{"id":358,"date":"2024-08-20T15:01:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/richard-lazarus\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:33:17","slug":"presentations-2004-present","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/richard-lazarus\/presentations-2004-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentations (2004-Present)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Keynote Lectures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Environmental Law Under Siege: The First 66 Days of Trump 2.0<\/em>, Keynote Address, 54th Spring Conference on Environmental Law, American Bar Association (March 27, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Challenges of Constitutional Law in the United States for Climate Lawmaking<\/em>, The Cambridge Series on Law and the Climate Crisis, University of Cambridge (November 4, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/hls.harvard.edu\/today\/why-is-it-so-hard-to-make-environmental-law\/?utm_source=hltnewsletter&amp;utm_campaign=19Apr2023\">HLS Book Talk: The Making of Environmental Law<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Law School (April 12, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IlxEPAzBK4w&amp;ab_channel=IUMaurer\">Ralph Fuchs Lecture: The Making of Environmental Law<\/a><\/em>, Indiana University (March 23, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/calendar\/event\/the-rule-of-five-making-climate-history-at-the-supreme-court-0\">The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, National Archives (April 22, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n96gaz-5kCw&amp;ab_channel=HarvardEnvironmental%26EnergyLawProgram\">The Need for a Strong EPA<\/a><\/em>, EPA National Executive Leadership Development Conference (January 29, 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/hls.harvard.edu\/today\/richard-lazarus-environmental-law-has-fallen-in-arrears-video\/\">Endowed Chair Lecture: Environmental Lawlessness<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Law School (April 10, 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hwCKmj26f2k&amp;ab_channel=HarvardEnvironmental%26EnergyLawProgram\">DOJ ENRD\u2019s 100th Anniversary Celebration<\/a><\/em>, Ronald Reagan Building (November 16, 2009)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Law School Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law in the United States<\/em>, Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative, University of Iowa College of Law (April 17, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rise of Constitutional Alarmism on the Supreme Court and its Portent for the Future of Environmental Law<\/em>, Faculty Colloquium, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (April 3, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law and the Challenges Presented by Trump 2.0<\/em>, The University of Denver College of Law (April 3, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T1MJtoOCfdc\">The Portent of the Current Supreme Court for Environmental Law\u2019s Future<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Law School (April 16, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law in the U.S.<\/em>, Keynote Presentation, Twenty-Ninth Annual Tulane Environmental Law &amp; Policy Summit (February 24, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Why the Supreme Court Has Mattered for Environmental Law and the Portent of the Current Court for Environmental Law\u2019s Future<\/em>, Keynote Presentation, Ohio State Law Journal Symposium 2024 (February 23, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/eelp.law.harvard.edu\/2024\/01\/cleanlaw-the-endangered-species-act-at-50-potent-statute-risky-future\/\">The Endangered Species Act at 50: Potent Statute, Risky Future with Richard Lazarus and Andy Mergen<\/a><\/em>, CleanLaw Podcast, Harvard Law School (January 17, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JhN2f2peJjY&amp;ab_channel=FreeRangePodcast\">Richard Lazarus on the Shifting Politics of Environmental Law<\/a><\/em>, Free Range Podcast, University of Virginia School of Law (July 13, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/eelp.law.harvard.edu\/2023\/06\/sackett-v-epa-decision-what-the-justices-said-and-what-this-means-for-water-with-jody-freeman-richard-lazarus-and-steph-tai\/\">Sackett v. EPA Decision: What the Justices Said and What this Means for Water with Jody Freeman, Richard Lazarus, and Steph Tai<\/a><\/em>, CleanLaw Podcast, Harvard Law School (June 21, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/eelp.law.harvard.edu\/2023\/04\/cleanlaw-the-making-of-environmental-law-with-richard-lazarus-and-carrie-jenks\/\">The Making of Environmental Law with Richard Lazarus and Carrie Jenks<\/a><\/em>, CleanLaw Podcast, Harvard Law School (April 10, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Justice Breyer\u2019s Friendly Legacy for Environmental Law<\/em>, USC School of Law (April 1, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Climate Change Returns to the U.S. Supreme Court<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>West Virginia v. EPA<\/em>, Harvard Law School, Webinar (March 22, 2022) (panelist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, University of Utah School of Law, Webinar (February 24, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Harvard Law School 1817 Society, Webinar (February 21, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/today.law.harvard.edu\/freeman-lazarus-discuss-biden-administrations-reversal-of-trumps-environmental-legacy\/\">The Biden Administration\u2019s First 100 Days: Undoing the Undoing of Environmental Protection Law<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Law School (April 22, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/case.edu\/law\/our-school\/events-lectures\/rule-five-making-climate-history-supreme-court\">Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, Case Western University School of Law (October 21, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/enst.wustl.edu\/events\/pilpss-lecture-rule-five-making-climate-history-supreme-court\">Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, Washington