The 2025 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium


March 18, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 18, 2025

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Shannon Mitchell | [email protected]  

 

The 2025 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium

Foreign Investment and the Environment: Local Communities, Human Rights, and Dispute Resolution

WHAT:

Please join the George Washington University Law School’s Environmental and Energy Law program for the 2025 annual J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium. The 2025 Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium will address the transnational challenges that often come at a significant cost to social equality, environmental health, and the well-being of local populations by examining the intersection of environmental protection, human rights, and foreign investment within the context of arbitration between foreign investors and host states.

  • Panel I: The Environment, Human Rights, and Cultural Heritage
  • Panel II: The Crisis of Investment Arbitration: What's Next?
  • Keynote Lecture
  • Panel III: Dispute Resolution in Investment Arbitration with Human Rights and Environmental Dimensions: What Have We Learned from Recent Case Law?
  • Panel IV: Community Consultations, Environmental Protection, and Investment Projects

For more details, please visit here

 

WHO:

  • Randall S. Abate, Assistant Dean for Environmental Law Studies, George Washington University
  • S. James Anaya, keynote lecturer, University Distinguished Professor and Nicholas Doman Professor of International Law, University of Colorado Boulder Law School
  • Moderators and Panelists can be found using this link

 

WHERE:

The George Washington University Law School

Jacob Burns Moot Court Room and Faculty Conference Center

2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20053

Foggy Bottom Metro Stop- orange, blue and silver lines

 

WHEN:

Thursday, March 20, 2025

9:00 am-5:00 pm

 

RSVP:

Media interested in attending must contact Shannon Mitchell at [email protected] and register to attend using this link

 

-GW-