Erik Bluemel

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Erik Brandon Bluemel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and leading scholar in the fields of environmental law, indigenous peoples law, and global administrative law. He holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, an L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.A. in political economy from the [University of California-Berkeley].

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Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2008, he clerked for the Honorable Barefoot Sanders in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texasand the Honorable Kermit Edward Bye in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. He also served as a staff attorney and teaching fellow at Georgetown University Law Center'sInstitute for Public Representation, where he represented dozens of national and local groups on administrative, environmental, and public land law issues.

High Profile Cases

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Some of the higher profile cases he worked on while at the Institute for Public Representation included representing groups who challenged various aspects of the Intercounty Connector,[1][2], sought environmental cleanup of Poplar Point, a portion of the Anacostia National Park,[3][4] among other projects.

Courses Taught

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At the University of Denver, he teaches Administrative Law, Environmental Law, and Indigenous Peoples in International Law. His research interests include environmental federalism, climate governance, global administrative law, identity-based social movements, and environmental rights.

Community Service

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He has served on the United Nations Development Programme Task Force on Access and Benefit-Sharing and Traditional Knowledge, as a Member of the Board of Directors of Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment, and as Vice-Chair of the New York County Lawyers' Association Environmental Law Committee. He is currently a member of the Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union on the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He also serves as a member of the Board of Advisors for The Ocean Foundation, and as Vice-President of the Board of Directors for Keystone Conservation.

Scholarship

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His recent scholarship includes articles on the global warming regime complex,[5] regional greenhouse gas regulatory regimes in the United States,[6] regulation of alternative energies,[7] global administrative law,[8] environmental rights,[9], protection of sacred sites and cultural property,[10][11], indigenous peoples' participatory rights in international law,[12][13] among other topics.[14]


References

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  1. ^ Katherine Shaver, Agencies Accused of Wrongly Approving Md. Highway Study, Washington Post, Oct. 2, 2007
  2. ^ Timothy B. Wheeler, Two Lawsuits Filed Against ICC; Actions Are Efforts to Block Building of the Highway in the D.C. Suburbs, Baltimore Sun, Dec. 21, 2006
  3. ^ Marc Fisher, Will Green's Lawsuit Kill Poplar Point Soccer Stadium?, Raw Fisher, Washington Post, June 24, 2008
  4. ^ Jonathan O'Connell, Environmental Groups Plan to Sue D.C. over Poplar Point, Washington Business Journal, June 20, 2008
  5. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Unraveling the Global Warming Regime Complex: Competitive Entropy in the Regulation of the Global Public Good, 155 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1981 (2007)
  6. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Regional Regulatory Initiatives Addressing GHG Leakage in the USA, in CLIMATE CHANGE AND EUROPEAN EMISSIONS TRADING: LESSONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE (Michael Faure & Marjan Peeters, eds., 2008)
  7. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Biomass Energy: Ensuring Sustainability Through Conditioned Economic Incentives, 19 Geo. Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 673 (2007)
  8. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Overcoming NGO Accountability Concerns in International Governance, 31 Brooklyn J. Int'l L. 139 (2005)
  9. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, The Implications of Formulating a Human Right to Water, 31 Ecology L.Q. 957 (2004)
  10. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Accommodating Native American Native American Cultural Activities on Federal Public Lands, 41 Idaho L. Rev. 475 (2005)
  11. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Prioritizing Multiple Uses on Public Lands After Bear Lodge, 32 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 365 (2005)
  12. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Separating Instrumental from Intrinsic Rights: Toward an Understanding of Indigenous Participation in International Rule-Making, 30 Am. Indian L. Rev. 55 (2005-06)
  13. ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Substance Without Process: Analyzing TRIPS Participatory Guarantees in Light of Protected Indigenous Rights, 86 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 671 (2004)
  14. ^ Much of Erik Bluemel's scholarship is available online through his page on SSRN.