Alice Kaswan

Articles:

"A Cooperative Federalism Proposal for Climate Legislation: California's Environmental Justice Provisions as a Case Study on the Value of State Autonomy in a Federal System," Denver University Law Review (forthcoming 2008).

"Environmental Justice and Climate Change Policy," 38 Environmental Law Reporter 10287 (2008).

"The Domestic Response to Global Climate Change: What Role for Federal, State, and Litigation Initiatives?" 42 University of San Francisco Law Review 39 (2007). [SSRN]

"Distributive Justice and the Environment," 81 North Carolina Law Review 1031 (2003). [SSRN]

"Environmental Laws: Grist for the Equal Protection Mill," 70 University of Colorado Law Review 387 (1999). [SSRN]

"Environmental Justice: Bridging the Gap Between Environmental Laws and 'Justice,'” 47 American University Law Review 221 (1997). [SSRN]

Other Publications:

"Climate Change and the Courts," Environmental Litigation Reporter (Thomson West), Vol. 28, Issue 6 (October 17, 2007).

"Federal Courts and Climate Change Suits," Environmental News Network, published September 27, 2007. Available at http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/23444.

"Defining the Movement: Parallels Between Feminism and Environmentalism," 9 Cardozo Women's Law Journal 455 (2003).

"A Survey of Federal Agency Response to President Clinton's Executive Order No. 12898 on Environmental Justice," XXXI Environmental Law Reporter 11133 (October 2001) (with Denis Binder, Colin Crawford, Eileen Gauna, M. Casey Jarman, Bradford C. Mank, Catherine O'Neill, Clifford Rechtschaffen, and Robert R. M. Verchick).

"The Americans with Disabilities Act as a Weapon Against Indoor Air Pollution," 4 Environmental Law in New York 97 (July 1993) (Part I); 4 Environmental Law in New York 113 (August 1993) (Part II).

Presentations:

Presenter/panel member, "Designing Cap-and-Trade Programs to Meet the Three E's: Efficacy, Equity, and Efficiency." From Protection to Empowerment: Policy Solutions to Ensure Equal Access to the Green Economy Conference, UC Berkeley School of Law (April 18, 2008).

Presenter, "Reconciling Efficiency and Justice: Integrating Environmental Justice into Cap-and-Trade Programs for Controlling Greenhouse Gases." Energy and Responsibility: A Conference on Ethics and the Environment, sponsored by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (April 11, 2008).

Presenter, “Environmental Justice and Climate Change Policy.” Symposium on Climate Change: Integrating Environmental Justice into Policy, Regulation, and Litigation, Denver University Sturm College of Law (February 15, 2008).

Presenter, “Green Buildings: The Future of the Construction Industry.” Los Angeles County Bar Association (February 6, 2008).

Panel member, “A Blockbuster Term in the Supreme United States Supreme Court.” Environmental Law Section, California State Bar Association, Environmental Law Conference (October 2007) (discussing the Supreme Court’s Massachusetts v. EPA and Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp. decisions).

Panel member, "Introduction to Environmental Justice." Environmental Justice and Access to Clean Drinking Water, 2006 California Water Law Symposium, UC Hastings College of the Law (February 2006).

Speaker, "Distributive Justice and the Environment: The Title VI Controversy." UC Davis School of Law faculty lunch (April 2000).

Conferences Organized:

Member, Planning Committee, 2004 AALS Conference on Environmental Law on incorporating international environmental law into domestic environmental law courses (Portland, Oregon 2004).

Co-organizer, USF Law Review’s Symposium on The Domestic Response to Global Climate Change: Federal, State, and Litigation Initiatives (March 2007).

Other Conference Participation:

Moderator, “The Delta Vision,” 2008 California Water Law Symposium (January 2008).

Moderator, "Green Buildings," Webinar for the State Bar of California Real Estate Section, Construction Committee (April 2007).

Moderator, “Litigation Initiatives,” USF Law Review Symposium on The Domestic Response to Global Climate Change: Federal, State, and Litigation Initiatives (March 2007).

Moderator, "Hydroenergy," 2005 California Water Law Symposium (January 2005).

Moderator, "Shaping the Future: What Our Decisions Today Mean for Tomorrow," Conference on Environmental Ethics and Policy: Bringing Philosophy Down to Earth, UC Davis (April 2003).