News & Events

Recent News and Events
September 17th, 2020
Blog Post: Meet New NSGLC Law Fellow: Olivia Deans
The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) is pleased to announce that we’ve hired a second law fellow, Olivia Deans. Olivia received her J.D. from Vermont Law School in 2020 and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Michigan Technological University in 2016. During her time at NSGLC, Olivia will focus on fisheries management and water law. We asked Olivia a few questions to get to know her better. Welcome, Olivia!

Read More ➜
July 31st, 2020
Volume 10:2 of the Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal has been Published

Volume 10:2 of the Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal: Monmouth Symposium Edition features articles from law and graduate students throughout the country on pressing law and policy issues facing the ocean and our nation’s coastal areas.
July 8th, 2020
July 2020 Issue of The SandBar Published

The July 2020 (volume 19:3) issue of The SandBar has been published. The lead story is U.S. Supreme Court Says Some Groundwater Discharges Fall Under CWA.

Read More ➜
July 7th, 2020
Blog Post: Eviction Freezes During COVID-19
State, local, and federal government entities across the nation have taken significant steps to relieve the all-encompassing stress our country is feeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, including halting evictions. However, a landlord group in Los Angeles recently filed a lawsuit that claims the City of Los Angeles’ moratorium on evictions and rent increases violates their constitutional rights.
Read More ➜
April 13th, 2020
April 2020 Issue of The SandBar Published

The April 2020 (volume 19:2) issue of The SandBar has been published. The lead story is Court Preserves Atlantic Marine National Monument Designation.

Read More ➜
April 2nd, 2020
Monmouth Symposium Edition of the Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal has been Published

The Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal: Monmouth Symposium Edition has been published. Volume 10:1 features articles from Monmouth University’s Climate Change, Coasts, and Communities” symposium on April 18, 2019. Also included in the edition are coastal adaptation articles from two Sea Grant Legal Network students: - Danielle Goshen and Julia M. Shelburne – who were both Georgia Sea Grant Legal Fellows.
March 13th, 2020
Blog Post: Houston Aquarium and OSHA Argue Scientific Diving Exemption at University of Mississippi School of Law
Do feeding and cleaning dives at the Houston Aquarium qualify as “scientific” for purposes of commercial diving regulations? This question was front and center in Houston Aquarium, Inc. v. OSHRC, one of several Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals cases argued at the University of Mississippi School of Law during the first week of March. Although most Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals cases are heard in New Orleans, where the court is based, it occasionally convenes at other cities and law schools throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The Fifth Circuit has visited Ole Miss every three years since 1984.
Read More ➜
January 24th, 2020
January 2020 Issue of The SandBar Published

The January 2020 (volume 19:1) issue of The SandBar has been published. The lead story is Court Restores Ban On Gillnet Fishing Gear in North Atlantic Right Whale Habitat.

To view or subscribe: nsglc.olemiss.edu/SandBar/archives/vol19/1
December 18th, 2019
Episode 8 of the 'Law on the Half Shell' Podcast