Uma Outka

Public Utility Symposium, Financial Research Institute, University of Missouri (Nov. 2020) (organized remotely due to pandemic)

• Panel Presenter, “Legal Forces Driving Public Utility Regulatory Policy Redesign and Innovation”

“Accelerating Clean Energy: The Next Decade of Reform," Kansas Law Review Symposium, University of Kansas School of Law (Oct. 2020) (organized remotely due to pandemic)

• Presenter, “Renewable Energy Siting in the Critical Decade”

Energy Law and Ethics Research Workshop, Energy Law Institute/Centre for Commercial Law Studies, University of London, Lincoln’s Inn Field Campus, London, UK (June 2020) (organized remotely due to pandemic)

• Presenter, “Ethical Drivers to Overcoming Barriers to Renewable Energy”

Association of American Law Schools, Environmental Law Section, Washington, D.C. (Jan. 2020)

• Panel Presenter, “Reversing Course on Environmental Justice Under the Trump Administration”

Renewable Energy Capstone Colloquium, University of Florida Levin College of Law (Feb. 2019)

• Presenter, “Situating ‘100 Percent Renewable’ Goals in the Low-Carbon Transition”

10th Annual Energy Law Symposium, Texas A&M University School of Law (Feb. 2019)

• Presenter, “Between Markets and Regulation – Electricity Governance in Transition”

Faculty Speaker Series, University of Minnesota Law School (Jan. 2019)

• Presenter, “100 Percent Renewable: Corporate Pledges and State Energy Law”

Association of American Law Schools, Open Source Program Panel, New Orleans, LA (Jan. 2019)

• Panel Presenter, “Contributions of Energy Justice to Energy Reform Discourse”

Stegner Young Scholar Lecture, Wallace Stegner Center, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (Nov. 2018)

• Plenary Lecture, “State Energy Law for a Modern Low-Carbon Grid”

Self Graduate Fellows Lecture, University of Kansas (Apr. 2018)

• Plenary Lecture, “Recent Developments and Ongoing Litigation in Energy Law”

Just Transitions Workshop, University of South Carolina School of Law (Mar. 2018)

• Presenter, “Coal Ash at the Intersection of Energy and Environmental Law” and Discussant

Association of American Law Schools, Natural Resources/ Energy Law Section, San Diego, CA (Jan. 2018)

• Presenter, “Corporate Demand for Clean Power in the Energy Transition”

Association of American Law Schools, Environmental Law Section, San Diego, CA (Jan. 2018)

• Panel Presenter, “Collaboration Across Disciplines in Empirical Environmental Research”

Hall Center for the Humanities Nature & Culture Seminar – University of Kansas (Oct. 2017)

• Presenter, “Fairness in the Low-Carbon Shift: Learning from Environmental Justice”

Norman Williams Distinguished Lecture in Land Use Planning and the Law - Vermont Law School (April 2017)

• Plenary Lecture, “Shifting Energy Landscapes”

Environmental Law Workshop – University of Denver Sturm College of Law (Feb. 2017)

• Presenter (remote), “Intrastate Preemption in the Shifting Energy Sector – Recent Developments”

“Environmental Law in the Administrative State” Conference – Center for the Study of the Administrative State, George Mason University School of Law (Sept. 2016)

• Panel Presenter, “Energy Institutions and Analysis”

“Finding Justice in the Low-Carbon Transition” Symposium – University of Kansas (Apr. 2016)

• Co-organizer and introductory speaker for national symposium featuring academic, advocacy, and regional perspectives on opportunities for advancing social justice in the low-carbon shift

Faculty Workshop Series – University of New Mexico School of Law (Apr. 2016)

• Presenter, “Cities and the Low-Carbon Grid”

Environmental Law Workshop – University of Denver Sturm College of Law (Mar. 2016)

• Presenter, “Cities and the Low-Carbon Grid”

“The Post-Carbon World: Advances in Legal and Social Theory” Symposium – Brooklyn Law School (Feb. 2016)

• Presenter, “Fairness in the Low-Carbon Energy Transition”
• Translated and re-broadcast at the St. Petersburg Int’l Law Forum - St. Petersburg, Russia (May 2016)

“The Past and Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America“ Conference – Duke Law School (Nov. 2015)

• Panel Presenter, “The Future of Environmental and Energy Justice”

“The Road to Paris: Multidimensional Action to Address Climate Change” Works-in-Progress Workshop – American Society of International Law/University of Minnesota Law School (Oct. 2015)

• Presenter, “Cities and the Low-Carbon Grid”

The International Legacy of the Obama Administration” Conference - Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Sept. 2015)

• Panel Presenter, “Obama’s Dual-Track Approach to Climate Change: Regulatory Incrementalism and International Engagement

Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship – Columbia Law School (May 2015)

