ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CONFERENCE AT YOSEMITE®

2012 Conference Scheduled!

YosemiteThursday-Sunday, October 25-28, 2012
Tenaya Lodge1122
Highway 41
Fish Camp, California (“The Gateway to Yosemite”)

Watch this site for more information about the 2012 Yosemite Conference. For more information about the Conference or if you're interested in being a sponsor, contact Carol Zlongst.  We gratefully acknowledge our 2011 sponsors below.

The Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite® is nationally recognized as the largest and most prestigious gathering in California of leaders in environmental, land use, and natural resources law. Join us and some of the nation’s top environmental officials, lawyers, and other professionals in the spectacular setting of Yosemite to celebrate the 20th anniversary year! 

Award graphicYosemite Conference Honored

The Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite® is proud to have been named the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources 2010 State or Local Program of the Year. Thanks to all who have participated in making the Yosemite Conference so amazing over the last 20 years. We are honored to accept this prestigious award on your behalf.

Photos from 2011!

You can see higher resolution photos from the 2011 Environmental Law Conference on the Sections & CYLA Facebook page.

The 2011 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite was held October 20-23 at the Tenaya Lodge. In addition to hikes and an exquisite setting, this year's conference featured speakers such as Nancy Sutley, Chair, The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Washington, DC.; Pete McCloskey, co-chair of the first Earth Day in 1970 and co-author of the 1973 Endangered Species Act; Commissioner Catherine J.K. Sandoval, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC); and Ken Alex and Cliff Rechtschaffen, Senior Advisors to Governor Jerry Brown.

Photos from the 2011 Environmental Law Conference at YosemitePhotos from the 2011 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite

Conference Green Initiatives

“As an organization of environmental professionals, the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar will strive to conserve natural resources and to support their sustainable use.”

Each year we strive to reduce the Yosemite Conference’s carbon footprint, and this year is no different – from serving organic and locally grown food, and reducing the quantity of paper produced for the meeting to supporting the Tenaya Lodge GreenPath efforts. Help us add to our efforts by forming carpools or driving in an energy efficient vehicle when you travel to Yosemite. Don’t forget to have your law practice sign the State Bar Eco Pledge, and review the Model Law Office Sustainability Guidelines and share it with your colleagues.

2012 Sponsors

The Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of California thanks and acknowledges the generosity of the 2012 Conference Sponsors.  You still have time to sign up as a Conference sponsor.  For information on available sponsorship opportunities call or email Carol Zlongst at 415-538-2585, carol.zlongst@calbar.ca.gov.

  • Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • AMEC Earth & Environmental
  • Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP
  • Best Best & Krieger LLP
  • Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
  • Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
  • Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC
  • Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP
  • Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc.
  • Dudek
  • Erler & Kalinowski, Inc.
  • ERM
  • ESA
  • Farella Braun + Martel LLP
  • Federal Bar Association Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Section
  • Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP
  • Gannett Fleming
  • GIBSON DUNN
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • Honig Vineyard & Winery
  • Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
  • Miles Law Group
  • Norman and Nan Flette
  • Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara, Samuelian A Professional Corporation
  • Paul Hastings LLP
  • PC Law Group
  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • Remy, Thomas, Moose & Manley, LLP
  • Rossmann and Moore, LLP
  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • Silicon Valley Law Group
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
  • Soil Water Air Protection Enterprise
  • Solano Press Books
  • Stoel Rives LLP
  • The Law Offices of Gideon Kracov
  • The Sawyer Families
  • The Sohagi Law Group
  • Treadwell + Rollo | A Langan Company
  • Wactor & Wick LLP
  • West A Thomson Reuters business