With climate change becoming an ever present threat, people are using the court system to prevent future damage. This CLE will be a discussion of the status of current climate litigation domestically and internationally as well as how these intersect with human rights laws.
Presenters:
Suzanne Sangree, Esq. (’86), Senior Counsel, Grant & Eisenhofer
Eleanor Stein, JD, LLM (’86), Adjunct Professor, State University of New York at Albany
Credits:
3 CLE credits: 2 Professional Practice, 0.5 Ethics & Professionalism, 0.5 Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias
Cost:
Free for CUNY Law alumni, faculty, staff, and students. $75.00 for all others. Financial assistance is available. Please email john-paul.kocot@law.cuny.edu with your request.
Registration is required. Click here to register.
CLE Credits are provided by the Community Legal Resource Network at CUNY School of Law:
This CLE program is approved for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys, except that newly admitted attorneys are not eligible for the 0.5 diversity credit. Consistent with NY State regulations, CLE credit will be offered only to those attorneys completing the entire session; attorneys attending only part of a session are not eligible for partial credit. Attorneys arriving late are welcome to attend the program but will not be eligible for credit. Also note that for remote trainings, attorneys must attend on the webinar; we cannot extend credit for audio-only participation.
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