Upcoming HELI Events

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Upcoming Events

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"Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry" with Austin Frerick

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building
Join agricultural and antitrust policy expert Austin Frerick, who will be at lowa Law to discuss his new book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry. Barons is the story of seven corporate titans in the food industry and their rise to power, with a lens on Iowa and the Midwest. Barons has received universal acclaim, including a coveted starred review from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and has been named one of the “Best Books of 2024” by the latter. The...
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Workers on the Frontlines of a Hotter Planet: 2025 Iowa Labor and Climate Conference

Saturday, April 12, 2025 9:00am to 3:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
The UI Labor Center and the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative will host the 2025 Labor and Climate Conference on Saturday, April 12 at the Iowa Memorial Union, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The topics of focus for this event are rising heat, public health, and worker safety. National speakers will be featured, as well as breakout sessions on topics including: How rising heat impacts Iowans health and safety; Local and state laws and national policy initiatives to mitigate the effect of heat...
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The Making of Environmental Law in the United States with Richard J. Lazarus

Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building
Join the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative and the College of Law in welcoming Richard J. Lazarus, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, for a talk about The Making of U.S. Environmental Law - with a particular emphasis on the Midwest. More about the discussion: Richard J. Lazarus offers a new interpretation of the past three decades of this area of the law, examining the legal, political, cultural, and scientific factors that have shaped — and sometimes...
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What kinds of events does HELI organize and support?

The HELI team hosts various kinds of events during the academic year. Those events generally fall into the following categories:

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Hubbell Lecture Series

Leading voices from academia, government, environmental groups, and industry. Some lecturers are co-sponsored by other schools and programs at the University of Iowa or the larger community. The lecture series provides Iowa Law students the community the opportunity to learn from leaders of the environmental movement in the United States, builds relationships between the Law School and the environmental community, and contributes to debate about the environmental challenges facing our nation and the world. Students have the opportunity  to meet privately with speakers during their visits to Iowa Law. All lectures are free and open to the public.

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Careers in Environmental Law Speaker Series

HELI offers an event series focusing on careers in the large umbrella of environmental law. This event series includes public service and public interest attorneys, as well as attorneys in private practice and within larger firms and corporations. The practice areas encompass areas of environmental law, such as energy and sustainability programs, as well as more traditional compliance counseling and enforcement practices. Most speakers in this series are Iowa Law alums.

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Panel Discussions and Special Events

HELI routinely sponsors panel discussions and special events throughout the year on current issues in environmental law with a particular emphasis on issues affecting the state of Iowa and the midwest region. The panel discussions are moderated by members of Iowa's distinguished and extensive environmental and sustainability faculty, staff and researchers. The discussions include presentations by academics, practitioners, and policy makers. Many of the events and panels are presented in conjunction with classroom discussions.

News about past events

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HELI Announces Fall 2023 Event Schedule

Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Events and programming made possible by the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative (HELI) engage the College of Law with some of today’s most pressing environmental law issues. Events this fall feature discussions on land use in the Midwest, biodiversity, wildfire management, prescribed burns, and water in the Western United States.