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What Madame C (Coronavirus) is teaching me

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When I was first asked to share my lessons learned from Madame C (the coronavirus), I was a little nonplussed about what to say. My biggest (and most embarrassing) lesson learned was that I.hate.to.clean. That doesn’t really relate to collaboration, or perhaps it does. There are certain collaborators (broom, vacuum, toilet wand) I don’t really like to work with. And, if I clean while listening to podcasts (i.e., change the process), I don’t mind the task and actually do a good job.

June 15, 2020

FACULTY: Craig files amicus brief in case challenging Obama designation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

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Professor Robin Craig and a team of pro bono attorneys at Fried Frank have filed an amicus brief in Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association v. Ross, the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that is challenging former President Barack Obama’s designation of the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument 130 miles off the Atlantic coast in 2016.

May 7, 2018

National Parks Traveler praises Professor Robert Keiter’s book

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Professor Robert Keiter’s new book, “To Conserve Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park Idea,” earned a rave review on the National Parks Traveler website.

October 23, 2013

Stegner Center faculty publish books on national parks and water law

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Stegner Center Director and Professor Robert Keiter’s book “To Conserve Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park Idea” was published this year. Dean Robert Adler and Professor Robin Craig also published books.

October 16, 2013

Craig interviewed by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Florida-Georgia water rights dispute

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Professor Robin Craig was interviewed for an Oct. 2 story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the latest chapter in a long-standing dispute between the states of Florida and Georgia over water rights in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin.

October 2, 2013

Craig’s blog criticizing Texas court’s private water rights definition leads to BNA interview

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A new posting on the Environmental Law Prof Blog by Professor Robin Craig focuses on a decision by the Texas Court of Appeals confirming that “implementation of the Edward Aquifer Act resulted in a constitutional ‘taking’ of landowners’ property rights in groundwater.”

September 1, 2013

Craig serves as first Vermont summer distinguished environmental law visitor

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From June 17-28, 2013, Robin Craig, professor of law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, was Vermont Law School’s first summer distinguished environmental law visitor.

July 22, 2013

RMMLF awards Keiter grant for federal-state land exchange research

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On July 2, Professor Robert Keiter was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. The grant will support research regarding the legal requirements applicable to federal-state land exchanges, identifying the existing barriers to exchanges, and setting the stage for a comprehensive analysis of the legal reforms needed to facilitate large federal-state exchanges.

July 8, 2013

Craig authors blogs for World Oceans Day, June 8

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Professor Robin Craig has authored two blogs for World Oceans Day on June 8.

June 7, 2013

Keiter to read from new national parks book June 6 at 15th Street Gallery

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Professor Robert Keiter will read from and sign copies of his new book, “To Conserve Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park Idea,” on June 6 at 7 p.m. at the 15th Street Gallery (1519 S. 1500 E.) in Salt Lake City. The reading will be preceded by a 6 p.m. reception and is free and open to the public.

May 13, 2013

Tribune quotes Craig on public trust doctrine

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In a Salt Lake Tribune article, Craig explains that the public trust doctrine is a long-established concept that maintains certain natural resources, including lakes, shorelines, and riverbeds remain public domain because of the important role they play in commerce.

January 28, 2013

Professor Robin Craig selected as Vermont Law School distinguished environmental scholar

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Professor Robin Craig has been selected as one of Vermont Law School’s four Distinguished Environmental Scholars for Summer 2013. From July 14-27, she will serve as the sustainable agriculture and food systems scholar, working with Vermont’s new Agriculture and Food Systems Center.

November 2, 2012