agua Caliente v. Coachella Valley Water District, et al.: A Collaboration Between the Stanford Environmental Law Journal and the University of Denver Water Law Review

Agua Caliente and the Argument for Aboriginal Rights to Groundwater 

Richard Griffin, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2017

Claudia Antonacci, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2017

Complex Interactions Between Federally Reserved Rights to Groundwater and California’s Groundwater Regime Highlight Importance of Coordinating with Tribes Under State’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

Elizabeth Vissers, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2017; M.S. Student, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, expected 2017

Mary Rock, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2017; M.S. Student, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, expected 2017 

Philip Womble, J.D., Stanford Law School, 2016; Ph.D. Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, expected 2019

Federally Reserved Rights and Interstate Groundwater Allocation 

Sarah Hoffman, LL.M. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2016

Miles Muller, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2018

Federal vs. State Authority to Regulate Groundwater: Concerns Raised over U.S. Forest Service Proposed Directive

Kobi Webb, J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2016

The Winters Doctrine: Is it Just About Quantity? 

W. James Tilton, J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2016

Tribal Reserved Water Rights to Groundwater as Recognized in Settlements and Litigation: Status and Trends 

Daphne Hamilton, J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2016

Public Trust Doctrine Collaboration Between the Stanford Environmental Law Journal and the University of Denver Water Law Review

The Public Trust Doctrine and its Groundwater Application in California

Adam Bowling, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2016

Elizabeth Vissers, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2017; M.S. Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford School of Earth Sciences, expected 2017

Two Interactions Between California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and the Public Trust Doctrine

Philip Womble, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2016; Ph.D Student, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford School of Earth Sciences

Richard Griffin, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School, expected 2017

A Brief History of the Public Trust Doctrine in Colorado: Arguments Made for and Against Its Application

Bruce C. Walters, J.D. Candidate, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, expected 2016

How Colorado’s Prior Appropriation System Addresses Environmental and Recreational Concerns Without a Public Trust Doctrine

Lauren R. Bushong, J.D. Candidate, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, expected 2016