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Commencement Speaker: Ann Veneman, Executive Director of the United Nation's Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
A native of Modesto, California, Ann received her Bachelor's degree from UC Davis and her Master of Public Policy degree from GSPP. She also holds a juris doctorate degree from UC Hastings College of Law.
Prior to joining UNICEF, she was US Secretary of Agriculture from 2001-2005, the only GSPP graduate to date to hold a Cabinet position.
From 1995 to 1999 she was Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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This course is a seminar on the role of law in the management of international environmental problems. The course will begin with a brief introduction to public international law as it relates to the environment and a discussion of what international environmental law means. Participants in the course will study a range of environmental issues, legal sources, and institutions.