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Celebrating the Class of 2024’s Environmental Law and Native Hawaiian Law Certificate Recipients

June 22, 2024

Top row (left to right): Maddie Walsh ʻ24, Dru Hara ʻ24, Kawaiuluhonua Scanlan ʻ24, Sophia Morgan ʻ24, McKenzie Gallagher ʻ24, and KHA Fellow Alexa Deike ‘21
Middle row (left to right): Denielle Pedro ʻ24, Kalei Akau ʻ24, Hannah Taum ʻ24, Lia Cook ʻ24, Emma Olsen ʻ24, Elena Chang ʻ24, Nakoa Gabriel ʻ24, and KHA Fellow Kaulu Luuwai ʻ21
Bottom row (left to right): Professor U‘ilani Tanigawa-Lum ‘19, Professor Susan Serrano ʻ98, Professor Kapua Sproat ʻ98, MJ Palau McDonald ʻ22, Professor Melody MacKenzie ʻ76, and Shellie McDow ʻ24

Reflections from the International Environmental Moot Court Team

June 19, 2024

From left to right: Xiao Yi Zhao, Nicole Harrison, and Alyssa Neri In April 2024, Hawaiʻi law students …

Professor Forman’s Academic Exchange in Pakistan

June 13, 2024

Over the winter break, ELP Co-Director and Professor of Law David M. Forman ’93 spent ten days in …

Richardson Alumna Ammie Roseman-Orr ‘99 Sworn in As EPA’s Newest Environmental Appeals Judge

June 9, 2024

On March 11, 2024, Richardson Alumna Ammie Roseman-Orr ‘99 was sworn in as the EPA’s newest Environmental Appeals judge.  Her new …

Richardson’s Environmental Law Program Hosts the Inaugural Climate Reflections Series in Honor of Dr. Toufiq Siddiqi

April 20, 2024

On April 19, 2024, the Environmental Law Program hosted the inaugural Climate Reflections Series in honor of Dr. …

Richardson’s National Environmental Moot Court Team Advances to the Quarterfinals

April 15, 2024

Congratulations to WSRSL’s National Environmental Law Moot Court team: Mehana Witthans, Marie Sonson, and Emma Palmer.  Together with …

ELP Hosts North American Regional Rounds of the 28th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition

April 8, 2024

Front row left to right: His Excellency Associate Professor James Fry, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law; …

COP28 Reflections, Debbie Akane: Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels 

April 2, 2024

Debbie Akane, LLM with fellow ELP students Eleng Kazangiljan / Wun-Syuan Guo, LLM and Emily Sarasa ’24. As …

COP28 Reflections, Emily Sarasa: The Democratization of Climate Governance

April 2, 2024

I was lucky to attend for a second year because of the ELP Program! I observed some governmental …

COP28 Reflections, Eleng Kazangiljan: Indigenous Advocacy

April 2, 2024

Eleng presenting on Indigenous Knowledge and the Self-determination of Taiwan Indigenous Peoples at COP28. From the left, I-Chan …