From ERyan at law.fsu.edu Mon Jan 5 18:22:52 2026 From: ERyan at law.fsu.edu (Erin Ryan) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 23:22:52 +0000 Subject: [Law-envtlfsufaculty] FSU College of Law - Environmental Research, News, and Events In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251103/e2/2c/e0/1d/d034c6597292d7fbb684f5af.png] The Environmental Law Program at Florida State University College of Law, in collaboration with the Center for Environment, Energy, and Land Use Law, offers students rigorous coursework, experiential learning opportunities, and a dynamic lecture series featuring leading scholars and practitioners who address the evolving challenges of environmental law. The Environmental Law faculty's accomplishments and scholarship continue to enhance our national standing and reinforce our position as Florida?s premier Environmental Law Program. No. 1 Best Environmental Law Program in Florida No. 8 Best Program for Environmental Law Among Public Schools No. 18 Best Program for Environmental Law in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2025) ? Environmental Faculty Scholarship & News [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/00/a3/63/fc/48585e47fc86d1792fd97636.png] Shi-Ling Hsu D'Alemberte Professor Professor Shi-Ling Hsu was elected to the American Law Institute this December. He was also awarded a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law to advance his research on why carbon taxes generate public opposition. This project will incorporate insights from social psychology, exploring how individuals often rely on familiar or accessible information when forming policy opinions, rather than weighing all relevant factors. 'Carbon Pricing: History and Context,' in Institutions for Effective Climate Action, (C. Metcalf & Stern, S.M., eds.) Univ. of Toronto Press (forthcoming) "Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms: A Last Chance for Climate Multilateralism?," 58 INT?L LAWYER __ (2025) "Climate Resilience: A Typology," 93 UMKC L. REV. 901 (2025) 'Recruiting Capitalism for Environmental Protection,' in Can Democracy and Capitalism Be Reconciled? (Milkis, S. and S. Miller, eds.) Oxford Uni. Press (2024) 'Supplying Life Necessities in a Climate-changed Future,' in Adapting to High-Level Warming: Equity, Governance, and Law (Kuh, K. and Roesler, S.N., eds.) (2024) "Non-market Values in the Draft Update of Circular A-4," YALE J. REG. NOTICE & COMMENT (2023) ? Erin Ryan Elizabeth C. & Clyde W. Atkinson Professor and Associate Dean for Environmental Programs [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/ff/ec/72/80/706a2ccfc1fbc64dc7d6f84c.png] Professor Erin Ryan is celebrating the completion of her new book, Law for the Land (Cambridge, 2026), representing three decades of thinking about the public trust doctrine. This spring, she participated in a congressional briefing about the public trust doctrine on behalf of the Coastal States Caucus and completed three full-length articles. This fall, she taught Environmental Policy and Marine Resources Law at the Ocean University of China, guest lectured at Shandong University and the Qingdao University of Science and Technology, and contributed to an inter-European workshop on federalism and pandemic management at the University of the Basque Country in Spain. This winter, she began a four-year term on the Scientific Advisory Panel for the Eurac Institute on Comparative Federalism at the Eurac Research Center in Bolzano, Italy. After finishing her term as Chair of the AALS Section on Natural Resources and Energy Law, she was elected Secretary of the International Association for Law, Property, and Society, following a decade in service as Chair of the ALPS Mentoring Committee. Law for the Land: The Public Trust Doctrine, Mono Lake, and a Quiet Revolution in Environmental Rights, Cambridge U. Press (2026) The Four Horsemen of the New Separation of Powers: The Environmental Law Implications of Loper Bright, West Virginia, Sackett, and Corner Post, 109 MINN. L. REV. 2743 (2025) "Saving Mono Lake: The Prologue, Peak, and Implementation of the Landmark Audubon Society Public Trust Litigation," 58 U.C. DAVIS. L. REV. 2631 (2025) "Public Trust Principles and Environmental Rights: The Hidden Duality of Climate Rights Advocacy and the Atmospheric Trust," 49 HARV. ENVT?L. L. REV. 225 (2025) "Sackett vs. EPA and the Regulatory, Property, and Human Rights Based Strategies for Protecting American