University School of Law (October 6, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/law.ucdavis.edu\/news\/event.aspx?id=8201\">The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, King Hall Book Talk, University of California at Davis School of Law (September 29, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.virginia.edu\/news\/202005\/common-law-explores-how-supreme-court-case-made-history\">&#8216;Common Law&#8217; Explores How Supreme Court Case Made History<\/a><\/em>, Common Law Podcast, University of Virginia School of Law (May 19, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/eelp.law.harvard.edu\/2020\/03\/cleanlaw-lazarus-goffman-rule-of-five\/\">Joe Goffman Talks to Richard Lazarus about his New Book &#8220;The Rule of Five,&#8221;<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;CleanLaw Podcast, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (March 12, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/law.lclark.edu\/calendars\/events\/#!view\/event\/event_id\/309860\">The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, The Anthony Kennedy Lecture on the Supreme Court and the Constitution, Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, OR (March 4, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five\u2014Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (October 25, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Super Wicked Problem of Donald Trump<\/em>, Vanderbilt University School of Law (October 24, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five\u2014Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Vanderbilt University School of Law (October 24, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eli.org\/events\/annual-supreme-court-review-preview-2019\">Annual Supreme Court Review &amp; Preview<\/a><\/em>, Environmental Law Institute and Harvard Law School Environmental Law Program (September 26, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontlaw.edu\/EELC\">The Emerging Environmental Law Curriculum<\/a><\/em>, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont (June 20, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five, Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Vermont Law School , South Royalton, Vermont (June 19, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/richard-lazarus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/08\/rjltealeuconnlectureseries20182019.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Litigating in the Supreme Court of the United States \u2013 Property Rights vs. Environmental Protection<\/a><\/em>, Edwin Way Teale Nature and the Environment Lecture Series, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (January 31, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/richard-lazarus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/08\/rjlclimatecambridgeuktalk20november2018-1.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">The Trump Administration&#8217;s Rollback of U.S. Climate Policy: Can It Be Stopped?<\/a><\/em>, University of Cambridge (UK), Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (November 20, 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Award Recipient and Address<\/em>, Georgetown University Law Center Supreme Court Institute Annual End of Term Celebration, Washington, D.C. (April 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Murr v. Wisconsin in the Supreme Court of the United States<\/em>, HLS Environmental Law Program &amp; Environmental Law Society (April 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Regulatory Takings Issue in the Supreme Court of the United States<\/em>, University of Florida School of Law (March 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Litigating in the Supreme Court of the United States: Property Rights and Environmental Protection<\/em>, University of Florida School of Law, Tallahassee, Florida (March 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Litigating an Environmental Case in the Supreme Court of the United States<\/em>, HLS LLM Graduate Program Faculty Lecture Program, Tallahassee Florida (March 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Panel Discussant<\/em>, Supreme Court at Mid-Term conference, Stanford Law School&#8217;s Constitutional Law Center and Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Palo Alto, CA (February 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Litigating the Denominator Issue<\/em>, Professor Joe Singer&#8217;s Property Law Class, HLS (November 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Opening Remarks, HLS in the World<\/em>, Sanders Theatre, Harvard University (October 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Panel Discussant, The Remarkable Evolution of Environmental Law From Nixon to Trump and Beyond<\/em>, HLS 200 Bicentennial Celebration HLS in the World, HLS (October 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Murr in the Supreme Court<\/em>, October 2017 Takings Conference, University of Minnesota School of Law, Minneapolis MN (October 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R_VJ5EikwkI\">Opening Remarks<\/a>, Harvard Law School, Bicentennial Summit: HLS in the World (October 26, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the Supreme Court,&nbsp;<\/em>Harvard Environmental Law Review &amp; Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Joint Program (April 13, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Environmental Law Curriculum at HLS: Choosing Course and Pathways,<\/em>&nbsp;Harvard Environmental Law Program (April 11, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Murr v. Wisconsin\u2013<em>Oral Argument Review,&nbsp;<\/em>Georgetown University Law Center Supreme Court Institute (March 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Oral Argument Preparation:<\/em>&nbsp;Murr v. Wisconsin&nbsp;<em>\u2013 A Look Inside,<\/em>&nbsp;Harvard Law School (March 15, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the Trump Administration,<\/em>&nbsp;Harvard Law School (January 30, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The (Non)Finality of Supreme Court