Federal Bar Council presents
Environmental Justice 101: Past, Present, and Future?
May 29, 2025
6:15pm – 7:30pm
Reception from 5:30pm – 6:15pm
Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP
200 Park Avenue, New York, NY
Credit Information: 1.0 Non-transitional credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias and .05 transitional/ non-transitional credit in Areas of Professional Practice
Explore the history of the environmental justice movement with experts from both the legal and advocacy worlds. Learn about federal, New York State, and New York City initiatives that have helped to shine a light on governmental decision-making that has resulted in disproportionate environmental impacts borne by low-income communities and communities of color. Hear about the present circumstances of environmental justice work at all levels of government, with a focus on solutions at the New York state and city level, as well as the speakers' visions of the future and how to build more ethical, transparent, and participatory processes.
Moderator
The Honorable Barbara S. Jones (ret.)
Bracewell LLP
Former District Judge, Southern District of New York
Panelists
Peggy Shepard
Co-founder and Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Lisa Garcia, Esq.
Former Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2
Alanah Keddell-Tuckey, Esq.
Director, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Office of Environmental Justice
Raya Salter, Esq.
Founder and Executive Director of the Energy Justice Law & Policy Center
Diversity Committee Co-Chairs
Karine Louis, Esq.
Melanie Speight, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Federal Bar Council Program Committee Co-Chairs
Celeste Koeleveld, Esq.
Clifford Chance US LLP
Julian S. Brod, Esq.
Shapiro Arato Bach LLP
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