The UF Water Institute is pleased to announce that Professor Sandra Zellmer will be the next speaker in the 2007-2008 Smallwood Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series.

March 27-28, 2008
Sandra Zellmer, Natural Resource and Water Law professor and Havelone Research Chair at the University of Nebraska College of Law <http://snr.unl.edu/people/faculty/zellmer-sandra.asp>
Seminar Title: The Anti-Speculation Doctrine in Water Law: Ghost-busting, Trust-busting, or Ensuring Reasonable, Beneficial Use?
Abstract<http://waterinstitute.ufl.edu/events/downloads/zellmer.pdf> (PDF)
Time: 3:00-4:00pm Thursday, March 27, 2008

Sandra Zellmer is Professor and Havelone Research Chair at the University of Nebraska College of Law in Lincoln, Nebraska, and a member scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform.  Zellmer received her LL.M in environmental law from the George Washington University National Law Center, and her JD from the University of South Dakota School of Law. She teaches and writes about natural resources, water conservation and use, environmental law, property, and related topics. Prior to teaching, Zellmer was a trial attorney for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, litigating public lands and environmental issues for various federal agencies. She also practiced law at Faegre & Benson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and clerked for the Honorable William W. Justice, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas.

Professor Zellmer is available to meet with interested faculty and students the morning of March 27th.  See agenda below:

10:30am -11:30am    Roundtable discussion with interested faculty and students, Holland Hall Room 383
11:45am -1:45 pm     Lunch meeting with Water Institute Faculty Advisory Committee, Weil Hall Room 307
3:00pm  -4:00pm       Seminar, Emerson Hall room 209


Wendy Graham
Carl S. Swisher Chair in Water Resources
Director UF Water Institute
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