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September 25, 2024October 1, 2024

GW Environmental Law Fellows Share Global Environmental Governance Insights

On September 19, 2024, the GW Law Environmental & Energy Law Program hosted its Environmental Law Fellows Panel, spotlighting prominent environmental law leaders who previously served or currently serve as Environmental Law Fellows in our program. Moderated by Assistant Dean Randall Abate, the hybrid event featured Achinthi Vithanage (Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University), Nick Bryner (LSU Law),Caitlin McCoy (Commission for Environmental Cooperation), and Giovanna Gismondi (The George Washington University Law School). Dayna Matthew, Dean of GW Law, delivered introductory remarks that drew attention to the pressing need for innovative legal strategies to promote effective climate change and biodiversity governance and environmental justice protections, while highlighting the vital role of legal education in shaping future leaders in this critical field.

September 10, 2024September 24, 2024

Hydrogen Buses Charged by a Solar-Powered Microgrid: Linking Clean Energy and Clean Transit in Montgomery County, Maryland

By Patrick Seroogy

Photo credit: AlphaStruxure

Just north of Washington, D.C., Montgomery County in Maryland is implementing a plan to have a transit depot that will eventually host buses fueled by hydrogen cells. An on-site electrolyzer will produce the hydrogen used as fuel, and a microgrid will use solar generation to power the depot and the electrolyzer. The EMTOC project, which broke ground in June 2024, will host:

September 2, 2024September 10, 2024

Reflections on GW’s Environmental and Energy Law LL.M Program: An Interview with Tim Nau (LL.M. ’23)

Q: What is your current position?

A: Currently, I am pursuing a legal clerkship in Frankfurt, Germany, preparing for the Second State Exam – the bar exam.

Q: What did you study in your Energy and Environmental Law LL.M. and what made this program so special to you?

A: At GW, I was able to delve deep into the intricacies of regulated industries, energy markets, and different fields of U.S. environmental and energy law. Working with professors in and out of class was always enriching. While GW has an impressive faculty of highly qualified law professors and staff, there are also many highly qualified environmental and energy law practitioners in the program’s part-time faculty who add further value by providing first-hand insights into the “real world”. They work for the most prestigious environmental and energy law employers in the government, the private sector, and the public interest community in Washington, D.C. This is a clear advantage that GW has over other law schools in the US and a reason why I chose to come to GW in the first place.

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

Human Rights: The Pending Issue in the Upcoming Global Plastics Treaty

By Fernando Muñoz Dominguez

Photo credit: Naja Bertolt Jensen

For more than a century, plastics have facilitated considerable advancements in modern society in a wide range of fields including electronics, aerospace, construction, food packaging, and sports. These advances have come at a high price, however, as plastics have been detrimental to human health, the economy, and the environment.

July 31, 2024August 2, 2024

Introducing Professor Caroline Cecot as Visiting Associate Professor on Environmental Law.

The Environmental & Energy Law program is delighted to welcome Caroline Cecot as a Visiting Associate Professor in our program for 2024-2025 academic year! We recently caught up with Professor Cecot to learn more about her background in environmental law and related fields and hear about her plans and goals in this new role.