

The Panel
Meinhard Doelle
Meinhard Doelle, B.Sc., LLB, LLM, JSD, is a Professor and Associate Dean of Research at the Schulich School of Law (Dalhousie University) and Director of Dalhousie University Marine and Environmental Law Institute.
Meinhard has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University, a Master of Laws from York University and a Doctor in the Science of Law from Dalhousie University.
Career highlights:
- Cross-appointment to the College of Sustainability (Sustainability m2000: Humanity in the Natural World).
- Associate Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Victoria.
- Cross-appointment to Environmental Studies Program, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University.
- Member, Board of Directors, Solar Nova Scotia.
- Founding Chair and Board Member, East Coast Environmental Law.
- Legal Advisor, Legal Response Initiative (offering legal advice to developing countries at the UN climate negotiations (2012 - ).
- Panel Member, Joint Federal-Provincial Environmental Assessment Review Panel, Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Generation Project (2009- 2011).
- Part time Faculty Member University of Prince Edward Island, University of New Brunswick, Acadia University.
- Member, Nova Scotia Round Table on Environmental and Sustainable Prosperity (2007-2010).
- Executive Director, Clean Nova Scotia Foundation (1996-2001).
- Member of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society.
Selected publications:
- (co-author) Environmental Law: Cases and Materials, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2013, forthcoming)
- “CEAA 2012: The End of Federal EA As We Know It?” (2012) 24 J. Environmental Law & Practice 1
- (co-author) “Using Strategic Environmental Assessments to Guide Oil and Gas Exploration Decisions in the Beaufort Sea: Lessons Learned from Atlantic Canada” (RECIEL, 2013, forthcoming)
- (co-editor), Promoting Compliance in an Evolving Climate Change Regime, (Cambridge University Press, 2012), (co-author of the introduction and the concluding chapter)
- The Federal Environmental Assessment Process: A Guide and Critique (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2008)
Bill Lahey
William (Bill) Lahey, B.A., B.A., (Juris), LLM, is an Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Law and School of Health Administration (Dalhousie University) and a member of Dalhousie University Marine and Environmental Law Institute.
Bill has a Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes Scholar) from Mount Allison University, Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) from the University of Oxford and Master of Laws from the University of Toronto.
Career highlights:
- Recipient of two Dalhousie Law School teaching awards and a NovaKnowledge Award for innovative leadership in the development of the knowledge economy in Nova Scotia.
- Deputy Minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour (2004-2007); Assistant Deputy Minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Health (1998-2001).
- Founding Chair of the Board of Directors of Efficiency Nova Scotia.
- