GLIN==> Univ. of Michigan Law Lecture Series Speaker on Nov. 9

The Environmental Law & Policy Program at the Univ. of Michigan would  
like the following to be posted later this week:

Michigan Law's Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series  
Speaker on Nov. 9

The ELPP Lecture Series will present John C. Cruden, Acting Asst.  
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division at  
the U.S. Department of Justice, as the inaugural speaker for the  
2009-10 series.  He will discuss The Department of Justice's  
Environment and Natural Resources Division: A Century of Litigation  
(and Some Current Events) on Monday, Nov. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 120,  
Hutchins Hall.  Light refreshments will be served.

Mr. Cruden was named Acting Asst. Attorney General (ENRD) by President  
Obama on January 20, 2009.  In this capacity, he oversees  
environmental litigation, including civil enforcement actions in  
federal court for the key environmental statutes, including the Clean  
Air Act, Clean Water Act, CERCLA (Superfund), the Endangered Species  
Act, NEPA, and others.  The Environment Division's work includes  
affirmative civil suits to stop polluters and recover clean-up costs,  
prosecution of environmental and wildlife crimes, defense of federal  
agencies and their programs, including management of federal lands and  
other natural resources, defense of federal environmental regulations,  
litigation relating to tribes and Indian lands, and condemnation of  
land for congressionally authorized public use.

He has served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Environment  
Division since 1995, following four years as Chief of the  
Environmental Enforcement Section.  He joined ENRD in 1991 after  
working as Chief Legislative Counsel for the Army, as an agency  
General Counsel (1988-91), as Special Counsel to the Civil Division's  
Assistant Attorney General (1987-88), and as a military lawyer.  While  
at DOJ, he twice has received the highest government award, the
Presidential Rank Award, from two different Presidents.  He is a Past  
President of the District of Columbia Bar, the second largest bar in  
the nation, and was the first government attorney to be elected and  
serve in that position.

For more information:

http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/elpp/Documents/ELPP%20Lecture%20Series/Cruden%20poster%2020091109.pdf

The presentation will be videotaped and later uploaded to the following site:

http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/elpp/Pages/default.aspx

For questions or comments, please contact Al LaGrone at alagrone at umich.edu.


Let me know if anything else is needed.  Thanks for your assistance,

AL

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Al LaGrone
Program Coordinator
Environmental Law & Policy Program
University of Michigan Law School
625 S. State St., Rm. 972LR
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
Office (734) 647-4034
Fax    (734) 764-8309
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