Waterways," 74 CASE WESTERN RES. L. REV. 281 (2023) "Privatization, Public Commons, and the Takingsification of Environmental Law," 171 U. PENN. L. REV. 617 (2023) ? Mark Seidenfeld Patricia A. Dore Professor of Administrative Law [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/b5/df/25/c2/5fa919852b33c578fbc385b0.png] Professor Mark Seidenfeld remains a leading scholarly figure parsing the complexities of Administrative Law, Energy Law, and regulatory law more generally. This Spring, he is organizing a dynamic energy law panel to probe these complexities from multiple perspectives in this new regulatory era. "Conceptions of Sovereignty and American Federalism," 52 FSU L. REV. (forthcoming) "Rethinking the Good Cause Exception to Notice and Comment Rulemaking in Light of Interim Final Rules," 75 ADMIN. L. REV. 787 (2023) ? [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/4f/a0/88/1c/e16eb5354eadbe24ac9e44e7.jpg] Brian Slocum Stearns Weaver Miller Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Research Professor Brian Slocum was appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Research at the FSU College of Law. In addition to organizing a robust program of research support and enrichment for the faculty and the broader campus community, he maintains his own busy research agenda, including his forthcoming book with Yale University Press, Statutory Textualism. "Pragmatic Textualism," (with Kevin Tobia) 75 DUKE LAW JOURNAL 413-483 (2025) Statutory Textualism, (with William N. Eskridge Jr. & Kevin Tobia) Yale University Press (forthcoming) "Major Questions, Common Sense?," (with Kevin Tobia & Daniel Walters) 97 S. CAL. L. REV. 1153 (2024) "Fair Notice and Criminalizing Abortions," (with Nadia Banteka) 113 JOUR. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 747 (2024) "The Linguistic and Substantive Canons," (with Kevin Tobia) 137 HARVARD L. REV. FOR. 70 (2023) "Textualism's Defining Moment," (with William N. Eskridge Jr. & Kevin Tobia) 123 COLUM. L. REV. 1611 (2023) "Ordinary Meaning and Ordinary People," (with Kevin Tobia & Victoria Nourse) 171 U. PENN. L. REV. 365 (2023) ? [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251104/d6/98/7f/6d/5330b09cf59fad26eb09ea3a.jpg] Tisha Holmes Courtesy Professor of Law, Associate Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning Professor Tisha Holmes is on research leave in 2025-2026, studying the mechanisms of community resilience to sea level rise, storm intensification, and other impacts of a changing climate. Her work focuses on coastal communities in the United States, Caribbean, and beyond. Transfer of Development Rights for Coastal Adaptation: Conceptual Design and Practical Applications in the US, J. P???. E???. & R?s. (with K. Fang, E. Linkous, & A. Lammers) (2025) Centering Environmental Justice in US Climate Assessments, C??????? C????? 178 (M. Mendez et al.) (2025) Climate Change Is Beyond Any of Us - The Work of Public Health Practitioners in Building Resilience Against Climate Effect (BRACE) Programs. Sustainable Environment, 11(1). (2025) (Lange, Z., Hoover, F. A., Uejio, C., & Holmes, T. T. J.) Developing Engagement Principles for Climate and Health Research: An Example from a Community-Informed Research Project, 18 P???. C???. H????? P?????s: R?s., E???. & A????? 551 (2024), (Ulman, A.(m), Lowrie, K., Bulger, G.(d), Herb, J., Holmes, T. T. J., & Butler, W.) Can Florida?s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development? Fiscal Vulnerability and Funding Woes under Sea Level Rise, J. ?? A?. P???. Ass?? (in press) (with Shi, L., Butler, W., et al.) Evaluating Public Health Strategies for Climate Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities from the Climate Ready States and Cities Initiative, PLOS C???. 2(3): e0000102 (2023) (with Joseph HA, Mallen E, McLaughlin M, Grossman E, Locklear A, et al.) ? Environmental Events and Speakers ? Spring 2026 Environmental Certificate Enrichment Event Panel: Energy Law in a Dynamic Era [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/54/d2/cb/c8/beb386a11d732b9b0254dc70.jpg] March 4, 2026 James Coleman University of Minnesota Law School [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/3c/dd/0a/41/d2f7ad09704de5735d26d1f1.jpeg] March 4, 2026 Shelly Welton University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School ? Spring 2026 Distinguished Environmental Lecture The Unraveling of U.S. Environmental Law [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/e3/14/02/25/339beb41f41c82d2c6ff319c.jpg] February 11, 2026 Robert Glicksman George Washington University Law School, will present on ?The Unraveling of U.S. Environmental Law.? Stay tuned for links to RSVP! RR ? Distinguished Human Rights Lecture: Is There a Human Right to a Clean Environment? [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/4a/00/5d/39/6bf5c01a7a37b2582bfdc05e.jpeg] November 13, 2025 James R. May, Professor at Washburn University School of Law, presented on "Is There a Human Right to a Clean Environment?" [WATCH] ? Environmental Enrichment Lecture: Thoreau?s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Ascetism [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/4f/8b/b4/c4/4a5e338ce598132b5c96b8f1.png] November 5, 2025 Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University College of Arts & Sciences, presented on "Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism." [WATCH] ? Fall 2025 Distinguished Environmental Lecture Environmental Law 2.0: A Former State Lawmaker?s Perspective on the Remaking of American Law [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/94/87/71/8e/6108feb36d6aa86a5659a2f2.png] October 22, 2025 Professor Kirsten Engel, the Charles E. Ares Professor of Law at the University of Arizona?s James E. Rogers College of Law and Interim Chief of the Environmental Protection Unit in the Arizona Office of the Attorney General, presented on "Environmental Law 2.0: A Former State Lawmaker?s Perspective on the Remaking of American Law." [WATCH] ? Environmental Enrichment Lecture: The Malleable Major Questions Doctrine: Taking Stock Three Years After West Virginia v. EPA [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/75/5a/f4/3d/bd22a6291eed37852bd7373d.png] October 8, 2025 Kamaile Tur?an, Associate Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, presented on "The Malleable Major Questions Doctrine: Taking Stock Three Years After West Virginia v. EPA." [WATCH] ? Spring 2025 Distinguished Environmental Lecture: America?s Public Lands: What Will Donald Trump?s Legacy Likely Be? [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/4d/94/ab/8d/db22a879d2023f585a8235f5.png] February 26, 2025 John Leshy, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California at San Francisco and former Interior Department Solicitor, who presented on ?America?s Public Lands: What Will Donald Trump?s Legacy Likely Be?? [WATCH] ? Spring 2025 Administrative Law Panel: Judicial Review of Agency Statutory Interpretation after Loper Bright [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/a8/ea/aa/6a/4ffced25d07137bc0e0e69be.png] January 29, 2025 Professors William Eskridge, the Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law at Yale Law School and Kristin Hickman, the Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, McKnight Presidential Professor in Law, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Harlan Albert Rogers Professor in Law, and Associate Director of the Corporate Institute at the Univeristy of Minnesota presented on ?Judicial Review of Agency Statutory Interpretation after Loper Bright,? with commentary by FSU Law Professors Mark Seidenfeld, Brian Slocum, and Erin Ryan. [WATCH] ? Fall 2024 Distinguished Environmental Lecture: Environmental Justice, Environmental Joy [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/f5/b0/dd/07/a6d2b169d19d5887881395dc.png] October 30, 2024 Gerald Torres, Professor of Environmental Justice and Professor of Law at Yale Law School, presented on ?Environmental Justice, Environmental Joy.? [WATCH] ? Environmental Enrichment Lecture: Climate Constitutionalism [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251229/19/ae/53/c6/c69323b92511da170b77c16a.png] October 9, 2024 Amanda Shanor, Associate Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at University of Pennsylvania presented on "Climate Constitutionalism." [WATCH] ? [X] [Facebook] [Instagram] [LinkedIn] [YouTube] ABOUT US | ACADEMICS | ADMISSIONS & FINANCIAL AID | OUR FACULTY | ALUMNI | CAREERS | STUDENTS ? Manage your preferences | Opt Out using TrueRemove? Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. View this email online. 425 West Jefferson Street | Tallahassee, FL 32306 US This email was sent to jparkerflynn at law.fsu.edu. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book. [powered by emma] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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