Event Title
Second Panel: Natural Resources Protection
Biographies
Bret Birdsong
Professor of Law, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Professor Birdsong, a professor of law at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, is a recognized expert in Public Land, Federal Natural Resources, Water Rights and Conservation Law. Most recently, while on leave from the law school from 2013-2016, he served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Solicitor for Land Resources at the U.S. Department of the Interior. At Interior he provided counsel to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and other agencies regarding important conservation and land management policy initiatives.
Jessica Owley
Professor of Law, University at Buffalo School of Law
Jessica Owley teaches environmental law, property and land conservation. She joined the University at Buffalo School of Law in 2010 after serving as an assistant professor at Pace Law School. She received her Ph.D. in environmental science, policy and management from the University of California-Berkeley in 2005, shortly after completing her J.D. at Berkeley Law in 2004. Before entering academia, Owley practiced in the Land Use and Environment Law group at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco. Prior to private practice, Owley clerked for Hon. Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Hon. Dean D. Pregerson of the Central District of California. Owley is a member of the California bar and admitted to practice in the Northern, Southern and Eastern districts of California and the Ninth Circuit.
Location
FIU College of Law, Grand Courtroom
Start Date
20-10-2017 11:00 AM
End Date
20-10-2017 12:00 PM
Chair and Moderator
Prof. Ryan Stoa, Concordia University School of Law
Second Panel: Natural Resources Protection
FIU College of Law, Grand Courtroom