Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP

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Austin, TX 78701

The Stanford Law School Austin Alumni Chapter invites you to join alumni and friends for a reception with Associate Professor of Law and and Justin M. Roach, Jr. Faculty ScholarMichael Wara. Professor Wara will give remarks on Stanford's current work in the area of energy and environmental law.

Registration is free, and guests are welcome. Kindly register by April 6.

Thank you to Scott Douglass & McConnico and Michael Merriman '04 for hosting this event.

Michael Wara
Associate Professor of Law and Justin M. Roach, Jr. Faculty Scholar

An expert on energy and environmental law, Michael Wara’s research focuses on climate and electricity policy. Professor Wara’s current scholarship lies at the intersection between environmental law, energy law, international relations, atmospheric science, and technology policy.

Professor Wara, JD ’06, was formerly a geochemist and climate scientist and has published work on the history of the El Niño/La Niña system and its response to changing climates, especially those warmer than today. The results of his scientific research have been published in premier scientific journals, including Science and Nature.

Professor Wara joined Stanford Law in 2007 as a research fellow in environmental law and as a lecturer in law. Previously, he was an associate in Holland & Knight's Government Practice Group, where his practice focused on climate change, land use, and environmental law.

Professor Wara is a research fellow at the Program in Energy and Sustainable Development in Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Center Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment.

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