Speaker Series

Upcoming Speakers

Native Leaders Panel 
April 8, 2015
4:00–6:00 p.m.
EDU 1131

UCI Law will host a panel of Native community leaders and academics to provide an introduction to the Tribal Nations from the region where UCI is located and explore local land use planning and sustainable development from Indigenous perspectives. This panel will bring together members of diverse UCI communities to discuss the unique histories of Native peoples in Southern California and to build a foundation for future collaboration across campus and between UCI and Native peoples. It will raise awareness within the UCI community of the historical relationships between Native peoples and the University and provide a platform for discussion of cutting-edge issues in law, sustainable development, and place-based concepts of planning.

Past Speakers

• Genetically Modified: Food Security, Health & the Environment

  March 10, 2014

  CLEANR convened a panel of distinguished experts to explore some of the major issues raised by genetically modified food.  Panelists initially presented from their particular discipline on the health, security, environmental and intellectual property, and political issues of GM food.  Subsequently, the panelists engaged in a dialogue on the issues raised by their initial remarks, followed by an opportunity for questions from and discussions with the broader interdisciplinary audience of students, faculty, administrators, lawyers, government officials, and other members of the public. More about this event »

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  Daniel A. Farber

  Sho Sato Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, on “Beyond Imagination: Government Blind Spots Regarding Catastrophic Risks” (Sept. 27, 2012). Professor Farber specializes in constitutional and environmental law in the United States, and has written numerous books and articles on disaster law. Farber is also the Co-Director of the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment.

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  Kenneth Feinberg

  Feinberg Rozen, LLP and Fund Administrator, BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund, on “Unconventional Responses to Unique Catastrophes: Tailoring the Law to Meet the Challenges” (Mar. 21, 2013). Mr. Feinberg has been key to resolving many of our nation’s most challenging disputes. He is best known for serving as the Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. In addition, Mr. Feinberg administered victim compensation for the BP Deepwater Horizon, Virginia Tech, Aurora Theater, and Penn State-Sandusky tragedies, as well as TARP Executive Compensation.

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  Richard J. Lazarus

  Howard J. and Katherine W. Aibel Professor of Law, Harvard University, and former Executive Director, President’s Commission on “The 2010 Gulf Oil Spill: Investigating its Root Causes at the Request of the President” (Feb. 7, 2012). In this inaugural lecture, Professor Lazarus reflected on his experience as Executive Director of the President’s Commission to investigate the Gulf Oil Spill, focusing on the political challenges of running the Commission, the Commission’s findings, and subsequent events and lessons related to the disaster.

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  Lisa Grow Sun

  Associate Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, on “Disaster Wars: War Metaphors and Disaster Response” (Mar. 28, 2013). Professor Sun has become a leader in the emerging field of Disaster Law, and her current work focuses on disaster mythology – misconceptions we have about the ways that people typically react in the aftermath of disasters.

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  Kent Syverud

  Dean, Washington University School of Law and Individual Trustee, BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust, on “Lessons from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust” (Nov. 9, 2012). Dean Syverud is a leader in American and legal education who has written and taught extensively about complex litigation, insurance law, civil procedure, negotiation, and legal education.