State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS)

Registration for the 4th Annual Texas Symposium on Climate Change and Energy Transition is open! Join us on Thursday, April 10, 2025 for a fantastic CLE at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. 6 hours MCLE credit, including 1 hour ethics credit is pending. We partner with the Texas Environmental Law Journal to put on this annual CLE. The Symposium will bring together practitioners in the areas of climate adaptation and the energy transition with scholars and emerging thought leaders. The Symposium will seek CLE accreditation from the State Bar of Texas and anticipate providing?6 hours of MCLE credit, including 1 hour ethics credit. This year’s symposium will provide thought-provoking insights into important issues. Topics for the symposium include: -Adapting legal systems to a dynamic world -Vehicle to grid power -Renewable Fuel Standards -Hydrogen economy -Climate, energy transition, and public lands -CCUS finance and investment ? Attendance is limited to 200 people, so register today! The cost is $110, unless you're in Government, in Public Interest, or a Student, then your registration is $50. ? Opportunities to support the symposium are available to law firms. If you would like so contribute to the Symposium, please?contact the organizers at [email protected]. Register on the State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) site: https://lnkd.in/g7nE4ZKn State Bar of Texas

It's the time - the final stretch of #CFOWL2025! This afternoon we'll start with Filling in the Gaps: The Increase in Special Districts for Water and Wastewater Across Texas from Sarah Landiak (Winstead PC), then hear from Stefanie Albright (Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP) and Alysha Girard, PE, CFM (Upper Brushy Creek WCID) on Dam Safety and Aging Infrastructure. You'll get a break to stretch those legs, then on to Groundwater District Rulemaking Petitions: Strategies for Useful Implementation from Gregory Ellis (GM Ellis Law Firm). We'll end the 26th Annual Changing Face of Water Law conference with the Honorable Rebecca S. Smith talking about all things Appearing Before the SOAH. We're so glad y'all could join us this year! And if you missed it, there's always the webcast replay on March 20-21. See y'all next year for the 27th annual conference! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gJt-vptA State Bar of Texas TexasBarCLE Texas Bar Practice State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section

It's the last day of #CFOWL2025 and we're here for it. Quite the lineup for you this AM, starting with a Legislative Update from Sarah Kirkle (Texas Water Association), followed up Issues in Regional Groundwater Planning in Use of GMAs from Stacey Reese (Stacey Reese Law PLLC). Then we're switching up the schedule a teeny bit, and Sarah Kirkle will be back on the stage with Alia Vinson (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP) to discuss New Water Supplies: Texas Water Fund. After a break, it's time for a Case Law Update from Samia Broadaway (Baker Botts) and Bobby Millad Salehi (Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody), then lunch time, where you'll hear about Hot Topics Around the State from Jeffrey Bourdon (Gray Reed), Professor Gabriel Eckstein (Texas A&M University School of Law), and David Harrell (Troutman Pepper Locke LLP). https://lnkd.in/gJt-vptA State Bar of Texas TexasBarCLE Texas Bar Practice State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section

No we're on to the PM programming here at #CFOWL2025! Settle in for a great afternoon, kicked off by Leslie Johnson (WFG National Title Insurance Company) giving us the deets on Title Insurance. Then Lynn Sherman (Jackson Walker LLP) will get into Produced Water: Who Owns It & Maximization of Its Beneficial Use, followed by Christa R. Lopez (Tarrant County Probate Court No. 2) discussing Water Documents. Come back on time from the break so you can hear Professor Burke Griggs (Washburn University School of Law) talk about the Wars Over the Rio Grande: An Update from the Court and the Field. After that, it's federal code time with Brantley Jones (Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC), he'll talk about 42 USCA Sec. 1983: New Tools in the Litigation Toolbox. To round out the day we have a Case Study of Condemnation panel, moderated by Edmond McCarthy (McCarthy & McCarthy, LLP) and panelists Mark McPherson (McPherson Law Firm PLLC), and Edward Vassallo, Jr. (Vassallo & Salazar, P.C.), and Rhonda Jolley (Branscomb Law). Be sure to stick around for the sponsored welcome social at 5:30p, brought to us by Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, Gray Reed, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., McCarthy & McCarthy, LLP, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, and Winstead PC! Then get some sleep so we can see you back here on Friday morning. More info here: https://lnkd.in/gJt-vptA State Bar of Texas Texas Bar Practice State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) TexasBarCLE Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section

