The Consortium for Ecological Law is leading and supporting young professionals to engage in international environmental policymaking at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The Consortium leadership is participating in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress (WCC), as members of the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies (GCELS) of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Online participants include Prof. Nicholas A. Robinson (the Consortium’s President), Prof. Richard L. Ottinger (the Consortium’s Vice President) and Prof. Victor M. Tafur (the Consortium’s Executive Director). Prof. Shakeel Kazmi (Member of the Consortium’s Board of Directors and Treasurer) will attend in person. For more information see [link to pdf]
- Time: 5:00 PM
- Date: 9-15 October 2025
- Location: Fordham University Law School at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
- RSVP: Concept Note IUCN-WCC(8-13-25)
The Consortium is also empowering young professionals to take an active role in the Congress with a grant to the GCELS to support in-person participation. The cohort comprises current students and recent graduates of Pace-Haub’s Juris Doctor and Master of Laws programs. The young professionals have worked on motions addressing a variety of environmental issues to advance Ecological Law.
The Consortium grant funding has supported 11 GCELS Staff Interns’ registration for the WCC, with 10 attending in-person and 1 participating online. The grant also covered travel expenses for 9 of the in-person delegates. For more information see [link to pdf]