Calendar of Events
Timeline of Past and Upcoming Conferences and Workshops
2012
March 28-29: International Symposium on Legislation Responding to Climate Change in Beijing.
Past Events
2011
December 27-30: Collaborative Research Fellowship presentations at SYSU in Guangzhou and CUPL and Renmin University in Beijing.
November 25-29: CUPL CLAPV's annual training workshop for volunteer lawyers, officials, judges on environmental law and litigation, Beijing, China.
November 8-10: Environmental Law Pilot Training for Chinese Environmental Courts' Judges, Kunming, China.
October 14-16: Fourth Annual Conference of Environmental Law Branch of CSES on Environmental Law Education, Qingdao, China.
October 11: Presentation by Assistant Director to the U.S.-China Partnership, Hanling Yang, on U.S. Land Use Planning System and Taking Case Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing.
June 30: Environmental Judges Training Curriculum Design Workshop. Curriculum design workshop for Chinese judges at on environmental case adjudication skills, Beijing. New Grant Trains Chinese Judges to Enforce Environmental Laws
June 29: Signing of Student Exchange Agreement with Renmin University School of Law, Beijing. VT Law School, China's Premier Law School Collaborate On Environmental Research, Rule of Law Projects
June 28: Roundtable on environmental cases adjudication skills for environmental court judges, Kunming.
June 27: Guangzhou Maritime Court Workshop. Workshop on water pollution public interest litigation at Guangzhou Maritime Court, Guangzhou.
May 4: U.S.-China Partnership names Professor Jason Czarnezki as new Faculty Director. VT Law School's U.S.-China Partnership Names New Faculty Director
April 14-15: Choke Point China Workshop. Educational workshop on the impact of energy development on freshwater resources, Beijing. Tsinghua Environmental and Energy Law Forum: Global Choke Point - Confronting Energy Demand and Water Scarcity in China and the United States
April 14: Presentation on Vermont environmental court, adjudication skills and judicial ethics, Beijing.
April 12: Choke Point China Workshop. Educational workshop on the impact of energy development on freshwater resources, Ningxia.
April 8: Choke Point China Workshop. Educational workshop on the impact of energy development on freshwater resources, Shanghai.
April 1: Choke Point China Presentation. Presentation on research findings concerning the impact of energy development on freshwater resources in China, Beijing. Beijing Energy Network Presents: Global Choke Point - Confronting Energy Demand and Water Scarcity in China and the United States
March 25: Huanzhu Law Firm launch event, Beijing. China Opens First Public Interest Environmental Law Firm With Help from Vermont Law School
March 2: Environmental Due Diligence Roundtable for Chinese Lawyers, Wuhan.
February 28-March 10: Vermont Journal of Environmental Law Symposium on China’s Environmental Governance: Global Challenges and Comparative Solutions (South Royalton) and Study Tour in New Orleans and Washington DC. VJEL Symposium
February 28-March 4: Train-the-Teacher Training Workshop, Wuhan.
February 15: Monitoring and Evaluating Framework and Data Collection Training for SYSU Environment and Worker Health and Safety Advocacy Center, Guangzhou.
February 14: Monitoring and Evaluating Framework and Data Collection Training for Huanzhu Law Firm staff and attorneys, Beijing.
January 6-7: Launch Event for SYSU’s Environment and Worker Health and Safety Advocacy Center and roundtable on clinical practice and advocacy skills for SYSU Environment and Worker Health and Safety Advocacy Center faculty, Guangzhou.
January 5: Roundtable for staff and volunteer lawyers at Huanzhu environmental public interest firm to discuss litigation challenges and case management, Beijing.
2010
December 29: Presentation on Current Events in U.S. Climate Policy at SYSU led by VLS Professor Jason Czarnezki, Guangzhou.
December 28: Presentation on U.S. Climate Policy and Litigation at SYSU led by VLS Professor Czarnezki, Guangzhou.
December 27: Presentations on everyday environmentalism at South China University of Technology led my VLS Professor Jason Czarnezki, Guangzhou.
