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Environmental Law Virtual Guest Speakers
Sponsored by Mercer Law School
Spring 2024


Professor Stephen M. Johnson
Mercer University Law School
The Evolution of Supreme Court Interpretation of the Clean Water Act from Riverside Bayview to Sackett


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Stephen M. Johnson joined the Mercer faculty in 1993 and served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2002-2012.  While teaching at Mercer, he has also had the opportunity to teach or visit at Notre Dame Law School, the University of London and Strathclyde University. In 2004, he taught at the University of Tokyo and at Waseda University (Tokyo) on a Fulbright grant.  Professor Johnson received his J.D. from Villanova Law School and an LL.M. in Environmental Law from George Washington University Law School. 

Prior to teaching, he served as an attorney for the Bureau of Regulatory Counsel in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (now DEP) and as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section.

He specializes in Environmental Law, but has also taught Administrative Law, Statutory Law, Torts, and Dispute Resolution.   His scholarship focuses on wetlands, environmental justice, economics and the environment, technology and the law, and a variety of administrative law topics.  He has also authored several CALI exercises on environmental law, ebooks on environmental and statutory law, and has served on the Board of Directors of CALI for more than two decades.  He is currently the President of CALI.
Lecture:  The lecture is available here. 

The List: Professor Johnson will join the discussion list for the Guest Speaker Program from March 18-22, 2024.  You can access the list here.  

Tune In:  Schedule of Speakers for Spring 2024