NRLI Distinguished Visitor Lecture
Putting a Price on Whales to Save Them: The Moral Infirmities of a Market-Based Solution to a Regulatory Failure or What Do Morals Have to Do With It
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 19:00
In this podcast, the 2012 Environmental & Natural Resources Law Program welcomes the 25th annual Natural Resources Law Institute Distinguished Visitor, Professor Hope Babcock. The NRLI Distinguished Visitor spends three days on campus attending classes, meeting students and presenting a lecture to the law school community.
Professor Babcock is the co-director of the Institute for Public Representation (IPR) at Georgetown Law. She has published extensively in the fields of environmental, natural resources, and Indian law and has written articles on topics as diverse as indigenous oral history, federalism, the BP Gulf Oil Spill, the legal fiction doctrine, and ocean fish ranching. She received her undergraduate degree from Smith College and law degree from Yale Law School.
Professor Babcock is introduced by Associate Dean and Director of the Environmental & Natural Resources Law Program Janice Weis.
Professor Michael Blumm announces the awards for the Distinguished Environmental Graduate award to Barb Craig '87, Jim Grijalva '89, and Erik Lemelson '92.
Mark Riskedahl, Executive Director of the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, honors Marla Nelson with the Williamson Award for the current year graduating class member who demonstrates outstanding commitment, vision, leadership, and creativity in the field of public interest environmental law.
