KU Law to host environmental law scholar James Salzman for lecture on drinking water
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Law will host environmental law scholar James Salzman for a public lecture Sept. 14 as part of the Big 12 Law Schools Signature Lecture Series.
Salzman, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law with joint appointments at the UCLA School of Law and UC Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, will present “The Past, Present and Future of Drinking Water.” The lecture will explore conflicts over drinking water from social justice and globalization to climate change and emerging contaminants.
The event will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in 106 Green Hall at the School of Law, 1535 W. 15th St. It is free and open to the public, with options to attend in person or virtually. Registration is requested.
Salzman is one of the most widely read environmental law professors in the world. In 13 books and more than 100 articles and book chapters, his broad-ranging scholarship addresses topics spanning drinking water, policy design and creating markets for ecosystem services. His work has been translated into 10 languages and has received more than 115,000 article downloads.
He frequently appears as a media commentator and has delivered lectures on every continent. Salzman has served as a member of the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee and the National Drinking Water Advisory Committee, government-appointed bodies providing high-level counsel to the EPA administrator, as well as advising nonprofits and foreign governments on environmental markets.
He formerly held distinguished chairs at Duke University Law and Environment Schools. He has served as a visiting law professor at Columbia, Harvard, Stanford and Yale as well as at universities in Australia, China, Israel, Italy, Portugal and Sweden.
An honors graduate of Yale College and Harvard University, Salzman was the first Harvard graduate to earn joint degrees in law and engineering and was named a Sheldon Fellow upon graduation. He has both government and private-sector work experience. Prior to entering academia, he worked in Paris in the Environment Directorate of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and in London as the European Environmental Manager for Johnson Wax.
The Big 12 Law Schools Signature Lecture Series showcases a distinguished event from each member school, selected for its intellectual rigor and impact.