Opinions<\/em>, William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, VA (March 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Roberts Court Before and After Justice Scalia<\/em>, William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, VA (March 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law Workshop<\/em>, University of Tehran Faculty of Law and Political Science, Tehran (March 5-7, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Review and Preview<\/em>, Environmental Law Institute and Harvard Law School Environmental Law Program (October 5, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the United States Today<\/em>, University of Tokyo (July 9, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Lawlessness<\/em>, Arnold Arboretum, Director&#8217;s Lecture Series (April 20, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Hiding in Plain Sight: Revising Supreme Court Opinions<\/em>&nbsp;(After Initial Publication), Yale Law School, Supreme Court Clinic (April 15, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Hiding in Plain Sight: Revising Supreme Court Opinions<\/em>&nbsp;(After Initial Publication), Harvard Law School, Law and Society Program for Federal Judicial Center (April 15, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/law.lclark.edu\/live\/files\/19285-rjlsaxptdtalklewisclark9april15pptx\">Judicial Missteps, Legislative Dysfunction, and the Public Trust Doctrine: Can Two Wrongs Make It Right?<\/a><\/em>, Lewis &amp; Clark Law School, Developments in the Public Trust, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Symposium (April 9, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Hiding in Plain Sight: Revising Supreme Court Opinions<\/em>&nbsp;(After Initial Publication), U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division Lecture Series (March 25, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Keynote Address: Supreme Court Errata<\/em>, First Circuit Judicial Conference (March 19, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The President&#8217;s Proposed Clean Power Plan: What Would It Do and Is it Legal?<\/em>, Harvard Business School (March 9, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The President&#8217;s Proposed Clean Power Plan: What Would It Do and Is it Legal?<\/em>&nbsp;(with Jody Freeman), Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative, Environmental Think Tank (February 27, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Class of 1979 Keynote Talk: 35 Years Later: The Class of 1979 in 2014<\/em>, Harvard Law School, Alumni Weekend (October 25, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Keynote Address: Hiding in Plain Sight: Revising Supreme Court Opinions (After Initial Publication)<\/em>, Harvard Law School, Alumni Weekend (October 24, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Smithsonian at the Supreme Court<\/em>, U.S. Supreme Court (October 18, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/110813569\">The President&#8217;s Effort to Combat Climate Change Without Congress: What is EPA Proposing and Is It Legal?<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(with Jody Freeman), Harvard University Center for the Environment (October 8, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities<\/em>, Pace Law School, Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop (September 26, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The (Non)Finality of Supreme Court Opinions<\/em>, Harvard Law School (May 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Takings at Water&#8217;s Edge<\/em>, University of Connecticut School of Law (February 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law Without Congress<\/em>, Florida State University College of Law (February 28, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Revising Supreme Court Opinions<\/em>, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (February 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Politics of the Environment<\/em>, Harvard Law School (February 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>EME Homer and UARG<\/em>, Stanford Law School, The Supreme Court at Mid-Term Conference (February 7, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eei.org\/about\/meetings\/meeting.aspx?EEIEventId=150DD482-39B3-4E9E-B4B8-90063662EC7B\">The Supreme Court and Environmental Regulations for the Power Sector<\/a><\/em>, Edison Electric Institute, EEI-ABA-ELI Climate Conference-GHG Emissions Regulations for the Power Sector (January 30, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Thinking Like a Lawyer: Investigating the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill<\/em>, Harvard Law School Langdell Dinner (November 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/environmentallawprogram\/supreme-court-review-preview-recap\/\">Supreme Court 2012 Term Review and 2013 Term Preview<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Law School (October 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Lawmaking in the 21st Century: Is a Catastrophe Necessary?<\/em>, Harvard Law School (April 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Environmental Law Review and Preview \u2013 October Term 2012<\/em>, Harvard Law School (February 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eli.org\/Seminars\/past_event.cfm?eventid=734\">Supreme Court 2011 Term Review &amp; 2012 Term Preview<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Law School (September 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/news\/2012\/07\/05_five_ideas_hls_thinks_big.html\">Docket Capture at the High Court<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Law School Thinks Big (May 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/news\/spotlight\/constitutional-law\/hls-celebrates-justice-john-paul-stevens.html\">Justice John Paul Stevens \u2013 Environmental Law\u2019s Steward on the Nation\u2019s Highest Court<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Environmental Law Society Program Presentation of Horizon Award in Honor of Outstanding Contributions in Environmental Law (April 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Arguing