Environmental & Energy Law Section

Environmental & Energy Law Section

PRESENTED BY THE NASSAU COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION ENVIRONMENTAL LAW COMMITTEE AND THE NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY LAW SECTION.  

FOREVER SOLUTIONS TO FOREVER CHEMICALS: DRINKING WATER ALTERNATIVES FOR LONG ISLAND


March 2, 2020

NASSAU COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
MINEOLA, NY 11501


6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

PROGRAM PANEL:

Laura Curran, Nassau County Executive

New York State Senator Todd Kaminsky

Don Irwin, Dir.of Environmental Health of the Nassau County Department of Health

Brian Schneider, Nassau County Deputy Executive for Public Works

Ty Fuller, Senior Hydrogeologist, Suffolk County Water Authority

Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment

Moderator: Nicholas C. Rigano, Chair, NCBA Environmental Law Committee


TO REGISTER, PLEASE CALL 516-747-4464 OR VISIT: https://members.nassaubar.org/calendar/signup/MTIxODQ=

PRICING:

$FREE NCBA MEMBER

$70 NCBA NON-MEMBER ATTORNEY

$50 GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS*

$10 GENERAL PUBLIC

  *Government attorneys should check with their ethics officers to ensure it is appropriate to attend at the discounted rate.


Program will provide 2 CLE credits in professional practice for attorneys.


Credit will be issued by the Nassau Academy of Law.




50TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY

The Environmental and Energy Law Section will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day throughout the state on April 22, 2020

Please join EELS as we celebrate this milestone with a series of networking events throughout the state. Each event will feature light refreshments and a notable speaker from the local environmental community offering brief remarks. 

Who should attend?
Newly admitted and experienced attorneys, government attorneys, environmental consultants, contractors, representatives from laboratories and non-profits, local bar association members, NYSBA members, non-members, and law students are ALL encouraged to attend!

Registration is complimentary, but you must register in advanced. Feel free to bring a colleague!
Please RSVP by April 15, 2020 using one of the registration links below.

VIEW FLYER HERE

Please join the Section at one of the below complimentary receptions on April 22, 2020, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m
Click the location to register for that reception: 

Albany | Whiteman Osterman and Hanna LLP
Buffalo | Hodgson Russ LLP
Long Island | Sahn Ward Coschignano, PLLC | Uniondale
NYC | Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Rochester | Knauf Shaw LLP
Syracuse | Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
White Plains | Keane & Beane, P.C.

Or call the NYSBA Resource Center to register at 1-800-582-2454, M-F 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.


Any questions? Contact Amy Jasiewicz at [email protected]


SAVE THE DATE!

Environmental and Energy Law Section Legislative Forum

Wednesday, May 13
State Bar Center
One Elk Street | Albany, NY  12207

Save the Date Oil Spill Symposium June 4, 2020 NYSBA | 1 Elk Street | Albany, NY Details coming soon Mark your calendars

Save the Date:

Environmental & Energy Law Section Fall Meeting

Sunday, October 18 - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Mohonk Mountain House
New Paltz, NY



BOOK YOUR OWN HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS ASAPStarting 2/17/20


EARLY GUARANTEED HOTEL RESERVATION COMMENCES FEBRUARY 15, 2020 AND DEADLINE IS MARCH 31, 2020

 

Call Mohonk Group Registration at 844.587.7481 (prompts 1 and then 4)


Identify yourself as attending the NYSBA Environmental Fall Meeting on 10/18-20 


DETAILS WILL BE POSTED ON SECTION WEBSITE PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 15TH 


There is a 14 day cancellation policy prior to arrival with no penalty

 

Note that all meals will be covered during this conference as part of separate registration fee and sponsor funds. 


Information on registration, rates and CLE available soon.




About THE SECTION BLOG

The Environmental and Energy Law Section of the New York State Bar Association has a new section blog on our online community. It is intended to provide timely notice of legal events affecting environmental lawyers in the public and private sectors, environmental organizations, and academia. These legal events include recent cases, new regulations, new government policies, and general news of interest on the environmental front. Section members are welcome to contribute. View our blogging policy here.

To view the archives of our former blog posts called “Envirosphere” from February 2009-August 2016, click here.

VIEW THE LATEST NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER

The New York Environmental Lawyer features peer-written substantive articles relating to the practice of environmental law on various topics, including climate change, brownsfields, pollution, air quality, wetlands and superfunds. Regular columns include  recent administrative and judicial cases, ethics issues, EPA and DEC updates and Section news. The New York Environmental Lawyer is published by the Environmental Law Section and distributed to Section Members free of charge.

To receive your issue of The New York Environmental Lawyer in an electronic format only, send an email to NYSBA's Member Resource Center at [email protected].

Read Now>

We are pleased to announce the launch of an Internet-based private online professional Community for the Environmental and Energy Law Section. We invite you to participate. Members of our Section run the gamut from law students and newly admitted attorneys who are just finding their way all the way to national and international experts in many categories of environmental law. We want all of you to share your experiences and your knowledge while also being free to ask questions of others in the Section and participating in the intellectual discourse we hope to generate. 

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