2020: Legal, Ethical, and Policy Implications of a Changing Climate

Media gallery
(l-r) Michael Abro, Andrew McCumber and Professor Kevin Eberle
(l-r) Michael Abro, Andrew McCumber and Professor Kevin Eberle
(l-r) Michael Abro, Andrew McCumber and Professor Kevin Eberle
Christian Fazel and Jessica Carroll
Christian Fazel and Jessica Carroll
Christian Fazel and Jessica Carroll
(l-r) Jessica Nelson, Meaghan McGovern, Mackenzie Watson and Shannon Dillehay
(l-r) Jessica Nelson, Meaghan McGovern, Mackenzie Watson and Shannon Dillehay
(l-r) Jessica Nelson, Meaghan McGovern, Mackenzie Watson and Shannon Dillehay
Duda Lucena
Duda Lucena
Duda Lucena
(l-r) Jeff Palomino, Jill Fuson, Don Gordon, Len Young, Heidi Allen, Paul Ney and Timothy Nicolette
(l-r) Jeff Palomino, Jill Fuson, Don Gordon, Len Young, Heidi Allen, Paul Ney and Timothy Nicolette
(l-r) Jeff Palomino, Jill Fuson, Don Gordon, Len Young, Heidi Allen, Paul Ney and Timothy Nicolette
(l-r) Rachel Stewart, Mark Hinds, Frances Mock and Caroline Hicks (facing the camera)
(l-r) Rachel Stewart, Mark Hinds, Frances Mock and Caroline Hicks (facing the camera)
(l-r) Rachel Stewart, Mark Hinds, Frances Mock and Caroline Hicks (facing the camera)
(l-r) Heidi Allen and Don Gordon, Executive Director of the Riley Institute at Furman, speaking
(l-r) Heidi Allen and Don Gordon, Executive Director of the Riley Institute at Furman, speaking
(l-r) Heidi Allen and Don Gordon, Executive Director of the Riley Institute at Furman, speaking
The Honorable Paul Ney Jr., General Counsel at the Department of Defense, speaking
The Honorable Paul Ney Jr., General Counsel at the Department of Defense, speaking
The Honorable Paul Ney Jr., General Counsel at the Department of Defense, speaking
Jeff Palamino
Jeff Palamino
Jeff Palamino
(l-r) Timothy Nicolette, Christopher Lutz and Anthony Roccograndi
(l-r) Timothy Nicolette, Christopher Lutz and Anthony Roccograndi
(l-r) Timothy Nicolette, Christopher Lutz and Anthony Roccograndi
(l-r) Robert and Emily Glicksman, and Lindsay LeHew
(l-r) Robert and Emily Glicksman, and Lindsay LeHew
(l-r) Robert and Emily Glicksman, and Lindsay LeHew
Forefront (l-r) Debra Gammons and Michael Secrist
Forefront (l-r) Debra Gammons and Michael Secrist
Forefront (l-r) Debra Gammons and Michael Secrist
(l-r) Kristyn Dial with Robert and Emily Glicksman
(l-r) Kristyn Dial with Robert and Emily Glicksman
(l-r) Kristyn Dial with Robert and Emily Glicksman
(l-r) Hal Cobb and Marshall Huey
(l-r) Hal Cobb and Marshall Huey
(l-r) Hal Cobb and Marshall Huey
Len Young and Michael Duffy speaking with Paul Ney
Len Young and Michael Duffy speaking with Paul Ney
Len Young and Michael Duffy speaking with Paul Ney
(l-r) Timothy Nicolette, Professor Dylan Malagrino and Chris Buthmann
(l-r) Timothy Nicolette, Professor Dylan Malagrino and Chris Buthmann
(l-r) Timothy Nicolette, Professor Dylan Malagrino and Chris Buthmann
(l-r) Rachel Stewart, Shannon Bastarache, Kate Mangan and Amanda Tecklenburg
(l-r) Rachel Stewart, Shannon Bastarache, Kate Mangan and Amanda Tecklenburg
(l-r) Rachel Stewart, Shannon Bastarache, Kate Mangan and Amanda Tecklenburg
Charleston Music Hall
Charleston Music Hall
Charleston Music Hall
The stage is set for the 12th Annual Law & Society Symposium
The stage is set for the 12th Annual Law & Society Symposium
The stage is set for the 12th Annual Law & Society Symposium
Timothy Nicolette, Syposium Editor Vol. XIV, Charleston Law Review, welcoming guests
Timothy Nicolette, Syposium Editor Vol. XIV, Charleston Law Review, welcoming guests
Timothy Nicolette, Syposium Editor Vol. XIV, Charleston Law Review, welcoming guests
Andrew Abrams, Dean and Provost, Charleston School of Law
Andrew Abrams, Dean and Provost, Charleston School of Law
Andrew Abrams, Dean and Provost, Charleston School of Law
Donald Gordon, Executive Director, The Riley Institute at Furman
Donald Gordon, Executive Director, The Riley Institute at Furman
Donald Gordon, Executive Director, The Riley Institute at Furman
Keynote Address: The Honorable Paul C. Ney Jr., General Counsel, Department of Defense
Keynote Address: The Honorable Paul C. Ney Jr., General Counsel, Department of Defense
Keynote Address: The Honorable Paul C. Ney Jr., General Counsel, Department of Defense
Paul Ney
Paul Ney
Paul Ney
Paul Ney
Paul Ney
Paul Ney
Panel 1: Sea Level Rise: Preparing for a New Reality
Panel 1: Sea Level Rise: Preparing for a New Reality
Panel 1: Sea Level Rise: Preparing for a New Reality
(l-r) Tom Mullikin, Professor of Environmental Law, Charleston School of Law; Astrid Caldas, Senior Climate Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists; Harry Kelso, Deputy General Counsel for Environment, Energy & Installations, Department of Defense, speaking; and moderator Allyson Haynes Stuart, Co-Director of Academic Success and Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law