Before and Within the Supreme Court: The Significance for Public Interest Advocacy of Environmentalists\u2019 Zero-for-Seventeen Record in NEPA Cases<\/em>, Harvard Environmental Law Society Supreme Court Speaker Series (April 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Gulf Coast Oil Spill: Root Causes and Legal Consequences<\/em>, Law and Society Seminar, Meeting of Federal Bankruptcy Judges, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center) (April 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.umich.edu\/multimedia\/Documents\/elppconf2012.html\">Environmental Law at the Crossroads: Looking Back 25, Looking Forward 25<\/a><\/em>, Annual Meeting of the National Association of Environmental Law Societies, Ann Arbor, MI (March 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ocw.uci.edu\/lectures\/2010_gulf_oil_spill_investigating_its_root_causes_at_the_request_of_the_president.html\">The 2010 Gulf Oil Spill: Investigating its Root Causes at the Request of the President<\/a><\/em>, University of California Irvine School of Law, The Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (February 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010: Investigating its Root Causes at the Request of the President<\/em>, University of Houston Law Center, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center (November 16, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AEP v. Connecticut:<em>Climate Change and the Federal Common Law in the U.S. Supreme Court&nbsp;<\/em>(Moderator), Georgetown University Law Center (April 19, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/mx\/podcast\/panel-three-striking-the-energy-environment-balance\/id450823811?i=1000095830524&amp;l=en\">Striking the Energy\/Environment Balance<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>(Moderator), University of San Diego, Annual Climate and Energy Symposium, Advancing a Clean Energy Future (April 15, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Presidential Commission<\/em>&nbsp;(Keynote address), University of California at Davis School of Law, Symposium on the BP Gulf Oil Spill (April 1, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Presidential Commission<\/em>, University of San Diego School of Law (March 24, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Presidential Commission<\/em>, UCLA School of Law (February 23, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Presidential Commission<\/em>, University of Illinois School of Law (January 31, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan: The Senate Confirmation Process and Justice Kagan&#8217;s Potential Impact on the Court<\/em>, Georgetown University Law Center (May 18, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.sandiego.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&amp;context=jcel\">Climate Change Law In and Over Time<\/a><\/em>, University of San Diego School of Law (April 9, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Emergence of a Modern Supreme Court Bar: Challenges and Responsibilities<\/em>, Yale Law School (March 9, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Protection in the Balance: Citizens, Courts, and the Constitution, Keynote Address<\/em>, Georgetown University Law Center (February 26, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Power of Persuasion Before and Within the Supreme Court of the United States: Reflections on the National Environmental Policy Act\u2019s Zero for Sixteen Record at the High Court<\/em>, University of Illinois College of Law, David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (February 24, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law and the Supreme Court: The Significance of Advocacy and Opinion Writing At One First Street, N.E.<\/em>&nbsp;(Installation as Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law), Georgetown University Law Center (February 3, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Judicial Takings: The Supreme Court Hears Arguments&nbsp;<\/em>(panel discussion on&nbsp;<em>Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection<\/em>), Georgetown University Law Center (December 2, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/richard-lazarus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/08\/lazarusrichardyalepresentation18sept09.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Important Questions of Federal Law \u2013 Assessing the Supreme Court\u2019s Case Selection Press<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>(held in Washington, D.C.), Yale Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic Conference (September 18, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the Roberts Court<\/em>, Vermont Law School, Faculty Lecture Series (April 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law Summit: Environmental Law Before the Supreme Court: October Term 2008<\/em>, Tulane Law School (April 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Litigation Before the U.S. Supreme Court: A Case Study of the Roberts Court<\/em>, University of Michigan (March 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Advocacy Matters: The Emergence of a Modern Supreme Court Bar<\/em>, Northwestern University (February 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Keynote Address<\/em>, University of San Diego Climate Change Conference (February 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Plain Meaning of Plain Meaning \u2013<\/em>&nbsp;Entergy v. Riverkeeper, University of Richmond Faculty Lecture (February 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Super Wicked Problems and Climate Change<\/em>, Harvard Law School, Faculty Workshop Series (November 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Preview of October Term 2008 \u2013 Environmental Law<\/em>, Harvard Law School (October 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ulysses, the Sirens of Politics, and Climate Change<\/em>, Breaking the Logjam Symposium, New York University School of Law (March 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Challenges of Making Climate Change Law<\/em>, Georgetown University Law Center Faculty Retreat (February 