North Dakota Energy Law Symposium: Nov. 3

The North Dakota Law Review is hosting an Energy Law Symposium this Thursday, November 3, 2011. The symposium will feature a variety of perspectives, including insight from speakers representing the practicing bar, education (legal and otherwise), and government.  The panelists will be discussing the economic, regulatory, environmental, and social issues facing the current energy boom, with a particular (though definitely not exclusive) emphasis on North Dakota and the western United States. Here's the agenda, including the list of distinguished speakers (plus me):

The North Dakota Energy Law Symposium is free and open to the public.  It has been approved for 4 hours of CLE credit in North Dakota and 3.75 hours of CLE credit in Minnesota.  

Schedule of Symposium Events

9:00 a.m. Welcome 
Kathryn Rand, Dean, UND School of Law

9:05 a.m. Introduction to the Energy Law Symposium

9:15 a.m. Hydraulic Fracturing in North Dakota: The Environment and the Economy: Hydraulic Fracturing as the Intersection of Sustainability

 - Professor Joshua Fershee
Moderator: Nate Martindale
Presentation followed by 15 minutes of Q & A

9:55 a.m. Practicing Energy Law in North Dakota 
 - Brian Bjella
 - Joshua Swanson
Moderator: Rob Carolin – Alumni Relations
Presentation followed by 20 minutes of Q & A

11:10 a.m. Break

11:25 a.m. New Energy Development
 - Marcilynn Burke
Moderator: Lindsay Harris
Presentation followed by 15 minutes of Q & A

12:15 p.m. Break

1:15 p.m. Energy Extraction on Federal and Native American Land 
 - Professor LeRoy Paddock
 - Professor Raymond Cross
Moderator: Joshua Fershee – Associate Dean
Presentation followed by 20 minutes of Q & A

2:35 p.m. Environmental Protections on Energy Extraction 
 - Heather Ash
 - Professor John Nagle
Moderator Dr. Steve Benson – Director of Petroleum Eng. Dept., UND
Presentation followed by 20 minutes of Q & A

--JPF