(l-r) Tom Mullikin, Professor of Environmental Law, Charleston School of Law; Astrid Caldas, Senior Climate Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists; Harry Kelso, Deputy General Counsel for Environment, Energy & Installations, Department of Defense, speaking; and moderator Allyson Haynes Stuart, Co-Director of Academic Success and Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law
(l-r) Tom Mullikin, Professor of Environmental Law, Charleston School of Law; Astrid Caldas, Senior Climate Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists; Harry Kelso, Deputy General Counsel for Environment, Energy & Installations, Department of Defense, speaking; and moderator Allyson Haynes Stuart, Co-Director of Academic Success and Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law
Question from the audience
Question from the audience
Question from the audience
Harry Kelso speaking
Harry Kelso speaking
Harry Kelso speaking
Tom Mullikin speaking
Tom Mullikin speaking
Tom Mullikin speaking
Tom Mullikin speaking
Tom Mullikin speaking
Tom Mullikin speaking
Astrid Caldas (c) speaking
Astrid Caldas (c) speaking
Astrid Caldas (c) speaking
Astrid Caldas (c) speaking
Astrid Caldas (c) speaking
Astrid Caldas (c) speaking
(l-r) Tom Mullikin, Astrid Caldas and Harry Kelso
(l-r) Tom Mullikin, Astrid Caldas and Harry Kelso
(l-r) Tom Mullikin, Astrid Caldas and Harry Kelso
Panel 2: Offshore Drilling: Can Judicial Influence Effect Change?
Panel 2: Offshore Drilling: Can Judicial Influence Effect Change?
Panel 2: Offshore Drilling: Can Judicial Influence Effect Change?
(l-r) Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law and Senior Counsel, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School; Catherine Wannamaker, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, speaking; Keith Hall, Campanile Charities Professor of Energy Law and Director of the Mineral Law Institute, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and moderator
(l-r) Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law and Senior Counsel, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School; Catherine Wannamaker, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, speaking; Keith Hall, Campanile Charities Professor of Energy Law and Director of the Mineral Law Institute, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and moderator
(l-r) Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law and Senior Counsel, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School; Catherine Wannamaker, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, speaking; Keith Hall, Campanile Charities Professor of Energy Law and Director of the Mineral Law Institute, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and moderator
Patrick Parenteau speaking
Patrick Parenteau speaking
Patrick Parenteau speaking
Keith Hall speaking
Keith Hall speaking
Keith Hall speaking
Question from the audience
Question from the audience
Question from the audience
Catherine Wannamaker speaking
Catherine Wannamaker speaking
Catherine Wannamaker speaking
Patrick Parenteau speaking
Patrick Parenteau speaking
Patrick Parenteau speaking
More questions from the audience
More questions from the audience
More questions from the audience
(l-r) Patrick Parenteau, Catherine Wannemaker, and Keith Hall speaking
(l-r) Patrick Parenteau, Catherine Wannemaker, and Keith Hall speaking
(l-r) Patrick Parenteau, Catherine Wannemaker, and Keith Hall speaking
Panel 3: Water Quality: Merging Policy and Pragmatism
Panel 3: Water Quality: Merging Policy and Pragmatism
Panel 3: Water Quality: Merging Policy and Pragmatism
(l-r) Robert Glicksman, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School; Karen Colmie, Associate General Counsel for Environment, Energy & Installations, Department of Defense; and Amy Armstrong, Executive Director and General Counsel, South Carolina Environmental Law Project
(l-r) Robert Glicksman, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School; Karen Colmie, Associate General Counsel for Environment, Energy & Installations, Department of Defense; and Amy Armstrong, Executive Director and General Counsel, South Carolina Environmental Law Project
(l-r) Robert Glicksman, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School; Karen Colmie, Associate General Counsel for Environment, Energy & Installations, Department of Defense; and Amy Armstrong, Executive Director and General Counsel, South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Amy Armstrong speaking
Amy Armstrong speaking
Amy Armstrong speaking
Karen Colmie speaking
Karen Colmie speaking
Karen Colmie speaking
Karen Colmie speaking
Karen Colmie speaking
Karen Colmie speaking
Robert Glicksman speaking
Robert Glicksman speaking
Robert Glicksman speaking
Robert Glicksman speaking
Robert Glicksman speaking
Robert Glicksman speaking

