University of Colorado Law Review
Volume 82 Issue 2, Spring 2011
About the contributors
Blake Hudson, Climate Change, Forests, and Federalism: Seeing the Treaty for the Trees, is an Assistant Professor at Stetson University College of Law, teaching property, natural resources and environmental law courses. He practiced law from 2007-2009 at the law firm of Baker Botts in Houston, Texas. Professor Hudson obtained his bachelor’s degree in both biology and history, with minors in pre-law and political science, at the University of Montevallo, where he was a scholar-athlete. He graduated with high honors from Duke University School of Law and also graduated with a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. While at Duke, Professor Hudson was a staff editor and the Submissions Editor for the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum. Professor Hudson’s research considers how property, land use, and natural resources law and policy intersect with environmental and constitutional law, with specific focus on the Takings Clause, the Commerce Clause, the Treaty Power, and the issue of federalism as it relates to land use and the environment.
DAVE OWEN, Urbanization, Water Quality, and the Regulated Landscape, teaches environmental law at the University of Maine School of Law. His research interests range from ecosystem restoration to climate change, and he is particularly interested in legal responses to environmental uncertainty and change. He teaches courses in environmental law, natural resources law, water law, and administrative law. Professor Owen is also a faculty member of Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative. Prior to joining the Maine Law faculty in 2007, he practiced with a small San Francisco firm specializing in environmental, land use, and water law, and he clerked for Judge Samuel Conti of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before attending law school, Professor Owen worked as a geologist and environmental auditor with an environmental consulting firm.
ROBERTA F. MANN, Like Water for Energy: The Water-Energy Nexus Through the Lens of Tax Policy, is a Professor of Law and the Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the University of Oregon Law School. She teaches several tax law courses. She has extensive government practice experience with the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue and the Joint Committee on Taxation. Professor Mann has been active with the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation, currently serving as the vice-chair of the Tax Policy and Simplification Committee. She has authored numerous articles and book chapters about the intersection of tax policy and environmental issues, including a chapter on Subsidies, Tax Policy and Technological Innovation in Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (M. Gerrard ed., ABA 2007). Professor Mann received her B.S., M.B.A, and J.D. cum laude from Arizona State University. She received her LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, with distinction.
JOHN C. HOELLE, Re-Evaluating Tribal Customs of Land Use Rights, holds a B.A. cum laude in Cinema-Television from the University of Southern California, and for over a decade his work as a motion-picture editor helped garner awards and entertain millions. Currently a Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Colorado Law School, Mr. Hoelle has served as Articles Editor for the University of Colorado Law Review and as a research assistant for professors Kristen Carpenter and Helen Norton, and for policy analysts at the Center for Energy & Environmental Security. He also provides policy research for Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston and works as a law clerk for the City Attorney in Boulder, Colorado, where he lives with his wife and young son.
MICHAEL TOLL, Reimagining Western Water Law: Time-Limited Water Right Permits Based on a Comprehensive Beneficial Use Doctrine, is a Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Colorado Law School and an Associate Editor for the University of Colorado Law Review. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland-College Park, where he majored in Political Science and Philosophy. Prior to law school, Mr. Toll lived in lived in Breckenridge, Colorado for several years before extensively traveling in South America. During law school, he interned at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the General Counsel, Earthjustice, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
DEREK L. TURNER, Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District v. Trout Unlimited and an Anti-Speculation Doctrine for a New Era of Water Supply Planning, is a Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Colorado Law School and a Production Editor for the University of Colorado Law Review. A Colorado native, he received his B.A. from the University of Colorado, where he graduated with distinction with a degree in Philosophy and History. During law school, he clerked at Trout Unlimited and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and caught many trout on dry flies in the Colorado high country. After graduation he will serve as a law clerk for the Honorable Gregory Hobbs on the Colorado Supreme Court.