Economics, Politics of Natural Resources to be Featured Topic of Law Symposium
March 14, 2006
Written by Michael Castellon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: March 14, 2006
CONTACT: Michael Castellon, m.castellon@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – The balance between development, politics, and natural resources will be
the topic of a symposium hosted by the Texas Tech University School of Law March 20-21.
The event will feature speakers from private and public sectors and will explore how
Texas and neighboring states regulate precious commodities, especially energy, water,
and oil. Scholars, lawyers, judges, and agency leaders will discuss how the legal
system protects diverse interests in a world with increasing demands and dwindling
supplies.
Speakers will include: Hon. Brian Quinn, chief justice of the Seventh Court of Appeals;
Larry R. Soward, commissioner of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Bill Warnick,
general counsel for the Texas General Land Office; and Julie Caruthers Parsley, commissioner
of Public Utilities Commission.
The event, titled Regulations & Resources: Balancing Our Economy and Our Resources,
is presented by the Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal and the Center for Water
Law & Policy.
“It’s becoming increasingly important to examine how our legal system regulates the
balance between our needs as a society and the availability of our natural resources,”
said Augustus Campbell, managing editor of the Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal.
“What we want to do is have a thorough and informative multidisciplinary discussion
of this balance.”
Bill Jeffery, former EPA attorney and visiting professor of law at Texas Tech, said
issues surrounding economics and natural resources are increasingly necessary to discuss.
“The key to wise regulation and use of natural resources is finding the proper balance
between human and environmental uses of those resources,” he said. “The public and
private choices we make here in Texas must reflect both the long-range needs of the
environment and the economic and other needs of the people.”
To register for the event, or for more information on speakers, visit www.aljsymposium.org.
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CONTACT: Augustus Campbell, editor of the Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal, 806-783-0038,
or auggie.campbell@ttu.edu,