On March 22 and 23, FSU College of Law hosted scholars from around the world in Tallahassee for the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Environmental Law and Economics (SELE). The event built upon the success of previous annual meetings in building a community of environmental scholars interested in working in the intersection of law, economics, social science, and environmental or natural resource issues. During the event, scholars presented their theoretical and empirical papers during several plenary sessions. Internationally recognized scholars participating in the meeting included David Adelman, the Harry Reasoner regents chair in law at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Matthew Adler, the Richard A. Horvitz distinguished professor of law and professor of economics, philosophy, and public policy at Duke Law School; Jonathan Wiener, the William R. Perkins distinguished professor of law at Duke Law School; and Katrina Wyman, the Sarah Herring Sorin professor of law at NYU School of Law. In addition to the workshop-style plenary sessions, presenters attended an informal tour of the Wakulla Springs watershed at the end of the conference, concluding at Wakulla Springs State Park.

“This organization that I started up 15 years ago with some colleagues embodies what I consider FSU values," said FSU Law D’Alemberte Professor Shi-Ling Hsu, who planned and presented at the event, about SELE. “We are a bubble of civility exchanging ideas and disagreeing respectfully. That is what conferences should be all about.”