Listing of the Section Standing Committees

Education Committee

The mission of the education committee is to provide educational opportunities to environmental lawyers in Texas to help them "be better lawyers." The Chair of the Education Committee is Bane Phillippi.

The Section sponsors two CLE conferences a year:

• Environmental Superconference, now in its twenty-second year. 

• The Changing Face of Water Rights in Texas. 

The Section also has the ability to host other seminars.  If you have an idea for a seminar or would like to be involved in planning or speaking at one of our existing seminars, please contact Bane Phillippi at bane.phillippi@haynesboone.com.

Chair: Bane Phillippi
Haynes & Boone
600 Congress Avenue
Suite 1300
Austin, Texas 78701
T 1 512.867.8515
F 1 512.867.8647
bane.phillippi@haynesboone.com.

Law School Committee

We have a very active program working with the nine Texas Law Schools. The mission of the Law School Committee is to increase communication among Texas law students interested in practicing environmental and natural resources law, law faculty teaching in this area, and the practitioners. The Chair is Walt Shelton. Consider helping with one of the Committee's projects.
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The Law School Committee Projects:

Law School Seminars

Buck J. Wynne Memorial Scholarship Program

Internship Program at Environmental State Agenices

Professor Corwin W. Johnson Memorial Internship at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Volunteer Opportunities
Committee Members

Chair: Walt Shelton
Attorney at Law
Adjunct Professor of Law, Baylor Law School
1114 South University Parks Drive
One Bear Place #97288
Waco, TX 76798
254-710-6009
254-710-2817 (fax)
Walt_Shelton @ baylor.edu

Website & Technology Committee

The Technology and Website Committee is charged with maintaining and developing the Section's web-site. This Committee is actively seeking new members and is launching a new project, the judicial interviews. This is a great opportunity to get involved in the Section. Contact the chair of the Committee, Connie Westfall (connie.westfall @strasburger.com), if you are interested.

Chair: Connie Westfall
Strasburger & Price, L.L.P.
901 Main Street
Suite 4400
Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 651-2351
connie.westfall @strasburger.com

Publications Committee

The Section has two premiere publications, the State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal, and a treatise, Texas Environmental Law, published by West as part of its Texas Practice Series. If you would be interested in contributing to these publications, please contact the Committee’s Chair, Jimmy Alan Hall, at jahall @fbjah.com.

Chair: Jimmy Alan Hall
Law Offices of Jimmy Alan Hall
410 Green Acres Drive, Ste. 100
Wimberley, TX 78676
(512) 722-3190
jahall @fbjah.com

Bar Association Committee

The mission of the Bar Association Outreach Committee is to network with other professional groups with similar interests. These efforts include the inclusion of such groups in our programs and participation of our Section in these programs, as opportunities become available. The Chair is Mary Koks, who can be contacted at mkoks @ munsch.com.

Chair: Mary Koks
Munsch, Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
Bank of America Center
700 Louisiana Street, Suite 4600
Houston, Texas 77002-2732
(713)222-1470
(713)222-1475 (fax)
mkoks @ munsch.com

Finance Committee

This is an administrative Committee of the Section, responsible for the Section’s finances and chaired by the Section’s treasurer, Cindy Bishop.

Chair: Cindy Bishop
Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP
1601 Elm St., Ste. 3300
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 999-4506
cbishop @gardere.com