GLIN==> IJC U.S. Chair Lana Pollack at Michigan Law on Nov. 8

Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series Speaker on November 8

Michigan Law's Environmental Law & Policy Program will present Lana  
Pollack, U.S. Section Chair of the International Joint Commission  
(IJC), on Monday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Hutchins Hall, Room 132.  She  
will discuss Sink or Swim:  International Negotiations and the Fight  
to Save the Great Lakes.  The talk is open to the general public.

Pollack was appointed to the IJC by President Barak Obama on June 26,  
2010.  The International Joint Commission prevents and resolves  
disputes between the United States of America and Canada under the  
1909 Boundary Waters Treaty and pursues the common good of both  
countries as an independent and objective advisor to the two  
governments.  Pollack previously served from 1996-2008 as President of  
the Michigan Environmental Council, a coalition of 70 environmental  
organizations working to protect the Great Lakes and Michigan?s  
natural resources and environment.  She was elected three times to the  
Michigan legislature, serving as a state Senator from 1983-1994.  As a  
state Senator, Pollack became a leading advocate for women, children  
and the environment.  In addition, Ms. Pollack was a Fellow at the  
Institute of Politics at Harvard University?s Kennedy School of  
Government and taught at the University of Michigan.

For more information:
   
http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/elpp/lectureseries/Documents/Lecture%20Series%2010-11/Pollack%20poster%2020101108.pdf

A videotaped recording can be downloaded later at:
   
http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/elpp/lectureseries/Pages/default.aspx