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Luncheon Presentation on Impact of Modern Supreme Court Bar on the Supreme Court\u2019s Dockets and Rulings<\/em>, Georgetown University Law Center Supreme Court Institute (December 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Remaking Environmental Lawmaking to Address Climate Change<\/em>, New York University School of Law (December 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Climate Change in Court<\/em>, Yale Law School (November 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Impact of Modern Supreme Court Bar on the Supreme Court\u2019s Dockets and Rulings<\/em>, Yale Law School (November 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Reflections on&nbsp;<\/em>Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council<em>, Fifteen Years Later<\/em>, University of South Carolina School of Law (October 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Modern Supreme Court Bar and Its Impact on U.S. Supreme Court Docket and Rulings<\/em>, University of Illinois (October 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Institute Annual Press Briefing (Impact on the Court of the Modern Supreme Court Bar)<\/em>, Georgetown University Law Center (September 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the Supreme Court<\/em>, Harvard Law School, Worldwide Alumni Congress (June 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Junior Environmental Law Scholars Workshop<\/em>&nbsp;(co-sponsored by UCLA and Boalt Law Schools), Harvard Law School (June 13, 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on impact on Supreme Court of re-emergence of Supreme Court Bar, Georgetown University Law Center Summer Faculty Workshop (June 12, 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentation of Supreme Court Advocacy draft article, Georgetown University Law Center Faculty Workshop (June 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Global Warming and the Clean Air Act in the Supreme Court: The&nbsp;<\/em>Massachusetts<em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/em>Duke Energy&nbsp;<em>Decisions<\/em>&nbsp;(panel discussion on recent Supreme Court environmental decisions), Georgetown University Law Center (April 3, 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Presentation on Climate Change and Environmental Justice<\/em>, Georgetown University Law Center Environmental Law Society (April 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law&nbsp;<\/em>(keynote address on the history of U.S. environmental law), Washington &amp; Lee School of Law (March 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.law.colorado.edu\/climate-of-environmental-justice\/\">The Climate of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(panel discussion on climate change and environmental justice)University of Colorado Law School (March 16-17, 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law<\/em>&nbsp;(talk on history of U.S. environmental law), George Washington University Law School, 17th Annual National Association of Environmental Law Societies Conference (March 15-18, 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Global Warming in the Supreme Court:&nbsp;<\/em>Massachusetts v. EPA (panel discussion following oral arguments in the the Supreme Court), Georgetown University Law Center (November 29, 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Celebrating&nbsp;<\/em>United States v. SCRAP (talk on Supreme Court&#8217;s decisionmaking process within the Court in&nbsp;<em>United States v. SCRAP<\/em>, 412 U.S. 669 (1973)), George Washington University School of Law (September 26, 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Georgetown Law Supreme Court Institute Annual Press Briefing<\/em>&nbsp;(briefing on forthcoming Supreme Court cases), Georgetown University Law Center (September 25, 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on Supreme Court and environmental law, William and Mary School of Law (September 16, 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Clean Water Act in the Supreme Court: the<\/em>&nbsp;Rapanos<em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/em>Carabell<em>&nbsp;Decisions<\/em>&nbsp;(panel discussion on recent Supreme Court decisions), Georgetown University Law Center (June 20, 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on Commerce Clause and the Supreme Court, Columbia University Law School (April 5, 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law<\/em>&nbsp;(Talk on the history of U.S. environmental law), University of Michigan School of Law (March 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Clean Water Act, Environmental Federalism and the Roberts Court&nbsp;<\/em>(talk on the Commerce Clause and the Clean Water Act), Harvard Law School (March 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Crystals and Mud in Nature&nbsp;<\/em>(talk at conference celebrating scholarship of Prof. Carol Rose), Yale Law School (November 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Whither Takings&nbsp;<\/em>(talk on the evolution of regulatory takings law in the U.S. Supreme Court), Harvard Law School (October 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Human Nature, the Laws of Nature, and the Nature of Environmental Law&nbsp;<\/em>(talk on theoretical and practical challenges of environmental lawmaking), University of Virginia School of Law (October 2005) (<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/richard-lazarus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/08\/uvahumannature7oct05.