The Law and Policy of
Hydraulic Fracturing: 
Addressing the Issues
of the Natural Gas Boom 

Friday, November 16, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Moot Courtroom (A59)

6.0 hours CLE credit available, pending approval

Case Western Reserve Law Review’s annual symposium will address the variety of legal issues associated with the natural gas boom and the expanding practice of hydraulic fracturing. Areas of discussion will include: (1) the division of authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing among the federal, state, and local governments; (2) the potential validity and impact of private actions that may arise from adverse environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing; (3) the debate over conditional use zoning and permitted use zoning; (4) the potential tax implications of the expanding practice; and (5) claims concerning the ownership rights to underground deposits.

Agenda and Schedule

Registration and Webcast

Keynote:

Thomas W. Merrill
Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law, Columbia University

Panelists:

Jessie Hill
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research and Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University

Joseph Tomain
Dean Emeritus and the Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati

Peter Gerhart
Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University

Wendy Jacobs
Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard University

Noah Hall
Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University

Nick Schroek
Executive Director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, Wayne State University

Tim Fitzgerald
Ph.D., Montana State University

Heidi Robertson
Associate Dean for Academic Enrichment and Professor of Law, Cleveland State University

Kalyani Robbins
Associate Professor of Law, Akron University

Jonathan H. Adler
Johan Verheij Professor of Law and Director, Center for Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University

Joel Zipp
Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight

Elizabeth Burleson
Associate Professor of Law, Pace University

John Nolon
Professor of Law, Pace University

Chris Kulander
Associate Professor of Law, Texas Tech University