December 27: Joint presentations by CUPL and VLS students on collaborative research projects in Beijing.
December 22: Presentation on U.S. Climate Policy and U.S.-China Relations at SYSU. Led by VLS Professor Jason Czarnezki, Guangzhou.
December 10: Beijing Justice Bureau issued license for Huanzhu Law Firm, Beijing.
December 9-10: Train-The-Teachers planning meeting at Wuhan University. Supported by VLS Professor David Mears, Wuhan.
December 1-4: Presentations on Lawyering skills and environmental legal clinic at Ningbo University Law School. Led by VLS Professor David Mears, Ningbo.
November 12-17: Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims environmental law training workshop, training lawyers and NGO activists on environmental advocacy and litigation skills.
November 5: Citizen enforcement of U.S. environmental law at Renmin University led by Professor David Mears, Beijing.
November 4: Lectures by VLS Professor David Mears on American Legal System and BP Oil Spill, SYSU.
September 25: Roundtable discussion with Chinese law professors, lawyers, judges, and the U.S. EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board Judges on enhancing skills and competency in adjudicating environmental cases.
July 28: Roundtable with judges, environmental law scholars and students in Guangdong Province.
July 23: Roundtable with Chinese government officials, lawyers, scholars and NGO activists in Chongqing.
July 21: Roundtable discussion at Zheng Tian He Law Firm with lawyers from Gansu Province’s on environmental justice, environmental public interest litigation and climate change, Lanzhou.
July 19: Roundtable discussion with staff on Shan Shui Conservation Center on China’s water conservation and collective forest land protection efforts, Beijing.
July 14: Roundtable discussion with Chinese environmental NGOs on their environmental protection efforts and what can be learned from U.S. practices, Beijing.
June 14-17: Environmental Justice Exchange Fellows roundtable discussions with U.S. EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division on environmental justice work, the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Presentations were made by Environmental Justice Fellows at Woodrow Wilson Center China Environment Forum’s speaker series, and a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus (Washington DC). Chinese Environmental Justice Advocates to Give Talk at China Environment Forum
May 13: Public Interest Litigation of Watershed Pollution Workshop, Guangzhou.
May 11-14: Environmental Public Interest Litigation and Environmental Crimes Roundtable, Beijing. VLS, Chinese Prosecutors to Discuss Pollution Lawsuits
March 17-22: Professor Zhang Shijun of Shangdong University, a residency scholar at the University of Maryland Law School, visited VLS and presented on China’s environmental public interest litigation to VLS students on March 18.
March 22: Residency scholars Professors Zhou Changling of CUPL and Cai Xiangfeng of Ningbo University attended a presentation on “Greening China’s Bar” at China Environmental Forum, Washington DC.
March 11: Presentation by VLS Professor Tseming Yang on Principles of International Environmental Law and Global Climate Change to JM students at CUPL, Beijing.
March 8: Presentation by VLS Professor Tseming Yang on Global Environmental Law and Climate Change to JM students at SYSU, Guangzhou.
March 4: Presentation by residency scholar Professor Cai Xianfeng of Ningbo University to VLS students on China’s environmental challenges, South Royalton.
2009
June 30: Environmental Judges Training Curriculum Design Workshop. Curriculum design workshop for Chinese judges at on environmental case adjudication skills, Beijing.
June 29: Signing of Student Exchange Agreement with Renmin University School of Law.
June 28: Roundtable on environmental cases adjudication skills for environmental court judges, Kunming.
June 27: Guangzhou Maritime Court Workshop. Workshop on water pollution public interest litigation at Guangzhou Maritime Court, Guangzhou.
December 9 -12: Workshop on Environmental Law Clinics on the 9th at China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing) and on the 12th at Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou), conducted by Professor David Mears from Vermont Law School's Environmental Law Clinic.
December 8: Energy Governance Roundtable at China's State Electric Regulatory Commission (SERC) conducted by Professor Michael Dworkin of Vermont Law School and David Moskovitz of the Regulatory Assistance Project, Beijing.