It's happening! The 26th Annual Changing Face of Water Law CLE is ON! This morning #CFOWL2025 main programming will kick off with welcome remarks from our fantastic course directors Stephen Cooney (Gray Reed) and Alia Vinson (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP) - thank you both for all the hard work you put into this conference! First session of the conference is about the Regionalization of Wastewater Treatment, brought to us by David Tuckfield (The Law Offices of David J. Tuckfield), then we'll hear about Wastewater Reuse Permitting from Galen Roberts (North Texas Municipal Water District) and Lauren Thomson (Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.), followed by Professor Bryan Brooks (Baylor University) telling us about EPA Rules Affecting PFAS. After a break, Alicia Freeman, MS, LPC (Texas Lawyers Assistance Prog) will get us an hour of ethics CLE with her talk on Balancing the Scales: Wellness in the Practice of Law. Then it's lunch time, where we'll get an agency update from Commissioner Catarina Gonzales (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) and Chairwoman L'Oreal Stepney, P.E. (Texas Water Development Board). Quite the morning here, y'all! More info here: https://lnkd.in/gJt-vptA State Bar of Texas Texas Bar Practice State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) TexasBarCLE Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section

Graves Dougherty environmental attorney Bobby Millad Salehi is set to speak at the 26th annual State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) 2025 Changing Face of Water Law Conference in San Antonio this week. Bobby will present alongside Samia Broadaway, delivering the Case Law Update, covering vital developments in groundwater and surface water litigation from 2024 and what to expect in 2025 and beyond. Learn more: bit.ly/433CUQm #TexasWater #Groundwater #TexasRivers

Today's the day - Water Law 101 starts at 1:40pm! You'll hear some welcoming remarks from our fearless course directors - Stephen Cooney (Gray Reed) and Alia Vinson (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP) then we'll jump right into Groundwater 101 with Jim Bradbury (James D. Bradbury, PLLC). Next up, Surface Water 101 from Alexis S. Long (Trinity River Authority of Texas) followed by Condemnation 101 with Edmond McCarthy (McCarthy & McCarthy). Then we'll round out the 101s with Kathy Alexander (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) talking about Water Rights Applications and Augustus Campbell (Campbell Legal, PLLC) dishing out the Ethics 101. See y'all there! Brochure and registration info about #CFOWL2025 here: https://lnkd.in/gJt-vptA Texas Bar Practice State Bar of Texas Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) TexasBarCLE

It's #CFOWL2025 sponsor appreciation time! The 26th Annual Changing Face of Water Law CLE couldn't happen without our sponsors. A HUGE thank you and waterfall of applause for Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, Gray Reed, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., McCarthy & McCarthy, LLP, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, and Winstead PC! And, of course, thank you to TexasBarCLE for putting on the conference, and Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section for co-sponsoring the event with us here at State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS). Appreciate everyone that makes this amazing conference happen, thank you! State Bar of Texas Texas Bar Practice #environmentallaw #waterlaw #water #texaswater #CLE #TexasCLE #WaterCLE #ENRLS

Just imagine - this time next week, you'll be settled in to the final day of programming for #CFOWL2025 (TGIF ammiright)! Next Friday's lineup will bring you talks from Sarah Kirkle (Texas Water Association), Stacey Reese (Stacey Reese Law PLLC), John D. Stover (Skelton Slusher Barnhill Watkins Wells), Samia Broadaway (Baker Botts), Bobby Millad Salehi (Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody), Jeffrey Bourdon (Gray Reed), Professor Gabriel Eckstein (Texas A&M University School of Law), David Harrell (Troutman Pepper Locke LLP), Sarah Landiak (Winstead PC), Stefanie Albright (Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP), Alysha Girard, PE, CFM (Upper Brushy Creek WCID), and the Honorable Rebecca S. Smith (State Office of Administrative Hearings). Register today! https://lnkd.in/gJt-vptA State Bar of Texas Texas Bar Practice TexasBarCLE

One week until the 26th Annual Changing Face of Water Law main programming begins at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio! Co-hosted by Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section and yours truly, #CFOWL2025 is a must-see CLE. On day 1 you'll hear from Stephen Cooney (Grey Reed), Alia Vinson (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP), David Tuckfield (The Law Offices of David J. Tuckfield), Galen Roberts (North Texas Municipal Water District), Lauren Thomson (Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.), Professor Bryan Brooks (Baylor University), Alicia Freeman, MS, LPC (Texas Lawyers Assistance Prog), Commissioner Catarina Gonzales (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), Chairwoman L'Oreal Stepney, P.E. (Texas Water Development Board), Leslie Johnson (WFG National Title Insurance Company), Lynn Sherman (Walker Jackson), Christa R. Lopez (Tarrant County Probate Court No. 2), Professor Burke Griggs (Washburn University School of Law), Marvin W. Jones (Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC), Edmond McCarthy (McCarthy & McCarthy, LLP), Rhonda Jolley (Branscomb Law), Mark McPherson (McPherson Law Firm PLLC), Edward Vassallo, Jr. (Vassallo & Salazar, P.C.). More info here: https://lnkd.in/gJt-vptA State Bar of Texas Texas Bar Practice State Bar of Texas - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) TexasBarCLE