Professor Hall's teaching and expertise is in environmental and water law, and his research focuses on issues of environmental governance, federalism, and transboundary pollution and resource management. He also serves as Executive Director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center (http://www.greatlakeslaw.org/). Before joining the Wayne State University Law School faculty, Professor Hall previously taught at the University of Michigan Law School and was an attorney with the National Wildlife Federation, where he managed the Great Lakes Water Resources Program for the nation's largest conservation organization. Professor Hall also worked in private practice for several years, representing a variety of business and public interest clients in litigated and regulatory matters. He has extensive litigation experience and numerous published decisions in state and federal courts, and continues to represent a variety of clients in significant environmental policy disputes. Professor Hall graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, concentrating in environmental policy. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Kathleen A. Blatz, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Professor Hall is the author of a popular blog, Great Lakes Law (http://www.greatlakeslaw.org/blog/).
Articles
Framing Water Policy in a Carbon Affected and Carbon Constrained Environment (with Robert H. Abrams), Natural Resources Journal (2010)
Immense stresses are being thrust upon the nation’s water resources by massive changes affecting water...
Protecting Freshwater Resources in the Era of Global Water Markets: Lessons Learned from Bottled Water, University of Denver Water Law Review (2010)
Throughout human history, water has defined our sense of place. American water law reflects the...
Interstate Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Law Reporter (2009)
This article proposes a new state-based policy – interstate environmental impact assessment – that builds...
Political Externalities, Federalism, and a Proposal for an Interstate Environmental Impact Assessment Policy, Harvard Environmental Law Review (2008)
Interstate environmental harms, which occur when decisions or actions in one state produce negative environmental...
Climate Change and Great Lakes Waters Resources: Avoiding Future Conflicts with Conservation, Hamline Law Review (2008)
Despite the complexities of climatology, certain consistent themes emerge with implications for water availability: as...
Reports and Congressional Testimony
Interstate Water Management and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact - Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (2008)
This testimony is offered in strong support of Senate Joint Resolution 45, “Expressing the consent...
Federal and State Laws Regarding Bottled Water – Testimony Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Domestic Policy Subcommittee (2007)
Water bottling is big business and getting bigger, growing by about ten percent annually over...
Climate Change and Great Lakes Water Resources (with Bret B. Stuntz) (2007)
Climate change is certain to put additional stress on freshwater resoursources in the United States....
Book Chapters
The North American Great Lakes, The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water (2009)
The Great Lakes are a vast resource shared by two countries, ten states and provinces,...
Essays
Climate Change and Freshwater Resources (with Bret B. Stuntz and Robert H. Abrams), Natural Resources & Environment (2008)
The Earth’s climate is warming. This is the unequivocal conclusion of climate scientists. Despite the...
Bilateral Breakdown: U.S. – Canada Pollution Disputes, Natural Resources & Environment (2006)
The United States and Canada have one of the strongest bilateral relationships in the world,...