# Water Law

- Dates: September 2026
- Location: United States
- Organiser: California Water Law Symposium
- Industry: LegalTech

## About

The 22nd Annual California Water Law Symposium focuses on recent federal legislative, executive, and judicial developments affecting California's waters. It features panels on governance, water quality enforcement, species protection, and adaptive state and local responses. The event is intended for legal experts, policymakers, and community leaders.

## Official links

- [Official website](https://www.waterlawsymposium.org/)
- [Registration](https://www.waterlawsymposium.org/registration.html)
- [Agenda](https://www.waterlawsymposium.org/agenda.html)

## Speakers

- Buzz Thompson, Professor, Stanford University Law School
- Jessica Neuwerth, Colorado River Board of California
- Maria Giner, Black & Veatch
- Meredith Nikkel, Downey Brand
- Jennifer Clary, California Director, Clean Water Action
- Jean Fung, State Water Resources Control Board
- Uriel Salvidar, Community Water Center
- Tseming Yang, Santa Clara University School of Law
- Adam Keats, Law Office of Adam Keats, PC
- Darren Mierau, Director of Science, California Trout
- Rebecca Akroyd, General Counsel, San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority
- Jay Rowan, Branch Chief, Fisheries, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Karrigan Bork, Director, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
- Jessica Davenport, California State Coastal Conservancy
- Empress Holliday, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Bill McKinnon, Water Audit California
- Lindsey Hromadka, The Nature Conservancy
- Richard Roos-Collins, Co-Founder & Principal, Water and Power Group PC
- Nell Green Nylen, Board Member, California Water Law Symposium
- Chelsea Tu

## Sponsors and partners

- Stanford Law
- UC Berkeley Law
- Santa Clara University Law
- UC Davis Law
- McGeorge School of Law
- University of San Francisco Law
- UC Law SF

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