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Summer Public Interest Fellowships
Each Richmond Law student is guaranteed one summer of funding for a public service or government sector job. Here are just a few examples of recent student placements in the environmental law field.
| 500-Year Forest Foundation | Southern Environmental Law Center |
| Appalachian Trail Conservancy | Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation | U.S. Department of Energy |
| City of Richmond Office of Sustainability | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Environmental Council on the States | U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry |
| Environmental Integrity Project | Virginia Conservation Network |
| Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Environmental Section | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
Giorgetti, Chiara, Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future, "Assessing the Past - Envisioning the Future: International Investment Arbitration Law and Policy," Bocconi University, RIchmond University & Others, Milan, Italy. (April 20, 2023).
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Giorgetti, Chiara, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights / MIDS, "International Law Responses to Russia's Aggression - Building an International Reparation Mechanism for Ukraine," University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. (April 18, 2023).
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Tobias, C. W. (2023). Biden, Bennet, and Bipartisan Federal Judicial Selection,. University of Colorado Law Review Forum, 94(11).
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Eisen, Joel B., Energy & Environmental Law Conference, "Energy Law Academic Perspective," ELSA Ireland - European Law Students Association, Dublin, Ireland. (April 12, 2023).
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Eisen, Joel B., Symposium on General Assembly Updates, "Utility Reform Laws in the 2023 Virginia General Assembly Session," Virginia Bar Association Law School Council for Richmond Law, Richmond, VA, United States. (April 7, 2023).
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Dobbs, Ashley (Panelist), The Geek in Review Podcast, "From Pain to Creativity: How AI Helped Kristina Kashtanova Illustrate Her “Zarya of the Dawn” Story – featuring Richmond Law’s Ashley Dobbs and Roger Skalbeck," 3 Geeks and the Law Blog. (April 7, 2023).
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Prof. Stokes, Renewable Energy Federalism, 106 Minnesota L. Rev. (July 2022)
Prof. Eisen, Advanced Introduction to Law and Renewable Energy, Edward Elgar Publishing (July 2021).
Prof. Stokes, On Greenlining: Renewing the Charge, Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship (May 2021).
Prof. Sachs, Argument analysis: The trail, the pipeline and a journey to the center of the earth, SCOTUSblog (2020).
Prof. Sachs, The Paris Agreement in the 2020s: Breakdown or Breakup, Ecology Law Quarterly (2019).
Prof. Sachs, Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste, Foundation Press (3d edition 2018) (w/Applegate, Laitos, Gabba).
Prof. Eisen, The New(Clear?) Electricity Federalism: Federal Preemption of States' "Zero Emissions Credit" Programs, Ecol. L. Q. Currents (2018).
Prof. Sachs, Environmental Law Practice, Carolina Academic Press (4th Ed., 2018) (w/Anderson, Hirsch, Tormey).
Prof. Eisen, Free Trade in Electric Power, Utah L. Rev. 49 (2018).
In the News
Prof. Sachs, The Regulatory Review, Nov. 2021: Toxic Floods Create Pressing Regulatory Needs
Prof. Sachs, Morning Wave, Nov. 2019: Paris Climate Agreement and US withdrawal
Prof. Sachs, Energywire, Oct. 2019: What to watch in the Appalachian Trail pipeline fight
Prof. Sachs, Bay Journal, Aug. 2019: Shoreline industry poses hazards as sea level, floods increase
Prof. Eisen, Law360, Feb. 2019: Pa. Nuke Bailout Bill Fuels Political Fight With Gas Sector
Prof. Sachs, Bay Journal, Mar. 2019: New Report on Climate-Driven 'Toxic Flood' Threats in Virginia
Prof. Eisen, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Feb. 2019: UR professor is energy law scholar
Presentations
Prof. Eisen, "Climate Change in the Courts," Hot Topics Summer Lecture Series, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont (July 2019)
Prof. Eisen, "Community Solar Across the Nation: Preliminary Lessons from Ongoing Projects," Energy Law Clinic, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont (July 2019).
Prof. Eisen, "Clean Energy Justice: Charting An Emerging Agenda," Hot Topics Summer Lecture Series, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont (July 2019).
Prof. Sachs, "U.S. Climate Policy and Private Equity," Responsible Investment Forum (March 2018).
Prof. Sachs, "SJ295 and Regulatory Rollback," Virginia Conservation Network General Assembly Preview (Dec. 2017).
Courses Taught
Prof. Eisen
- Energy Law
- Law of Clean & Renewable Energy
- Environmental Law
- Law of Climate Change
- Administrative Law
Prof. Sachs
- Torts
- Environmental Law
- International Environmental Law
- Regulatory Law Practicum
- Legislation & Regulation
Prof. Stokes
- Property
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Justice