Rural Water Justice Panel (video)
Our final event in our RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE series turned to the demands—and challenges—of rural water systems, with an all-star panel of experts and advocates joining us on March 22, 2022. You can watch the video of the event here:
This panel was chaired by the incredible Priya Baskaran, an assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at from American University Washington College of Law. We have previously highlighted Professor Baskeran’s work, Thirsty Places, which compares water insecurity in Flint, Michigan, and southern West Virginia, here.
Professor Baskaran was joined for this panel by:
Camille Pannu, the inaugural director of the Aoki Water Justice Clinic at UC Davis College of Law and currently co-director of the Community and Economic Development Clinic, at UC Irvine School of Law. As a community lawyer with an explicit racial and economic justice lens, Professor Pannu works to ensure provision of safe and affordable water, particularly in rural California.
Oday Salim, an adjunct clinical assistant professor of law and director of the Environmental Law & Sustainability Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School, as well as an attorney at the National Wildlife Federation in its Great Lakes Regional Center. In addition to his expertise in Great Lakes region water issues, Professor Salim has experience working with mid-Atlantic communities impacted by fracking.
Katherine Garvey, teaching associate professor and director of the Land Use and Sustainability Law Clinic at West Virginia University College of Law. Professor Garvey is an expert and land and water issues in Appalachia and has worked on environmental protection at both local and federal levels.
We will continue to update our wider collection of water-related resources here on this page.
More information about the whole series here.
