Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy

These are some of the speakers that will join us at the #Maritime & #Water Law Summit organized by the Maritime Law Association of #Panama, Tulane University Law School Maritime Law Center and Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy. Thank you Andrei Kharchenko, Ximena De Obaldía, Chris Dalbom and Prof. Davies. Would you like to attend? Contact me, Joaquin de Obarrio o Ximena De Obaldía.

We're excited to begin announcing speakers for the upcoming Maritime & Water Law Summit that the Institute is organizing along with the Tulane Maritime Center and APADEMAR. The event will be held in Panama City, Panama, on April 1st. Among the speakers you'll hear from are our very own director, Chris Dalbom, and the Tulane Maritime Law Center director Martin Davies! More announcements on speakers and agenda to come. If you have any questions, please contact Ximena De Obaldía, Andres V. Mejia, or Joaquin de Obarrio.

Join us at this wonderful event in Panama!

If you want to work in the most amazing work environment possible, apply here! It has been a pleasure working with the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy?team for almost two years. With my fellowship ending in August, the Institute is looking for a new fellow to whom I can pass the Latin baton. As LL.M.s, finding jobs is and will continue to become a difficult task, but Chris Dalbom was with me throughout every visa application and immigration documents we had to apply to. I couldn't have asked for a better experience, they allowed me to do something I have always loved but hadn't found the time or resources to do: research and writing. By publishing my first white paper, the Institute opened doors for me that I couldn't have done by myself. They also supported me through every stage of taking and passing the New York Bar. This post may sound corny, but working with Chris Dalbom, Haley Gentry, Mark Davis, and Katie Moreland, as well as Jane, and all of the wonderful research assistants I got to supervise this year, was one of the best choices I ever made. If you want to experience this too, apply to be a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute!

Thanks, John Bel Edwards for joining this class that is so near to our Institute's central mission!

Worth bringing this back post-holidays!

EN Water in Americas' Human Landscapes: a Tulane Law and Policy Symposium The Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy is hosting an international conference that will generate a space for stakeholders in water law and policy from across the Americas to share pressing issues and solutions regarding their respective water administration systems, as well as the wide variety of fields they impact. Water law and policy are at the fulcrum of issues countries in the Americas are attempting to balance: human rights, environmental preservation, economic development, cultural preservation, a changing climate, and more. Many topics with a connection to water – and the laws and policies that shape those connections – will be presented and discussed at this symposium. For more information regarding the 2025 Water in Americas' Human Landscapes, click on this link: https://lnkd.in/gEcxu2ZJ If you would like to register for the event, click on this link: https://lnkd.in/grTnKSgA _______________________________________________________________________ ES Water in Americas' Human Landscapes: Un Simposio de Tulane Law and Policy El Instituto de Tulane de Derecho y Políticas de Recursos de Agua ha organizado una conferencia internacional que generará un espacio para que las partes interesadas en el derecho y la política del agua de todo el continente americano compartan problemas acuciantes y soluciones relativas a sus respectivos sistemas de administración del agua, así como a la amplia variedad de ámbitos en los que inciden. El derecho y la política del agua se encuentran en el centro de las discusiones que los países de las Américas intentan equilibrar: derechos humanos, preservación del medio ambiente, desarrollo económico, preservación cultural, un clima cambiante y mucho más. En este simposio se presentarán muchos de los temas relacionados con el agua, las leyes y políticas que le dan forma a esas conexiones. Para más información sobre el Agua en los Paisajes Humanos de las Américas 2025, presione este link: https://lnkd.in/gEcxu2ZJ Si quiere registrarse para este evento, presione este link: https://lnkd.in/grTnKSgA

"It should not be treated as a matter of convenience for States to choose what is easiest to implement. One thing is for sure, a State cannot have security in its water supply without a legal framework protecting access to water as a human right, even if their values for SDG 6 seem to be perfect or nearly perfect, and vice versa." As water stress grows and unregulated usage of water remains unregulated, those who continue to suffer are the citizens, the fauna, and the flora. Therefore, the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy has published?a new white paper?titled?A Glass Half Empty of Promises: Water as a Human Right in the Americas. It analyses the national and international frameworks of nineteen countries in North, Central, and South America, as well as taking measures of their success. Primarily authored by Ximena De Obaldía and Ella Nyquist, the paper can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/gwUTWPNC

In the summer of 2020, everyone who could work remotely was. People were starting new jobs without ever having seen their coworkers in person. One of those people was?Haley Gentry, who had just finished her first year of law school at Tulane. The job she was starting was as a research assistant here at this institute, and it quickly became clear that we were lucky to have her. Two years later, after taking and passing the Louisiana Bar in the summer of 2022, she became a postgraduate researcher and William B. Wiener Jr. Foundation Fellow here. We are thrilled to announce that, as of this month, she has ceased to be a postgrad researcher here and is now our new Assistant Director. As you may have noticed by the several?publications?she has authored over the past two years, Haley is a powerhouse who brings incredible passion and knowledge to her new role that includes supervising and coordinating much of the Institute’s work.

Wanna join us for lunch as you're winning an environment-themed dessert competition? Then come to the Tulane Center for Environmental Law and the Environmental & Energy Law Society's Fifth Annual Shindig! If you're attending, please RSVP to Jane Johnston at [email protected] ASAP :)