Tar Creek Conference 2023

Thomas Linzey Keynote & Continuing Legal Education Seminar

at NEO A&M College in Miami, Oklahoma

Hosted by LEAD Agency, Inc.

On Monday and Tuesday, October 9-10, 2023, at the Tar Creek Conference 2023, CDER’s Senior Legal Counsel, Thomas Linzey is presenting a Continuing Legal Education course - “The Rights of Nature and Application to Tar Creek” - and will be keynoting the conference on Tuesday.

This course will explore the growth of the movement toward recognizing legally enforceable rights of nature and ecosystems in the U.S. and around the world. It will present the legal theory around the rights of nature, and examine several case studies in which laws have been adopted at the municipal, state, and national levels to recognize the rights of nature. It will also review several enforcement cases that have been filed in U.S. and tribal courts and then summarize judicial rulings in Ecuador around the enforcement of the rights of nature in the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court. Thomas will also speak about how the rights of nature laws could be applied to protect Tar Creek through municipal legislation.

Those interested in attending this Continuing Legal Education Seminar can register here. Materials will be sent in advance of the event. More information can also be sought via contacting the host here.