DEAN'S WELCOME Welcome to the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s first virtual Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (“NELMCC”). NELMCC remains an outstanding example of the growing national commitment to environmental law among law students. This growth shows increasing interest not only in the evolving fields of environment, energy, and natural resources law, but in the depth and breadth of commitment to environmental law in American legal education. Haub Law has a proud tradition and reputation in national and international fields of environmental law and policy, driven by the hard work of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. It was our students who initiated the concept of this Competition many years ago, and who still today annually provide the leadership vital to its continued success. The Competition is also made possible by the hard work and dedication of the NELMCC Board and in particular this year by the work of our Chair, Ms. Audra Gale; Prof. Karl Coplan, the NELMCC advisor and problem author; Sarena Malsin, the Bench Memo author; and by the detailed attention of Ms. Lorraine Rubich, Program Manager. The Competition could not take place without the gracious contributions of Karen Mignone, the Immediate Past Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, and, of course, all our sponsors who continue to support this event each year. We wish all of you the best of luck during this year’s virtual Competition. Our goal remains to do everything we can to ensure that this virtual Competition represents the best in oral advocacy skill development and collaboration in the environmental legal field. I am confident we will continue to work together to design the legal and institutional frameworks needed for an environmentally sound world. We welcome you to the Competition; and please let us know if there is anything that we can do to make your experience even more enjoyable.
Horace Anderson Dean Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
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