SPACE LAW & EARTH JUSTICE
2025 Symposium (Co-convened with Pauline Newman Program)
Date: March 20 9-5:30PM; March 21 9-4PM
Location: NYU Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge, 40 Washington Square South, New York.
CLE: This event has been approved to offer 12.5 New York State CLE credits in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly appointed attorneys.
Note: If you register on the day of the event and do not hold an NYU ID, we will do our best to process your registration. However, building access is not guaranteed, and the approval process may take up to twelve hours.
March 20, 9:30 am – 10:00 am Introduction & Framing
March 20, 10:00 am – 11:30 am (Law &) E3 Exploration, Exploitation, & Escape
Moderator: Surabhi Ranganathan (University of Cambridge)
Asif Siddiqi, (Fordham University)
Mariel Borowitz (Georgia Tech)
Timiebi Aganaba (ASU)
Jaye Ellis (McGill University Faculty of Law) - discussant
Dimitri Van Den Meerssche (Queen Mary University of London) - discussant
March 20, 11:30am-12:00pm Space Mining: The Prehistory of a Troubling Idea
Matthew Hersch (Harvard University)
March 20, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Break
March 20, 1:30 pm -3:30 pm Waste and Space
Moderator: Daniel Bodansky (ASU)
Lisa Ruth Rand (Caltech)
Michael Hennessy Picard (University of Edinburgh)
Olivier Barsalou (UQAM)
Katrina Wyman (NYU)
Christine Billy (NYU)
March 20, 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee Break
Part II: Planetary Maintenance - Adaptation and Repair in Human and Geological Times
March 20, 4:00 pm -5:30 pm Resilience & Adaptation: Critical Problems in Earth Justice
Moderator: Dena Adler (NYU)
Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton University)
Alejandro Rodiles (ITAM)
Elisa Morgera (UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, University of Strathclyde)
Janine Coye-Felson (UN Ambassador to Belize, University of Colorado)
March 21, 9:30 am-11:00 am Justice and Reparation/Injustice and Irreparability
Moderator: Bryce Rudyk (NYU)
César Rodríguez Garavito (NYU)
Marie Petersmann (LSE Law)
Tendayi Achiume (Stanford Law School)
Guy Fiti Sinclair (Auckland Law School)
Donny Persaud (Cornell STS)
March 21, 11:30 am -12:30 pm Planeteer-ing: the Oceanic and Atmospheric Commons
Moderator: Katrina Wyman (NYU)
Surabhi Ranganathan (University of Cambridge)
Jonathan Wiener (Duke University)
Part III: Planetary (Re-)Orientation of Law, Publics and Justice
March 21, 1:30 pm -4:00 pm Space Law, Earth Justice & Planetary Thinking
Moderator: Dimitri Van Den Meerssche (Queen Mary University of London)
Guy Fiti Sinclair (University of Auckland)
Jaye Ellis (McGill University Faculty of Law)
Benedict Kingsbury (NYU)
Surabhi Ranganathan (University of Cambridge)
César Rodríguez Garavito (NYU)
Daniel Bodansky (ASU)
Jonathan Wiener (Duke University)
