The Practice of Environmental Law is ever changing in breadth
and in scope based upon the maturing of the science, acceptance of
environmental protection, and adoption of sustainability
concepts. The American Bar Association's Section of
Environment, Energy & Resources ("SEER") in
conjunction with Vanderbilt School of Law will discuss the "State of the Practice" at the 42nd
National Spring Policy Conference on Environmental Law on May
2, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.
According to Professor Richard Lazarus, in his book, "The
Making of Environmental Law," the term "Environmental
Law" was believed to have been first used at a meeting in
"Arlie House" in Warrenton, Virginia in September
1969. Since that time, we experienced the birth of EPA, NEPA,
Earth Day in the 1970′s and many of the environmental
protection statutes we know today. I would imagine that not many
practitioners in those early days envisioned that the Clean Air Act
would one day be used to regulate