November 7-8: Tenth Anniversary Conference of the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims, Beijing.
October 16-17: Second Annual Conference of the Law Branch of the China Society for Environmental Sciences, Beijing.
October 15: Environmental Litigation Workshop with U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board, Beijing.
July 30: Environmental Courts Workshop with U.S. EPA, Washington, DC.
May 22-23: Environmental Courts Workshop with National Judges College and Environmental Courts of Guiyang, Kunming and Wuxi Cities, Beijing.
May 19: Environmental Litigation and Courts Workshop with the Guangdong Judges Association, Guangzhou.
May 12: Joint Environmental Governance Roundtable with Institute for Sustainable Communities, Guangzhou.
2008
March 21: "China, Climate Change, and the Environment" Panel at the National Association of Environmental Law Societies Annual Meeting, Vermont.
April 15: Climate Change Seminar at CUPL, Beijing.
April 16: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Guangzhou.
April 28: Video Conference Workshop for Carnegie Mellon University.
May 5: "China's National Climate Change Program: Looking Behind the Facade" Presentation at the Winston Lord Rule of Law Roundtable at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City.
June 6: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Guangzhou.
June 8: Environmental Law Teaching and Research Workshop for Beijing Law Teachers, Beijing.
June 10: "Energy Institutional Reform and Energy Law Curriculum Development" Workshop, Beijing.
June 11: VLS-RAP Workshop on Energy and the Environment for the State Electric Regulatory Commission, Beijing.
June 14-15: Environmental Law Research and Teaching Capacity Building Workshop for Guangdong Environmental Law Teachers, Guangzhou.
June 16: Environmental Law and Practice Workshop, Guangzhou.
June 27: Chinese Environmental Law Seminar at World Resources Institute, Washington, DC.
August 26: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Vermont.
September 16: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Vermont.
October 22: "Giving the Courts Green Teeth-Current Developments in Environmental Enforcement in China" Seminar at China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC.
November 1-5: Annual CLAPV Environmental Law Training Workshop, Beijing.
December 6-7: Inaugural Conference of the Law Branch of the China Society for Environmental Sciences, Beijing.
December 11: Environmental Law Worksohop for Environment Committee of Guangzhou Lawyers Association, Guangzhou.
2007
March 1-2: "China in Transition: Environmental Challenges in the Far East" Conference, Vermont.
March 11: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Vermont.
May 8: Program Briefing & Update for U.S. Embassy, Beijing.
May 11-12: "Promoting Efficient Use of Energy and Resources" Conference, Guangzhou.
May 13: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Guangzhou.
May 15: Environmental Law Teaching Workshop, Guangzhou.
May 17: Program Briefing & Update for U.S. AID Regional Development Mission Asia, Bangkok.
June 19-20: Program Briefings for Offices of Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Peter Welch, Washington, DC.
July 7: Workshop with Chinese Legal Experts, Vermont.
July 24: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Guangzhou.
August 7: Environmental Law Workshops led by U.S. DOJ and EPA Staff, Washington, DC.
August 24: Energy Law Workshop for State Electric Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC.
August 31: Program Briefing at RDMA REO Quarterly Partners Meeting, Bangkok.
September 3: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Guangzhou.
September 3: Environmental ADR Workshop with EPA General Counsel Roger Martella, Guangzhou.
October 9: Property Law Conference for Judges of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou
October 12: Environmental Law Workshop with Chinese Government Officials, Vermont.
December 7: DSM Study Tour Seminar on Environmental and Energy Law, Vermont.
December 15-16: Conference on Legal Development of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Guangzhou.
December 19: Program Briefing & Update for U.S. Embassy, Beijing.
December 27: Bilateral Steering Committee Meeting, Guangzhou.
2006
December 2: Environmental Law Workshop for Chongqing City Environmental Delegation, Vermont
December 8: Program Briefing for U.S. Embassy, Beijing
December 15: Environmental Justice Seminar at SYSU, Guangzhou
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