Professor Frank Gives Presentation to CLA Environmental Law Section Annual Conference

On Oct. 16, Professor Rick Frank spoke to the California Lawyers Association/Environmental Law Section’s annual environmental conference on the topic, “Recent Environmental Law Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals & California Supreme Court.” 

Frank’s presentation analyzed the most important environmental law-related decisions from these appellate courts over the previous year, as well as major, pending cases before those tribunals.  He also discussed what recent changes in the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals portend for future environmental law decision-making by those courts.

Richard M. Frank ’74 is a leader in the field of environmental law, Professor of Environmental Practice and the founding director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center at UC Davis School of Law.