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Powerpoint presentation available here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Institute Press Briefing Fall 2005&nbsp;<\/em>(briefing on forthcoming Supreme Court cases), Georgetown University Law School (September 19, 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Confirmation Politics<\/em>&nbsp;(talk on the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts);&nbsp;<em>Business Cases before the Supreme Court<\/em>&nbsp;(talk on some of the antitrust cases before the Supreme Court), William and Mary School of Law, 18th Annual Supreme Court Review and Preview (September 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the U.S. Supreme Court and the Papers of Justice Harry Blackmun<\/em>, Georgetown University Law Center Faculty Workshop (June 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law&nbsp;<\/em>(talk on the history of U.S. environmental law), Duke University School of Law (March 9, 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Supreme Court&#8217;s Environmental Decisions from the 2003-2004 Docket&nbsp;<\/em>(panel discussion), Georgetown University Law Center (July 1, 2004)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-Law School Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HaTN_1uDU1E\"><em>2025 Lifetime Achievement Award in Environmental, Energy, or Resources Law and Policy Presentation<\/em><\/a>, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (January 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hjaekznHZm4\"><em>Harvard Voices on Climate Change: EPA Rollbacks &amp; the Future of Environmental Protection<\/em><\/a>, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University (April 9, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law Under Siege: The First 66 Days of Trump 2.0<\/em>, Keynote Address, 54th Spring Conference on Environmental Law, American Bar Association (March 27, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Challenges of Constitutional Law in the United States for Climate Lawmaking<\/em>, The Cambridge Series on Law and the Climate Crisis, University of Cambridge (November 4, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Challenge of Climate Lawmaking<\/em>, CEENRG Thursday Seminars, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge (October 31, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/memorial-church\/richard-lazarus-sept-6-2024-morning-prayers?utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\"><em>Morning Prayers<\/em><\/a>, Harvard Memorial Church (September 6, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Niqp0dDH3gw?t=25498s\">The Challenge of U.S. Climate Law in the Next Five Years<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Climate Action Week, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University (June 10, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-middle-with-jeremy-hobson\/do-you-trust-our-court-system\">Do you trust our court system?<\/a><\/em>, The Middle with Jeremy Hobson (May 3, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law<\/em>, Middlebury College (April 10, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law: The Challenges of Climate Change and Environmental Justice<\/em>, Weston Roundtable Keynote Presentation, University of Wisconsin (April 4, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>How Chemistry is Relevant to Environmental Law<\/em>, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois (March 29, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Making of Environmental Law in the United States and the Challenge of Climate Change<\/em>, Alumni Lecture Series, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois (March 28, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, New York State Library, Webinar (March 24, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Critical Year at the Supreme Court<\/em>, University High School Alumni Association Century Celibration, Webinar (March 24, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Climate Litigation<\/em>, National Academy of Science, Pasadena CA (March 22, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The U.S. Supreme Court and Environmental Law<\/em>, ABA\/ALI Environmental Law Conference, Washington D.C., Webinar (February 10, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Natural Resources Defense Fund Program in China<\/em>, Climate Change Litigation (November 19, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Recent Environmental Law Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit, and California Supreme Court<\/em>, Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite (October 17, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/events\/rpp-seminar-rule-five-making-climate-history-supreme-court\">The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Kennedy School (October 1, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Harvard Alumni Club of New York City (September 29, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Martha&#8217;s Vineyard Book Festival (August 9, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the Supreme Court<\/em>, Los Angeles Bar (July 30, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Climate Progress in a New Administration<\/em>, Environmental Defense Fund Program (July 15, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID (July 7, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA (July 3, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Breaking Precedent: SCOTUS in the Midst of a Pandemic<\/em>, Environmental Law Institute (June 12, 2020) (panelist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/outsideinradio.org\/shows\/massvepa\">Massachusetts v EPA<\/a><\/em>, New Hampshire Public Radio, Outside\/In (June 4, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, American College of Environmental Law, Cambridge, MA (May 13, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loe.org\/shows\/segments.html?programID=20-P13-00019&amp;segmentID=3\">The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, Living on Earth (May 8, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Harvard University Center for the Environment, Cambridge MA (April 7, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics-prose.com\/event\/book\/pp-live-richard-j-lazarus-rule-of-five-making-climate-history-supreme-court\">P&amp;P Live!: Richard J. Lazarus &#8211; The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington D.C. (April 4, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2020\/03\/ask-the-author-lawyers-law-those-who-helped-the-supreme-court-shape-the-environmental-law-of-the-land\/\">Ask the author: Lawyers&#8217; law\u2014Those who helped the Supreme Court shape the