Each semester, the Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law at the Center for Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law brings the nation's foremost scholars in Land Use & Environmental Law to FSU College of Law. The lecturer's paper appears in the proceeding issue of the Journal.
The series is made possible by contributions to the Journal, particularly the continuing support of the Environmental & Land Use Law Section of The Florida Bar.
America’s Public Lands: What Will Donald Trump’s Legacy Likely Be
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the D'Alemberte Rotunda, with a reception to follow
John Leshy, Emeritus Harry D. Sunderland and Distinguished Professor of Real Property Law at UC Law San Francisco
Building on his deep knowledge of public lands and his 2022 book Our Common Ground, Professor Leshy will leverage his extensive experience in public land policy and administration to examine the complex dynamics at play. Drawing from key events during the first Trump Administration, he will explore potential answers to the question posed in the lecture title, offering informed insights and initial predictions.
Professor John Leshy came to UC Law SF in the fall of 2001 after serving as Solicitor (General Counsel) of the U.S. Department of the Interior throughout the Clinton Administration. Previously, he taught at Arizona State University College of Law and served in the Interior Department in the Carter Administration as special counsel to the Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, and with the Natural Resources Defense Council in California. He started his legal career as a litigator with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
2024-25: (Fall 2024) Gerald Torres, Yale Law School
(Spring 2025) John Leshy, University of California College of Law, San Francisco
2023-24: (Spring 2024) Gregory S. Alexander, Cornell Law School
(Fall 2023) Michael Gerrard, Columbia University
2022-23: (Spring 2023) William Buzbee, Georgetown University Law Center
(Fall 2022) Elizabeth Kronk Warner, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
2021-22: (Spring 2022) Michael Vanderbergh, Vanderbilt University Law School
(Fall 2021) Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota Law School
2020-21: (Spring 2021) Sheila Foster, Georgetown University
(Fall 2020) Lee Fennell, University of Chicago Law School
2019-20: (Spring 2020) Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Law School
(Fall 2019) David Spence, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
2018-19: (Spring 2019) Richard Revesz, New York University School of Law
(Fall 2018) Nina Mendelson, University of Michigan Law School
2017-18: (Spring 2018) Tom Merrill, Columbia Law School
(Fall 2017) Vicki Been, New York University School of Law
2016-17: (Spring 2017) Nicole Stelle Garnett, University of Notre Dame Law School
(Fall 2016) Robert Percival, University of Maryland School of Law
2015-16: (Spring 2016) Carol M. Rose, Yale Law School & the University of Arizona College of Law
(Fall 2015) Jonathan Wiener, Duke University
2014-15: (Spring 2015) Katrina M. Wyman, New York University School of Law
(Fall 2014) David E. Adelman, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
2013-14: Ann E. Carlson, UCLA School of Law
2012-13: Wendy E. Wagner, University of Texas at Austin
2011-12: Spring 2012, 25th Anniversary Symposium
Josh Eagle, University of South Carolina
Alison Rieser, University of Hawaii at Mānoa
William H. Rodgers, Jr., University of Washington
John D. Echeverria, Vermont Law School
Dr. Richard McLaughlin, Texas A&M University
Dr. Michael Allan Wolf, University of Florida College of Law
2010-2011: (Spring 2011) Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School
(Fall 2010) Kirsten Engel, University of Arizona
2009-10: (Spring 2010) G. Tracy Mehan III, The Cadmus Group
(Fall 2009) Tony Arnold, University of Louisville
2008-09: (Spring 2009) Hope Babcock, Georgetown University
(Fall 2008) John C. Nagle, University of Notre Dame
2007-08: (Spring 2008) Jutta Brunnee, University of Toronto
(Fall 2007) Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer, Georgia State University
2006-07: (Spring 2007) Daniel A. Farber, University of California at Berkley
(Fall 2006) Janet Neuman, Lewis & Clark Law School
2005-06: (Spring 2006) Douglas A. Kysar, Cornell Law School
(Fall 2005) James Salzman, Duke University
2004-05: (Spring 2005) Robert L. Fischman, Indiana University at Bloomington
(Fall 2004) Robin Kundis Craig, Indiana University at Indianapolis
2003-04: (Spring 2004) Lee Breckinridge, Northeastern University
(Fall 2003) A. Dan Tarlock, Chicago-Kent College of Law
2002-03: Holly Doremus, University of California — Davis
2001-02: Fred P. Bosselman, Chicago-Kent College of Law
2000-01: Barton H. (Buzz) Thompson, Jr., Stanford University
1999-00: Lakshman Guruswamy, University of Tulsa
1998-99: Oliver Houck, Tulane University
1997-98: Eric T. Freyfogle, University of Illinois
1996-97: Richard J. Lazarus, Georgetown University
1995-96: Vicki Been, Harvard University
1994-95: Steven G. Davison, University of Baltimore
1993-94: Michael C. Blumm, Lewis & Clark Law School
1991-92: Dan Mandelker, Washington University — St. Louis
1990-91: Edith Brown Weiss, Georgetown University
1989-90: Joseph L. Sax, University of California — Berkeley
1988-89: Charles Siemon, Esq., Siemon, Larson & Purdy
1987-88: William H. Rodgers, Jr., University of Washington
1986-87: James L. Huffman, Lewis & Clark Law School