Spring 2007 Symposium: Climate Change Liability and the Allocation of Risk
February 24, 2007
Stanford Law School
Schedule of Events
Saturday, February 24, 2008
9:45 - 10:15
Registration
10:15 - 10:30
Opening Remarks
10:30 - 12:00
Panel 1: Litigation Strategies for Climate Change:
Ken Alex, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, State of California
Stephen Susman, Partner, Susman Godfrey L.L.P.
Dr. Philippe Cullet, Senior Lecturer in Law, Research Tutor, School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London
Dr. Wil Burns, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Law & Policy, Santa Clara University School of
Law
12:15 - 1:30
Lunch and Keynote Address:
Hon. Byron Sher, Professor Emeritus, Stanford Law School, and former California State Senator
1:45 - 3:15
Panel 2: Insurance and Climate Change:
Dr. Ernst Rauch, Head of Meteorological Risk, Geo Risk Research Department, Munich Re
Christina Ross, Manager of Technical Services, Lacroix Davis LLC
Daniel Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law, and Director, Environmental Law Program,
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
3:30 - 5:00
Panel 3: Human Rights Implications:
Randall Abate, Assistant Professor, Florida Coastal Law School
Hari Osofsky, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon School of Law
Martin Wagner, Director, International Programs, Earthjustice
5:00 - 5:20
Conclusion and Reflections
Michelle Leighton, Director of Human Rights Programs, Center for Law and Global Justice, University of San Francisco School of Law