environmental law of the land<\/a><\/em>, SCOTUS Blog (March 13, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2020\/03\/09\/rule-of-five-climate-lawsuit-epa-book\">How The Supreme Court Made &#8216;Climate History&#8217; in Massachusetts v. EPA<\/a><\/em>, Here and Now (March 9, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five\u2014Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA (February 27, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five\u2014Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Thursday Morning Talks, Cambridge, MA (February 20, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five\u2014Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, American Law Institute-American Bar Ass\u2019n Annual Program on Environmental Law, Washington, DC (February 6, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Review and Preview<\/em>, American Law Institute-American Bar Ass\u2019n Annual Program on Environmental Law, Washington, DC (February 6, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Supreme Court and the Clean Water Act: Looking Forward by Looking Back<\/em>, National Clean Water Seminar, Austin, TX (November 21, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Highlights &amp; Predictions, Recent Supreme Court Decisions<\/em>, American Bar Ass\u2019n Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law, 27<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Fall Conference, Boston, MA (September 12, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five\u2014Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, Massachusetts Attorney\u2019s General Office (July 9, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Rule of Five\u2014Making Climate History at the Supreme Court<\/em>, The Rockefeller Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy (April 2, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/environment.harvard.edu\/trump-administrations-rollback-us-climate-policy\">The Trump Administration&#8217;s Rollback of U.S. Climate Policy<\/a><\/em>, Harvard University Center for the Environment, Cambridge MA (September 26, 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RZ9fM6Z509g\">Breaking News: The Impact of Justice Kennedy on Constitutional Environmental Law and the Effect of His Impending Retirement<\/a><\/em>, Environmental Law Institute (July 11, 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Litigating an Environmental Case in the Supreme Court of the United States<\/em>, Harvard University Center for the Environment, Cambridge MA (February 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Review &amp; Preview<\/em>, American Law Institute-American Bar Association Annual Program on Environmental Law, Washington, D.C. (February 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>U.S. Supreme Court Term 2015-2016: Review &amp; Analysis<\/em>, Analysis Group (July 29, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Supreme Court: Who&#8217;s the Ninth and What&#8217;s on the Docket<\/em>, American Bar Association 46th Annual Section Meeting on Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law (plenary sesion) (March 30, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>U.S. Supreme Court Terms 2015 &amp; 2016: Review and Preview<\/em>, American Law Institute &amp; Environmental Law Institute, Annual Course in Environmental Law (February 9, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law Bootcamp<\/em>, Briefing for U.S. Congressional Staff (January 25, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The President&#8217;s Clean Power Plan: What It Is, Will It Survive the Courts, and What&#8217;s at Stake?<\/em>, Harvard Business School (March 23, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Paris 2015\u2013COP 21: The United Nations Climate Change Conference and Environmental Law in the United States<\/em>, Iranian Association of United Nations Studies (March 6, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The State of Environmental Law in the United States Today<\/em>, University of Tehran Kish Island (March 4, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law Supreme Court Update<\/em>, American Law Institute &amp; Environmental Law Institute, Annual Course in Environmental Law (February 5, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The President&#8217;s Clean Power Plan and Is it Legal?<\/em>, Harvard University Graduate Consortium Seminar (November 13, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The 2010 Gulf Oil Spill: Investigating Its Root Causes at the Request of the President<\/em>, Harvard Business School (November 1, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Road to the Supreme Court: Today&#8217;s Emerging Issues, Tomorrow&#8217;s Cert-Worthy Issue<\/em>, Annual Meeting of the ABA Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Committee (October 30, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Review and Preview<\/em>, Annual Meeting of the California Environmental Bar (October 24, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The President&#8217;s Clean Power Plan and Is it Legal?<\/em>, Annual Meeting of the California Environmental Bar (October 24, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court Review and Preview<\/em>, Environmental Law Institute and Harvard Law School Environmental Law Program (October 5, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Will the Courts Strike Down the President&#8217;s Clean Power Plan?<\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/environment.harvard.edu\/huce-special-lecture-professors-jody-freeman-and-richard-lazarus\">Harvard University Center for the Environment (October 1, 2015)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Conversation with Professor Richard Lazarus, District of Columbia Bar Association<\/em>, EENR Speaker Series: Legends of Environmental Law (May 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Supreme Court and Climate: What&#8217;s Happened and What&#8217;s Happening<\/em>, GHG Emissions Regulations for the Power Sector, Environmental Law Institute and Edison Electric Institute (January 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Climate Change Returns to the U.S. Supreme Court Six Years After&nbsp;<\/em>Massachusetts v. EPA:<em>&nbsp;What Will the Court Do?