The National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition, hosted March 2-5 by WVU Law, is seeking volunteer judges. The competition is being held online. Early round judges must be attorneys of good standing licensed to practice law in any state. Now in its 12th...
Winston Salem, NC native Keeleigh Utt - recipient of Mary Sue Schulberg and EMLF General Fund scholarships for 2021-2022 - is in her third year at West Virginia University College of Law. Utt said by nature she is advocate for the underserved and underrepresented....
EMLF General Fund Scholarship recipient and Lawrence, KS native Helen 'Lizzy' McEntire is in her third year at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, KS. McEntire, the daughter of two attorneys and a descendant of a long line of government officials, says her...
EMLF General Fund Scholarship recipient and Chesapeake, VA native Logan Leftwich is in his third year at Appalachian School of Law (ASL) in Grundy, VA. Leftwich says he began exploring natural resource law when he joined the Energy and Mineral Law Society and...
From left to right: R. Neal Pierce (Steptoe & Johnson), Charlotte Pierce, Taylor McGuffee, James Anderson (LSU Law student), Chancellor Cranford (LSU Law student), Amanda Johnson (LSU Law student), Mark Heath (Spilman Thomas & Battle), Prof. Machelle Hall (LSU...
By Megan Haines, Ben H. Patton and Peter Trimarchi Originally appeared July 1, 2022 in Reed Smith EHS Law Insights. In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) rejected U.S. EPA’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan in West Virginia v. EPA on June 30, 2022....
Current association: Member, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLCPast associations: Smith, Heenan & Althen, later Heenan, Althen & Roles, 1989-2002; US Army JAG Corps, 1987-1989Law School: University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, JD...
EMLF is now accepting topic and speaker proposals for the 2022 Fall Symposium (f/k/a Kentucky Mineral Law Conference), to be held October 11-13, 2022, in Lexington, Kentucky. Topics should cover some aspect of energy production (including coal and other minerals, oil...
By Keith B. HallDirector of John P. Laborde Energy Law Center,Louisiana State University In Antero Resources Corporation v. Directional One Services Inc. USA, 2022 WL 1055592, the West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a judgment holding that a natural gas operator was...
For the 2022-2023 academic year, EMLF gave $30,000 to eight students from five different member law schools, including the presentation of the first scholarship from the Sharon Daniels Scholarship fund. After the passing of former EMLF executive director Sharon...