Public Order of the Arctic

International lawyers, students, Indigenous leaders, and scientists will gather in Portland on April 18 and 19, 2024 to discuss the impacts of current events on the status of the Arctic. Climate science will set the backdrop for discussing shipping routes, iceberg exchanges, and loss and damage funds while geopolitics will be discussed in light of Russian and Scottish attempts to redefine national borders. The Symposium will be presented by the Ocean and Coastal Law Journal and the University of Maine School of Law Arctic Program.

Symposium participants will welcome expert authors:

  • Charles Norchi, Benjamin Thompson Professor of Law and Director, Center for Oceans & Coastal Law at University of Maine School of Law
  • Raul “Pete” Pedrozo, Howard S. Levie Professor of the Law of Armed Conflict and Professor of International Law in the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College
  • Eda Ayaydin, Teaching Fellow in International Politics at University of London
  • Xueke Li, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  • James Kraska, Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law and Chair of the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College
  • Amanda Lynch, Sloan and George Lindeman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies, Professor of Environment and Society and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
  • Vera Solovyeva, Researcher at George Mason University
  • Kenneth Høegh, Head of the Greenland Representation, Minister

Student Authors:

  • Mason Brewer ’24
  • Lee Foden ’24
  • Natalie Nowatzke ’24

Ocean and Coastal Law Journal will publish a companion issue to the Symposium in June 2024.