The Public Trust Doctrine: An Ancient Tool for Protecting the Great Lakes from New Hazards
The 2015 Symposium titled, “The Public Trust Doctrine: An Ancient Tool for Protecting the Great Lakes from New Hazards,” was?held on Friday, October 16, 2015, at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 651 East Jefferson Avenue, in downtown Detroit, from 9:30 am – 3:15?pm. Thank you to all who participated and attended.
For more information, please contact? MillerJu@udmercy.edu.
THE GREAT LAKES SYMPOSIUM ISSUE
Look for Issue?93-2?in your mail boxes soon. Can’t wait? Read the articles here:
- Shoring up the Shore: The Value and Vulnerability of the Traditional Public Trust Doctrine by Alexis Andiman
- Protecting the Great Lakes: The Allure and Limitations of the Public Trust Doctrine?by James L. Huffman
- Microplastic Pollution in the Great Lakes: State, Federal, and Common Law Solutions?by Nicholas J. Schroeck
- Try Not to Give up the Ship! The Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 and its Effect on Great Lakes Shipwrecks?by Trevor Hass
- Not a Huge Fan: Deterring the Implementation of Wind Turbines in the Great Lakes?by Hannah Treppa
PARTICIPANTS:
Catherine Iorns Magallanes
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law,
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Melissa Scanlan
Associate Professor
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, VT
James Huffman
Dean Emeritus
Lewis and Clark Law School
Portland, OR
Alexis Andiman
Graduate Fellow Attorney
The Conservation Law Center
Bloomington, Indiana
Noah Hall
Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Wayne State University Law School
Detroit, MI
Nicholas Schroeck
Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Law
Wayne State University Law School
Detroit, MI
SCHEDULE
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 9:30 a.m. | Welcome | |
| 10:00?a.m. | Introductory Remarks | |
| 10:15 a.m. | A Proper Framework for the Public Trust Doctrine and the Great Lakes |
Noah?Hall, James Huffman, and Alexis Andiman |
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch | Grant Trigger |
| 1:00 p.m. | Trails and Microplastics: New Developments |
Nicholas Schroeck, Melissa Scanlan, and Jim Olson |
| 2:15??p.m. | Public Trust Doctrine Abroad | Keynote?Speaker Catherine Magallanes |
| 3:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |