2023 California Water Law Symposium

Greetings to our Water Law Community,

Registration is open for the 19th Annual California Water Law Symposium! Participating school panels will be presenting on behalf of our theme, Diverse Needs: Species Protection and Water Supply. This highly-anticipated event will be hosted by the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in-person, on February 4, 2023.

Participating schools include: Golden Gate University School of Law, Stanford Law School, UC Berkeley School of Law, UC Davis School of Law, UC College of the Law, San Francisco, and the University of San Francisco School of Law. Partnering schools will host a panel consisting of prestigious speakers and practitioners within the field of water law discussing various topics like hydropower, agriculture, indigenous peoples, and innovation in reconciliation between water supply and species protection. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 5.5 MCLE credits, and we will provide a continental breakfast, lunch, and a late afternoon reception.

Please visit the "Registration" page to access the instructions for registering for this event. For any inquiries, please feel free to email us at waterlawsymposium@gmail.com. We look forward to having you at the 19th Annual California Water Law Symposium on February 4, 2023.

Register for the Symposium

Registration is open for the 2023 California Water Law Symposium. Click Below.

Find the 2022 event program here

Event Agenda

8:00 - 8:45 AM: Check-In & Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 AM: Opening Introductions
9:00 - 9:30 AM: Keynote Speaker
9:30 - 9:45 AM: Break
9:45 - 11:00 AM: Panel 1
11:00 - 11:15 PM: Break
11:15 - 12:30 PM: Panel 2
12:30 - 1:15 PM: Lunch
1:15 - 2:30 PM: Panel 3
2:30 - 2:45 PM: Break
2:45 - 4:00 PM: Panel 4
4:00 - 5:00 PM: Reception

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Event Panelists and Speakers

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Rene Henery
CA Science Director for Trout Unlimited

Hydropower & Species:
Dana Heinrich
CA State Water Resources Control Board
David Rose
CA State Water Resources Control Board
Daniel Cooper
Sycamore Law Group, Co-counsel for San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper
Paul Kibel (moderator)
Professor at GGU, Counsel for Water and Power Law Group

Indigenous Peoples, Water Rights & Species Protection:
Stephanie Safdi
Supervising Attorney, Stanford Environmental Law Clinic
Kate Poole
Senior Director, Water Division NRDC
Marianna Aue
Staff Attorney, State Water Board Office of the Chief Counsel
Margaret Vick (moderator)
Professor at McGeorge School of Law

Agricultural Land Repurposing - A Gentler Way to Reform Agricultural Water Use:
Vicky Espinoza
Strategic Restoration Project Manager, The Nature Conservancy
Keali'i Bright
Deputy Secretary for Climate and Energy, California Natural Resources Agency
Rebecca Smith
Downey Brand
Felicia Marcus (moderator)
William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Water in the West Program, and attorney/consultant for the Water Policy Group

Innovations in Accommodating Water Supply & Species Protection:
Shannon Little
Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Fish and Wildlife
Dr. Sarah Null
Associate Professor at Utah State University
Dr. Ada Fowler
Mount Shasta-Klamath Senior Project Manager, Cal Trout
Kelly Taber
Attorney, Somach Simmons & Dunn
Kaitlin Harr (moderator)
Attorney, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

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Event Parking and Transportation

Location: Lecture Hall
3227 Fifth Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95817

Parking: Parking Lot 1 or street parking recommended

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2023 EVENT COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

All guests are not required, but encouraged to:

1. Be up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations or

2. Have a negative result for COVID-19

*Masks will be provided at McGeorge if needed, but are not required.

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