Friday May 18

9.00 - 11.30 am First Meeting of the International Advisory Board

12:00 - 1.30 pm Lunch Luo Jia Shan Zhuang, Wuhan University

2.00 - 2.10 pm Opening Ceremony and Launch of the Environmental Law Clinic

Chair: Qin Tianbao Director, RIEL

1. Feng Guo, Dean of Law, School, Wuhan University

2. Ben Boer, Chair of Advisory Board, Environmental Law Clinic, RIEL

3. Andy Raine, UN Environment, Bangkok

2.15 pm

Chair and introduction: Ben Boer

Signing ceremony for donation to the Clinic: Dewell & Partners Law Firm

2.20 - 2.30pm Group photo

2.30 - 4.00 pm Session 1: International experience on Clinical Environmental Law Education and Public Interest Environmental Law:

Chair: Alexander Zahar, RIEL

Speakers：

1. David Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Defenders Office, Sydney, Australia

2. Jill Witkowski Heaps, Assistant Professor and Director，Environment and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School, USA

3. Evan Hamman, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

4. Matthew Baird, Research Associate, Vermont Law School, Lawyer, Sydney and Chiang Mai

5. Liu Jinmei, Client Earth, Beijing Office

6. David Pettit, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

4.30-4:45pm Tea Break

4.45-5:45 pm Session 2: Discussion of establishment of Environmental Law Education Clinical Network in China and the Asia Pacific Region

Chair: Ben Boer, RIEL; Wang Canfa Wang Canfa, CUPL Beijing

1. David Morris, Environmental Defenders Office, Sydney

2. Andy Raine, UN Environment

3. Zhang Qing, Chinese University of Hong Kong

4. Dr. Prof. Yin Yin Win, Department of Law, Taunggyi University, Myanmar

5. Mr Phanna Sok, lecturer, The Royal University of Law and Economics, Cambodia

6. Ms. Nuthamon Kongcharoen, lecturer, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

7. Chinese Clinic Education Scholar Representatives: Ma Yan, Li Xiuqi, Chen Yue, Zhang Hui, Xiang Yan (see Session 3 for details, below)

6.00 pm Dinner Tian Yuan Tiny View Garden (transport by bus)

7.00 -9.00 pm Professor Wang Canfa, Chinese University of Politics and Law, Lecture on Climate Change, Luo Jia Lecture Series Room 325

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May 19 (Saturday)

8.30 - 10.15 am Session 3: Chinese experience in Clinical Environmental Law Education

Chair: Li Ao, Legal Aid Clinic Wuhan Law School

1. Ma Yan, CLAPV, CUPL Beijing

2. Chen Yue, Environmental and Biodiversity Law Clinic at Southwest Forestry University, Kunming

3. Li Xiuqi, Environmental Law Clinic, Renmin University

4. Zhang Hui, Environmental Law Clinic, Anhui University

5. Xiang Yan, Legal Aid Clinic Wuhan Law School

6. Li Guangbing Director, Environmental Law Clinic, Wuhan University

• Discussion of various university environment clinical models

• Comments from international participants

10.15 - 10.30 am Tea Break

10.30 – 11.50 am Session 4: Panel Discussion： Participation in operation of the Wuhan Clinic by government, courts, non-government organizations and law firms

Chair: Wu Zhiliang, Deputy Director, Environmental Law Clinic, Wuhan University

1. Government:

a. Wang Xinhua, Hubei Province Environment Protection Bureau

b. Hao Xijian, Wuhan City Environment Protection Bureau

2. Judiciary:

a. Yang Junguang, Division Court Judge, Environmental Resources Division, Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court

b. Hou Wei, Director, Research Office, Wuhan Maritime Court

c. Li Juan, Division Court Judge, Environmental Resources Division, Xuzhou Intermediate People’s Court

3. Non-government Organisations:

a. Ge Feng, Project coordinator, Law and Policy Advocacy, Friends of Nature, Beijing

b. Wei Zhe, All China Environment Federation, Beijing

c. Ma Yong, Deputy Secretary General, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, Beijing

d. Wang Wanlin and Liu Jinmei, Client Earth

e. Wang Yan, Director of Legal Affairs, Natural Resources Defense Council

f. Ma Yong, Chinese Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, Bejing.

4. Law Firms and lawyers:

a. Cai Xue’en, Dewell & Partners Law Firm, Wuhan

b. Hu Yulai, Beijing Huanming Law Firm

c. Zhao Guang, Anhui Lawyers Association Environmental and Resources Protection Law Committee

d. Wu Rongliang, Shanghai Jinmao Law Firm

e. Wu Anxin, Xiangyang Longzhong Law Firm

11.50-12.00 Closing Ceremony

Chair: Ben Boer

1. Li Guangbing Director, Environmental Law Clinic, Wuhan University

2. Andy Raine, UN Environment, Bangkok

12.00-1.00pm Lunch Luo Jia Shan Zhuang

2.00 pm Wuhan City Tour: Hubei Museum and East Lake for all interested participants and clinic students (by bus)