Law & Society Series

Legal, Ethical, and Policy Implications of a Changing Climate

12th Annual Law & Society Symposium

Charleston Music Hall
37 John Street
Friday, February 7, 2020
8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Presented by the Riley Institute and the Charleston Law Review of the Charleston School of Law

Our changing climate increasingly creates significant legal, ethical, and legislative challenges. Water quality, sea level rise, and the environmental impacts of proposed offshore drilling are critical issues facing South Carolinians and present challenges to those who make and enact laws. To counter the Trump administration’s plans to lease South Carolina’s offshore waters for oil drilling and testing, the South Carolina legislature’s current budget prohibits cities, counties and the state from issuing permits for infrastructure onshore to support the offshore work. The increasing scarcity of clean water and the impacts of sea level rise create the needs for legal responses in order to mitigate loss, protect our resources, and compensate victims.

The Honorable Paul C. Ney Jr., General Counsel, Department of Defense, delivered the keynote address. Click here to view this year’s program.

About Paul Ney

Currently, the chief legal officer of the Department of Defense and legal advisor to the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Ney has been engaged throughout his career in both private practice and public service. He has twice been a partner in private law firms, first with Trauger, Ney & Tuke and later with Patterson Intellectual Property Law, P.C. He also was director of the Nashville Davidson County Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development. Within the Department, Mr. Ney previously served as acting general counsel and principal deputy general counsel of the Department of the Navy, and as deputy general counsel (Legal Counsel) for the Department of Defense. Immediately prior to rejoining the Department, he served as chief deputy attorney general for the State of Tennessee.

Mr. Ney is a recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal and Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award.

Mr. Ney earned his juris doctor and masters of business administration from Vanderbilt University and his bachelor of science in biology & society from Cornell University. He served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Adrian Duplantier in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Friday, February 7, 2020 | Charleston Music Hall

8 am: Registration; CLE Course No. 202350

8:30 am: Welcome and Introduction

Andrew Abrams, Dean and Provost, Charleston School of Law

Donald Gordon, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Riley Institute at Furman

Timothy Nicolette, Symposium Editor Vol. XIV, Charleston Law Review

8:45 am: Keynote Address

The Honorable Paul C. Ney Jr., General Counsel, Department of Defense

9:30 am: Offshore Drilling: Can Judicial Influence Effect Change?

Moderator: Hal Robinson, Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law, and Director of Legal Affairs and Staff Attorney, Georgia-Alabama Land Trust, Inc.

Panelists:

Keith Hall,Campanile Charities Professor of Energy Law and Director of the Mineral Law Institute, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center

Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law and Senior Counsel, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School

Catherine Wannamaker, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center

10:30 am: Break

10:45 am: Sea Level Rise: Preparing for a New Reality

Moderator: Allyson Haynes Stuart, Co-Director of Academic Success and Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law

Panelists:

Astrid Caldas, Ph.D., Senior Climate Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists

Harry Kelso, Deputy General Counsel for Environment, Energy & Installations, Department of Defense

Tom Mullikin, Professor of Environmental Law, Charleston School of Law

11:45 am: Break

12 pm: Water Quality: Merging Policy and Pragmatism

Moderator: Miller Shealy, Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law

Panelists:

Amy Armstrong, Executive Director and General Counsel, South Carolina Environmental Law Project

Karen Colmie, Associate General Counsel for Environment, Energy & Installations, Department of Defense

Robert Glicksman, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro, Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School

1 pm: Closing

Timothy Nicolette