James R. May
- Contact
- Robert J. Dole HallRoom 2271700 SW College AveTopeka, KS 66621-1117785.670.1786
- Degrees & Certifications
- The University of Kansas, Bachelor of Science
- The University of Kansas, Juris Doctor
- Pace University School of Law, Master of Laws
- Teaching
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- LW 744 0, Environmental Law
- Career Accomplishments
Media Engagement
"Interview with James May - Dignity Rights," Cylindr Magazine, September 3, 2024.
Interviewed, "Sustainability as a Legal Concept" for the Podcast Liminal Spaces, August 27, 2024.
Presentations
"Dignity Rights in America," 2024 Workshop on Transforming Humiliation and Violent Conflict, hosted by the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University Teachers College, in cooperation with the World Dignity University Initiative, New York City, New York, December 6, 2024.
"Climate Displacement and the Constitution," Climate-related Displacement in the US webinar, George Washington University School of Law, Washington, D.C., November 12, 2024.
"Dignity Rights in America," Ankara University Faculty of Law, Ankara, Turkey, November 7, 2024.
"The End of American Apartheid," 100th Anniversary of the Turkish Constitution, Ankara University Faculty of Law, Ankara, Turkey, November 5, 2024.
Panel chair, "Novel Applications of Law in Pursuit of Improved Environmental and Climate Governance," 2024 Annual Conference of the Environmental Law Association of South Africa, hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Wits School of Law, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 5, 2024.
Panelist, "Administrative and Environmental Fallout in the Aftermath of Loper Bright – the End of Chevron Deference," 30th Annual Life in the Big City CLE Conference, City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 9, 2024.
"Climate Rights in the United States," The Natural World, Sustainable Development Goals and the Law Symposium, hosted by The Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), the United Nations Environment Programme and the University of Cambridge, July 29, 2024.
"Sustainability in the U.S. Court System," and "Subnational Climate Rights in the United States," at the 21st Annual Colloquium of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law, hosted by Gajaret National Law University Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, and sponsored by (among others) IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, July 4 - 7, 2024.
Professional Services
As Founder and Special Advisor to the ABA's Environmental Justice Task Force, attended the American Bar Association's first Environmental Justice symposium, Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C., November 15, 2024.
Invited to Mexico City as one of two representatives from the United States to attend the 16th InterAmerican Congress on Constitutional Rights, celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Constitution of Mexico, October 25, 2024.
Discussant, "Democracy, Dignity and Climate Change," at the book launch for Democracy in a Hotter Time: Climate Change and Democratic Transformation (David W. Orr, ed.) (MIT Press, 2023), Arizona State University Tempe Campus, Arizona, August 27, 2024.
Honors and Awards
Recipient, Beacon of Dignity Award from the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Institute, at their Annual World Dignity University Initiative Workshop, Columbia University Teachers College, New York City, New York, December 6, 2024.
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