[S-C] USF California Water Law Symposium 1/22/05

[Kevin Shrieve]

The University of San Francisco School of Law is proud to announce:

California Water Law Symposium:  Water in the 21st Century
Saturday, January 22, 2005
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
5 MCLE Credits Available*

Pre-Registration Deadline: Friday, January 14

To register or for further information please contact:
http://www.law.usfca.edu
waterlawsymposium at yahoo.com
415/422-6350

Presented by the University of San Francisco School of Law and its
Environmental Law Society, the California Water Law Symposium, organized by
Bay Area law students, focuses on water, an issue of transcendent importance
to California and its future.  Highly respected attorneys, advocates, and
professors will participate in moderated panel discussions on six of the
most pressing contemporary issues in California water law policy: management
of the Klamath River, transfers and diversions through the Bay Delta, energy
market deregulation and its impact on hydroenergy, groundwater, water
quality, and linking land use planning and water supplies.  The symposium is
open to attorneys, advocates, professors, law students and other interested
members of the community.

Program highlights are detailed below.  Further information is available on
the symposium website at www.law.usfca.edu
A detailed flyer for posting or distribution is available at
http://www.law.usfca.edu/html/water_flyer.htm

Program Highlights:

Introductory Speaker:  Prof. Harrison Dunning, UC Davis School of Law

Keynote Address:  Prof. Barton H. (�Buzz�) Thompson, Stanford 
Institute for
the Environment

Panel Presentations:

Management of the Klamath River
Moderator:     John Leshy, University of California, Hastings College of the
Law;
Panelists:
Chuck Bonham, Trout Unlimited;
Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen�s Associations;
Paul Simmons, Somach, Simmons, & Dunn;
Bud Ullman, Klamath Tribes.

Transfers & Diversions through the Bay Delta
Moderator:     Michael Van Zandt, McQuaid, Bedford & Van Zandt;
Panelists:
Paul Bartkiewicz, Bartkiewicz, Kronick and Shanahan;
Tony Francois, California Farm Bureau Federation;
Cliff Lee, California Office of the Attorney General;
Mike Wall, Natural Resources Defense Council.

Energy Market Deregulation & Its Impact on Hydroenergy
Moderator:     Alice Kaswan, University of San Francisco School of Law;
Panelists:
Robert Byrne, California Office of the Attorney General ;
Richard Moss, Pacific Gas & Electric, Co.;
Richard Roos-Collins, Natural Heritage Institute;
David Sandino, California Department of Water Resources.

Groundwater
Moderator:     Brent Haddad, University of California at Santa Cruz;
Panelists:
Art Baggett, State Water Resources Control Board;
Rob Donlan, Ellison, Schneider, & Harris;
David Guy, Northern California Water Association;
Josh Milstein, San Francisco Office of the City Attorney.

Water Quality
Panelists:
Kristen Castanos, Somach, Simmons, & Dunn;
Leo O�Brien, WaterKeepers Northern California;
Roderick Walston, Stoel Rives;
Craig Wilson, State Water Resources Control Board.

Show Me the Water:  Linking Land Use Planning & Water Supplies
Moderator:     Randy Kanouse, East Bay Municipal Utility District;
Panelists:
Barry Epstein, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley LLP;
Andrew Lloyd, Pacific Legal Foundation;
Clark Morrison, Morrison & Foerster;
Tony Rossmann, Rossmann & Moore.


*The University of San Francisco School of Law certifies that this program
has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the
amount of 5 hours of general credit.  The University of San Francisco is a
State Bar of California MCLE approved provider.
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Registration Rates

    Lawyers      - $100.00
    Non-lawyers  - $40.00
    Students     -  Free, but must indicate the school being attended.

After the Preregistration deadline, all rates go up $10.