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Following welcome remarks from Vice Dean and Professor Jill I. Gross, Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Katrina Fischer Kuh, introduced Professor Pidot, who is currently the Ashby Lohse Chair in Water & Natural Resources and Co-director of the Environmental Law Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Professor Pidot spoke about environmental initiatives taken by the Biden Administration, which he said are likely to be undone by the new Trump Administration in 2025. His expertise was drawn from his impressive background and career, including his roles as Deputy Solicitor for Land Resources for the Department of the Interior during the Obama Administration. Professor Pidot also served as an appellate litigator at the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and most recently as General Counsel at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
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Pace | Haub Environmental Law Professor Jason Czarnezki, Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law and Associate Dean of Environmental Law Programs and Strategic Initiatives, presented Professor Pidot with the 2024 Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law medal, which signifies the distinguished history of the Law School男女操逼视频软件檚 nationally renowned Environmental Law Program and the birth of environmental law.
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Following his lecture Professor Pidot opened the floor to audience questions. He then joined guests at a reception where further discussions on the topic ensued.
Haub Law established the Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law in 2000 to expand its programs of research, education, professional and scholarly activity and publications in environmental law, a field for which the law school has received national and international recognition. The Kerlin endowment funds a named professorship in Environmental Law at Haub Law. Professor Nicholas A. Robinson, founder of the Haub Law男女操逼视频软件檚 environmental programs, was named the first Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor in 1999, and Professor Czarnezki was designated as the second Kerlin Distinguished Professor in 2013. Previous Kerlin Lecturers include Sam Kalen, Associate Dean, William T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, Jeffrey Prieto, Senate confirmed General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Roger Martella, Chief Sustainability Officer, GE, among many others.
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