John Leshy, solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior, will speak at the University of Colorado School of Law on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. on "Shaping the Modern West: The Role of the Executive Branch."
The talk, in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom in the Fleming Law Building on campus, is sponsored by the Natural Resources Law Center and is free and open to the public.
Leshy is the center聮s Holme, Roberts and Owen Distinguished Lecturer for 2000. He has had a long and distinguished career in public service, law and scholarship. Leshy has worked for Congress and the executive branch, has practiced environmental and civil rights law, and is a leading authority on natural resource law, public lands and American Indians.
"John Leshy has been a central figure in the Clinton administration's efforts to establish new national monuments and protected areas in Western states," said Gary Bryner, director of the Natural Resources Law Center. "Leshy has been in the middle of recent debates over updating mining law, establishing new wilderness areas and reforming grazing policies on public lands. He speaks with great authority and experience on the history and evolution of the West and on what we can do to preserve its unique character."
Each year the center, thanks to a grant from the Denver law firm of Holme, Roberts and Owens, invites a distinguished public official or scholar to campus for a public address and to meet with law students and faculty. A reception will follow the lecture.
For more information visit the center聮s events Web site at .