Faculty at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University have a significant history of work in Brazil and are committed to Brazil's future. BAILE faculty regularly speak at and attend Brazilian conferences, lecturing on both environmental and international law issues.

Professor David Cassuto leads a discussion on "The Amazonian Crisis and the Rule of Law in Brazil" Professor Paulo de Bessa Antunes, recipient of the 2022 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy

Publications

Conferences and Lectures

Professor David Cassuto

  • “Juggling Water: Transboundary Issues Facing the Guarani Aquifer” – UNESCO Conference on Tranboundary Aquifers: Challenges & New Directions, Paris, France, December 2010
  • “Animal Law in Brazil & China” - Address to Animal Grantmakers Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, November 2010
  • “Water Law in the United States & Brazil: Two Approaches to Emerging Water Poverty in an Age of Climate Change” - Address to University of Illinois, Center for Latin-American Studies, Urbana, IL, October 2010
  • “The Impacts of Industrial Agriculture on Climate Change” – Keynote Speech,IESB University, Brasilia, Brazil, September 2010; Keynote Speech, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) (federal public foundation linked to the Strategic Affairs Secretariat of the Presidency of Brazil), Brasilia, Brazil, September 2010; Keynote Speech, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, August 2010; Keynote Speech, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Law School, Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 2010
  • “NEPA after Winters – A Look at the Landscape” – Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, June 2010
  • “Standing and the Civil Action” – Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, June 2010
  • “Water Law and Climate Change in the United States” – Address to the Rio de Janeiro State Office of the Attorney General, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2010
  • “The Anti-Law of Industrial Agriculture” – Lawyers for a Green Planet Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, May 2010
  • “Hard & Soft Uncertainty and Environmental Permitting –A Look at Risk Management in the U.S. & Brazil” – Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brazil, April 2010
  • “The Socratic Method – The Why and How” – Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2010
  • “Industrial Agriculture, Biofuels and Climate Change” – International Seminar on Biofuels, Biodiversity & Climate Change, Universdidade Católico de Santos, Santos, Brazil, March 2010

Professor Romulo Silveira da Rocha Sampaio

  • “Proposed changes in the Brazilian Forest Code”, Seminar of the State BAR Association of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis-SC, April 14, 2011
  • “Environmental Permitting”, Environmental Law Forum of the Pontal do Paranapanema – Public Policies and Environmental Management, Presidente Prudente-SP, September 16, 2010
  • “Environmental Offsets:Progresses, Challenges, and Implementation Obstacles”, Environmental Law Seminar of the State BAR Association of Rio de Janeiro– Law of the Protected Areas – 10th Anniversary of the SNUC Law (National System of Conservation Units), Rio de Janeiro - RJ, August 20, 2010
  • “Biofuels and Climate Change Risk Regulation”, the 15 Conference on Brazilian Environmental Law– Forests, Climate Change and Environmental Services, the Law For A Green Planet Institute, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil, on May 26, 2010.

Research and Teaching Activity

Professor David Cassuto

  • Williams College (2011–present)
    • Class of 1946 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies
  • Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
    • Research Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2018)
    • Fulbright Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2010)
  • Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (2010–present)
    • Profesor Colaborador (2017–present)
    • Visiting Professor of Law (2010–2016)
  • Fordham University School of Law (2009–2016)
    • Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor of Law (Spring 2010)
    • Advisor, Environmental Law Program (PDMA) (Fall 2010–2014)
    • Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2018–present)
  • Universitatat Autònoma de Barcelona (2015–present)
    • Visiting Professor of Law
  • Universidade de Caxias do Sul (2017–present)
    • Visiting Professor of Law

Professor Romulo Silveira da Rocha Sampaio

  • Tulane University (2011)
    • Visiting Professor of Law
  • Instituto Brasileiro de Administração do Sistema Judiciário -IBRAJUS
    • Member of the Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve Committee of the State of Rio de Janeiro
    • Member of the Specialist Group on Energy and Climate Change of the Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
    • Director of International Relations of the Brazilian Institute for the Management of the Judiciary System