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A new class offered this semester by the University of Virginia School of Law, titled Conservation Planning and Law, is asking students to study the legal needs of Morven Farm, Monticello and other properties in this historic corridor near Charlottesville in hopes of knitting together a six-mile stretch of land that can be utilized — legally and seamlessly — as an educational trail.

Alumnus Cale Jaffe '01, an environmental and regulatory law expert, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty and direct the Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic beginning this fall.

Cost-blind regulations aren't always better for the environment and practitioners and scholars are misreading a critical Supreme Court case on the matter, University of Virginia law professor Michael A. Livermore argues in a new article co-authored by New York University law professor Richard L. Revesz.

The Virginia Environmental Law Journal will delve into the laws and controversies surrounding water rights in the Eastern United States at its annual symposium Oct. 30 at the University of Virginia School of Law. The symposium, "Water Rights in the Eastern United States: Current Issues in Law and

University of Virginia School of Law professor Jon Cannon 's new book examining the U.S. Supreme Court's role in environmental policy offers insights on why the environmental movement has fallen short of its goal. Cannon, a former general counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency and director

Endangered and threatened species face many challenges from human activity, but recently environmental agencies have focused on the hazards posed by the use of pesticides.

Kathryn Fuller, chair of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, will give the inaugural Lillian Stone Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Policy on Oct. 20 at the University of Virginia School of Law. Fuller's presentation, "The Changing Face of Nature Conservation," will

An upcoming symposium at the University of Virginia School of Law will bring together leading environmental law experts to discuss the president's authority to respond to climate change, both in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing communities for the impacts of an evolving climate.

Michael A. Livermore, an expert who has offered a fresh take on using cost-benefit analysis in environmental and administrative policymaking, will join the University of Virginia law faculty in July. Livermore is currently the executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity and an adjunct

The populations of many animals listed as endangered species by the U.S. government have rebounded somewhat, but they rely on conservation efforts to ensure their numbers won't dwindle again. A group of interdisciplinary experts gathered last week at the University of Virginia to discuss how to

As part of a new partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the University of Virginia, six interdisciplinary teams of UVA students — including law students — researched some of the nation's most vexing conservation challenges in recent months and laid the groundwork for

The University of Virginia and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have established a unique partnership that will give law and graduate students access to courses and training that will prepare them to tackle some of the biggest conservation problems facing the nation. The partnership

The United States must move forward with laws and policies that halt global climate change, President Barack Obama's former senior adviser on climate change and energy said Thursday at the University of Virginia School of Law. Carol Browner, who was director of the White House Office of Energy and