VELJ Blog

New Managing Board Members

2011-03-15T15:01:00.004-04:00

Congratulations to the new members of the Managing Board! We had a highly qualified group of individuals apply, and we could not imagine a stronger team:

Editor in Chief: Joe Vandegrift

Managing Editor: Nathaniel Nichols

Chief Executive Editor: Laura Mauldin

Notes Editor: Emily Renzelli

Business Editor: Chen Song

Development Editors: Stacee Karras & Sonali Dohale

Articles Editor: Natalie Morris

We wish them the best of luck in leading the journal into its 30th year of publication. At the same time, we recognize and congratulate the outgoing Managing Board for their (ongoing) work.

Publication Notice

2011-02-09T13:13:00.005-05:00

The Virginia Environmental Law Journal is proud to announce the publication of issue 29.1.

Articles:

Upside-Down Cooperative Federalism: Climate Change Policymaking and the States; by Professors Vivian Thomson (University of Virginia) and Vicki Arroyo (Georgetown Law)

Expanding Waistlines and Expanding Cities: Urban Sprawl and its Impact on Obesity, How the Adoption of Smart Growth Statutes Can Build Healthier and More Active Communities; by Vanessa Russell-Evans (Cox Smith Matthews, Inc.) and Professor Hacker (University of Texas)

Note:

Solving Widespread Toxic Chemical Exposure: A Taxing Job; by Elizabeth Forsyth (Harvard Law)

Thanks to the authors for their outstanding scholarship, and to our editorial team for all their hard work.

Subscribers: If you have not yet received your copy of this issue, please let us know at velj@virginia.edu

Climate Change Debate

2010-10-13T15:04:00.002-04:00

Thanks to everyone who came out to the climate change debate, with Richard Lindzen (MIT), Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M) and Professors Cannon and Johnston (both UVA). The event was a resounding success, thanks to Susan Beall for her hard work in setting the debate up, and the Virginia Environmental Law Forum for co-sponsoring the event.

Here is the video of the full debate, for those who missed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Sh1B-rV60

Fall Cite Check

2010-09-06T08:32:00.002-04:00

Clear your calendars! The first cite check of volume 29 begins Wednesday, September 8th and ends on September 22nd. There will be a social at the conclusion of the editing cycle to celebrate a successful start to the 2010-2011 publishing year with VELJ.

New Members of 2010-2011 Managing Board

2010-04-12T23:54:00.003-04:00

Congratulations to the new members of the 2010-2011 Managing Board!

Article Editors: Laura Mauldin, Kent Piacenti, and Joseph Vandegrift

Article Review Board Members: Stacee Karras, Tenley Mochizuki, Natalie Morris, Nathanael Nichols, and Emily Renzelli

Web Editor: Morgan Riley

Thanks to everyone who applied and interviewed, everyone was extremely well qualified.

BLOCK PARTY!

2010-04-06T00:15:00.004-04:00

Friday, April 9th, Spies Garden: VELJ is teaming up with fellow Slaughter Hall neighbors VJSPL and VJoLT to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather with beer, bocce and BBQ.

1L's: Celebrate the fact that there is no cite check!

Other L's: Celebrate the fact that cite checks are done!

Admitted Students: Celebrate the fact that you don't know what a cite check is!

See you in Spies

New Editorial Board Members!

2010-04-01T16:52:00.005-04:00

Congratulations and welcome to the new members of VELJ's 2010-2011 Editorial Board:

Seth Beckley
Micki Bloom
Megan Dellinger
Sonali Dohale
Kim Frumkin
Aditi Goel
Gary Johnson
Courtenay Johnson
Stacee Karras
Mike Martelo
Laura Mauldin
Cassandra Mendoz
Tenley Mochizuki
Stephanie Moore
Natalie Morris
Nathanael Nichols
Kent Piacenti
Jeffrey Porter
Emily Renzelli
Morgan Riley
Chen Song
Aaron Terr
Joe Vandegrift

Free Beer!

2010-03-28T18:38:00.002-04:00

To welcome the new members of VELJ and to celebrate the semester's cite checkers, join us at Trinity on the Corner, from 6-9pm on Tuesday night.

New Managing Board!

2010-02-20T18:58:00.002-05:00

Congratulations to the new Managing Board for 2010-2011!

Editor in Chief: John White
Managing Editor: Ryan Carra
Chief Executive Editor: Natalie Ronollo
Notes Editor: Jacqueline Leonard
Business Editor: Hall Carter
Articles Editors: Rianna Barrett, Jackson Price, Jon Sabol, Anna Schmitz
Development Editor: Susan Beall

We're all looking forward to what they'll bring to the table to keep VELJ as one of the top environmental law journals in the nation.

New VELJ Site

2009-09-10T01:57:00.002-04:00

Hey Everyone,

This website has been a long time coming. More changes will roll out as some pages are updated and "freshened up." Make sure to check the blog regularly for updates!

Welcome!

2008-08-21T18:45:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the VELJ blog! Check back soon for more content.