2025 AGENDA
JUSTICE AND INNOVATION:
Addressing the Water Needs of California’s Diverse Communities
8:35 - 9:15 AM Check-In & Continental Breakfast 8:45 - 9:20 AM Water Law 101 A primer on water law taught by Berkeley Professor Holly Doremus 9:20 - 9:30 AM Welcoming Remarks Symposium Co-Chairs Tom Hicks, Tom Hicks Law and Founder of the California Water Law Symposium 9:30 - 10:45 AM Panel 1: Contaminant Detection and Drinking Water Monitoring Regimes Organized by: UC Law SF ~ 10 minute break ~ 10:55 AM - 12:10 PM Panel 2: Tulare Lake Litigation & Implications Organized by: USF 12:15 - 12:45 PM Lunch (available until 1:15) 12:45 - 1:30 PM Keynote Speaker: Laurel Firestone Organized by: UC Berkeley School of Law ~ 10 minute break ~ 1:40 - 2:55 PM Panel 3: Wastewater Reuse for Potable Water Organized by: Stanford Law School & UC Berkeley School of Law ~ 10 minute break ~ 3:05 - 4:20 PM Panel 4: Tribal Sovereignty and Stewardship of California’s Aquatic Ecosystems Organized by: UC Davis School of Law and McGeorge School of Law 4:20 - 4:35 PM Writing Award Presentation Nell Green Nylen, Board Member California Water Law Symposium 4:35 - 4:50 PM Closing Remarks |