35th Annual Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite

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. We hope you will join us and many of our nation’s top environmental officials, lawyers, and other professionals for four days of legal education and collegiality in Yosemite when we open our registration in 2026. 

Earn up to 11.25 Hours of MCLE, which can include 3 Hours Implicit Bias, 1.5 Hours Technology in the Practice of Law and 1.5 Hours Civility in the Legal Profession. 

9:15 AM – 10:45 AM PDT 

Concurrent l Session 5D: Supreme Court Update (Recent Environmental Law Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals & California Supreme Court) 

Salons III/IV 

This always popular panel will review the key environmental law decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals and the California Supreme Court from the past year. Additionally, the panel of distinguished Supreme Court/appellate environmental practitioners and law professors will analyze currently pending environmental cases in these courts, along with their legal and policy implications. 

Track #2: Advanced Legal Practice and Emerging Issues

MCLE: 1.5 Hours

Speakers

• Richard Frank
  Professor of Environmental Practice and Co-Director
  UC Davis School of Law 
• Stacey Geis
  Senior Counsel
  Crowell & Moring LLP 
• Elaine Meckenstock
  Deputy Attorney General
  California Department of Justice 
• Rachael Salcido
  Professor of Law
  Mcgeorge School Law

8:10 AM – 9:00 AM PDT 

Session 7: Plenary with Stacey Geis 

Salons I - IV 

Please join Senior Counsel, Stacey Geis from Crowell & Moring for our Sunday plenary. 
 
MCLE: 0.75 Hours 

Speakers 

• Stacey Geis
  Senior Counsel
  Crowell & Moring LLP