Home / Discussion on the Public Trust Doctrine to be held Nov. 12
The Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy and the Tulane Center for Environmental Law is hosting an event with three leading legal voices to discuss the seminal Public Trust Doctrine in Louisiana Nov. 12 in an event to be held both online and in-person.
Panelists Judge James L. Dennis of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Tulane Law Professor Emeritus Oliver Houck and Professor and Director of the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic Lisa Jordan will discuss their experiences with the seminal public trust doctrine case, Save Ourselves v. Louisiana Environmental Enforcement Commission. The public trust doctrine requires that the government protect and conserve certain lands held in trust for use by the public. Where did this doctrine come from? How did it develop? Where is it headed? These are just some of the many questions we’ll explore during this talk.
The event, titled Save Ourselves, Then and Now: Revisiting LA's Public Trust Doctrine is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Tulane's John Giffen Weinmann Hall, 6329 Freret St., in the courtyard of the Marian Mayer Berkett room, but in-person attendance will be limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. A Q&A session will follow.
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In-person: In-person attendance will be limited to 25 people. Please register via Eventbrite by Nov. 4.
Remote: We will also be live broadcasting this event via Zoom Webinar: https://tulane.zoom.us/j/98210235310?pwd=L09sSEFiQXNEWUhkMXZmYWV2eXdEZz09
Registration is not necessary for this.