<\/em>, Regulatory Policy Program Seminar Series, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (September 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Gulf Oil Spill Commission and the Role of Lawyers in Such Investigations<\/em>, American College of Environmental Lawyers, Annual Meeting, Washington DC (October 20, 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/prairierivers.org\/dinner\/\">The US Supreme Court, the Court&#8217;s Health Care Ruling, and Champaign-Urbana&#8217;s Boneyard Creek<\/a><\/em>, Prairie Rivers Network, Annual Dinner, Champaign, IL (October 5, 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/news\/2012\/01\/06_harvard-thinks-green.html\">Forging a New Pathway to National Climate Change Legislation<\/a><\/em>, Harvard Thinks Green, Harvard University (December 8, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: Challenges and Opportunitie<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/m-rcbg\/cepr\/events.html\">s<\/a><\/em>, ETIP\/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (December 5, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: Challenges and Opportunities<\/em>, Harvard University Center for the Environment (November 8, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pure Economic Loss After Industrial Accidents<\/em>, Munich RE: Eighth Annual Liability Regimes Conference, Munich, Germany (October 27, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico<\/em>, Analysis Group Senior Staff Meeting, New York City, NY (October 11, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Crisis Management in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Its Investigation<\/em>, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (September 14, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Presidential Commission<\/em>, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. (April 6, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Presidential Commission<\/em>, American Bar Association Section Meeting on Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law, Salt Lake City, Utah (March 19, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Investigating the Gulf Oil Spill: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Presidential Commission<\/em>, Environmental Policy Forum, Washington, D.C. (March 16, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Commencement Address<\/em>, University High School, Urbana, IL (May 29, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Super Wicked Problems and Climate Change Legislation<\/em>, Russell Office Building, United States Senate, Program Co-Sponsored by Vanderbilt Law School and the Environmental Law Institute (April 16, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/peterjenningsproject.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/arguing-before-high-court.html\">Panel Presentation: Oral Argument Before the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>, Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA (February 28, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the Supreme Court \u2013 October Term 2009<\/em>, American Law Institute \/ American Bar Association Annual Conference on Environmental Law, Washington, D.C. (February 5, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Keynote Address<\/em>, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment &amp; Natural Resource Division&#8217;s 100th Anniversary (November 16, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The National Environmental Policy Act before the United States Supreme Court: A Reappraisal and a Peek Behind the Curtains<\/em>, First World Congress of Environmental History, Copenhagen, Denmark (August 7, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Review of Environmental Law before the Roberts Court: The First Four Terms<\/em>, Environmental Law Institute, Los Angeles, California (January 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Future of Environmental Law<\/em>, Sheriff\u2019s Meadow Annual Dinner, Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Massachusetts (July 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Emergence of a Modern Supreme Court Bar<\/em>, Coke Inn of Court, Washington D.C. (March 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the Supreme Court \u2013 October Term 2007<\/em>, American Law Institute \/ American Bar Association Annual Environmental Law Meeting, Washington, D.C. (February 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Book Discussion \u2013 Harry A. Blackmun: The Outsider Justice<\/em>, Woodrow Wilson Center (January 15, 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supreme Court October Term 2007<\/em>, Smithsonian Institution (November 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Emergence of Modern Court Bar and its Impact on the US Supreme Court<\/em>, Analysis Group, Boston MA (November 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eli.org\/seminars\/event.cfm?eventid=165\">Review of Supreme Court October Term 2006 and Preview October Term 2007<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>(with E. Donald Elliott), Environmental Law Institute (October 23, 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Keynote address<\/em>&nbsp;(talk on role of States in environmental law), Maryland Attorney General Annual Meeting (October 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Decisionmaking with the Supreme Court<\/em>, Street Law High School Teacher Program (June 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Clean Air Act in the Supreme Court<\/em>, The Clean Energy Group (June 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Recent Supreme Court Clean Air Act decisions before the Roberts Court<\/em>, National Association of Attorneys General , Annual Meeting of Chiefs of Environmental Offices (May 17, 2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Environmental Law in the Supreme Court (Supreme Court decision in&nbsp;<\/em>Massachusetts v. 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