From ceginfo@u.washington.edu Mon May 1 13:59:38 2000 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (root@jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA40430 for ; Mon, 1 May 2000 13:59:37 -0700 Received: from homer30.u.washington.edu (ceginfo@homer30.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.8]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id NAA10414 for ; Mon, 1 May 2000 13:59:36 -0700 Received: from localhost (ceginfo@localhost) by homer30.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA60118 for ; Mon, 1 May 2000 13:59:34 -0700 Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 13:59:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Civil and Environmental Engineering To: cegrads@u.washington.edu Subject: Environment, HWR Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: CEWA 520 Seminar, Thurs. May 4 12:30 pm, Rm 220 More Title: Environmental Law Speaker: William H. Rodgers, Jr. Stimson-Bullitt Professor of Environmental Law University of Washington Abstract: The outline below is my guess of what Bill Rodgers will try to cover - with probably more emphasis on environmental engineering and science. A. Creativity and Environmental Law A mailed out survey to people involved for many years in environmental law showed that there were many ways to be creative in environmental law including the following categories: risk takers, copy-cats or mimics, guilibles, symbolists, geniuses, outcasts, paradigm shifters, leveragers, optimists, and the workaholics. B. To negotiate a settlement, both the plaintiffs and defendants have to believe the issue will go to trial. Unwinable cases actually were won. Examples are ground water case, Calvert Cliffs, Tellico Dam, and the Spotted Owl case. C. The mimic or copy cat strategy has worked quite well. Section 301 of the Clean Water Act is an example of copying. D. The Environmental Defense Fund history is an example of optimists. E. The group "Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation" named themselves SLAPP and became well-known for their efforts to prevent the public from being able to be informed and participate in environmental issues. The name "SLAPP" is an example of symbolism. F. Many major contributions to environmental law have come from those who are not attornies - they did not know that it was impossible to win an environmental case and so they went ahead and won against great odds. Note that Bill Rodgers has a law class to teach at 1:30 pm and so he will need to leave in time to make his class. Professor Rodgers received the Stimson-Bullitt Professor of Environmental Law Chair about one year ago. The award ceremony for Bill Rodgers being awarded this chair and his lecture on "Creative Moments in the History of Environmental Law" will be broadcast on UWTV (channel 27 on cable) at 8pm on May 13, 8pm on May 21, and 5:30am on May 27th. Michael J. Pilat, Professor of Civil Engineering .