• Competitive selection, junior/senior peer-review for works in progress

“Fracking and the Law” Conference – University of Connecticut School of Law (Apr. 2015)

• Panel Presenter, “State-Local Dynamics in Fracking Governance”

Faculty Workshop Series – University of Missouri School of Law (Feb. 2015)

• Presenter, “Public Electric Power in the New Energy Transition”

Environmental Law Colloquium Series – University of Florida Levin College of Law (Feb. 2015)

• Presenter, “The Energy-Land Use Nexus”

Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section Plenary Program, Washington, DC (Jan. 2015)

• Panel Presenter, “Prospects for Public Power and Distributed Generation”

Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section Plenary Program, Washington, DC (Jan. 2015)

• Panel Organizer and Presenter – “Evolving Geographies in Energy Transition”
• Panel Moderator – “Risky Land Use, Climate Change, and Disaster Justice”

Concurring Opinions “Economic Dynamics of Law” Symposium (online) (Mar.-Apr. 2014)

• Invited Contributor, online symposium for David Driesen’s The Economic Dynamics of Law

“Bringing the Rockies to the Bayou” Lecture – Louisiana State University Law Center (Mar. 2014)

• Plenary Lecture, “Intrastate Preemption in the Shifting Energy Sector”

“Energy-Water Nexus” Symposium – University of Richmond School of Law (Oct. 2013)

• Panel Presenter, “Regulating the Energy-Water Nexus: Coal Ash After the TVA Kingston Disaster”

Second Annual Sustainability Research Symposium – University of Kansas (Oct. 2013)

• Presenter, “Regulating the Energy-Water Nexus: Coal Ash After the TVA Kingston Disaster”

Faculty Workshop Series – University of Oregon School of Law (Sept. 2013)

• Presenter, “Intrastate Preemption in the Shifting Energy Sector”

“Legal and Policy Pathways for Energy Innovation” Conference – University of Minnesota Law School (Apr. 2013)

• Presenter, “The Shift Away from Coal: Energy Governance Diversity and Innovation”

“Legal Aspects of Hydraulic Fracturing” Symposium – University of Idaho College of Law (Mar. 2013)

• Panel Presenter, “Energy Land Use for Hydraulic Fracturing”

Roundtable, “Environmental Markets” - George Mason Law and Economics Center (Oct. 2012)

• Respondent for manuscript-in-draft, “Environmental Markets”

Faculty Workshop Series - University of Notre Dame School of Law (Sept. 2012)

• Presenter, “Environmental Law and Fossil Fuels: Barriers to Renewable Energy”

Junior Environmental Scholars Workshop - University of Washington School of Law (July 2012)

• By-invitation senior/junior scholar peer review workshop for works in progress

“Practically Grounded: Engaged Scholarship” Symposium – Pace Law School (May 2012)

• Planning committee member and participant; by-invitation academic symposium for environmental and natural resource scholars

Faculty Workshop Series - Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Apr. 2012)

• Presenter, “Environmental Law and Fossil Fuels: Barriers to Renewable Energy”

“Environmental Justice Issues in Sustainable Development” Symposium - University of Missouri School of Law (Mar. 2012)

• Panel Presenter, “Renewable Energy Goals and Local Impacts”

“Supply & Demand: Barriers to a New Energy Future” Symposium - Vanderbilt Law School (Feb. 2012)

• Panel Presenter, “Environmental Law and Fossil Fuels: Barriers to Renewable Energy”

Guest Lecture Series, Land Use Planning Course - Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Oct. 2011)

• Guest lecture to PhD, Masters, and Masters-JD students, “Energy Sprawl”

“Law and Sustainability Symposium: The Energy Land Use Nexus” – Florida State University College of Law & Institute for Energy, Economics, and Sustainability (Feb. 2011)

• Primary symposium organizer and panel moderator

Interdisciplinary Seminar Series - Florida Climate Institute (Nov. 2010)

• Presenter, “The Renewable Energy Footprint”

First Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship - Vermont Law School (Oct. 2010)

• Panel Presenter, “The Renewable Energy Footprint”

Faculty Workshop Series - Florida State University College of Law (June 2010)

• Presenter, “The Renewable Energy Footprint”

“U.S. Energy Policy in Transition” Conference - University of Florida (Mar. 2010)

• Presenter, “Facility Siting for Renewable Energy: Land Use and Regulatory Context”

Faculty Research Series - Sustainable Energy and Governance Center, Florida State University (Sept. 2009)

• Presenter, “Siting Renewable Energy Infrastructure in Florida: Regulatory Barriers and Considerations”

Environmental Law Forum - Florida State University College of Law (Apr. 2009)

• Panel Presenter, “Growth Management in a Shrinking Economy”

Annual Public Interest Environmental Conference - University of Florida College of Law (Feb. 2009)

• Panel Presenter, “Land Use 101: The Land Use Approval Process”