Law School Events

Shalanda H. Baker is the University of Michigan’s first vice provost for sustainability and climate action. She joined the university after serving as the Director of the Office of Energy Justice and Equity at the U.S. Department of Energy. 

Riyaz Kanji is a founding member of Kanji & Katzen, and he is the Directing Attorney for the Ann Arbor office, representing Native American Tribes in fields spanning treaty rights, sovereignty protection, taxation and regulation, land claims and land use, reservation boundaries, gaming and economic development, and environmental protection.

Patrice Simms is the Vice President for Healthy Communities. He is based in Washington, DC. A leading environmental attorney and legal scholar, Patrice began his career as an attorney in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of General Counsel, and later served as a counsel to EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board and as a Senior Attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council. 

Alyssa Johl is the Vice President and General Counsel at the Center for Climate Integrity, where she supports efforts to hold fossil fuel companies and other climate polluters accountable for the damages they have caused.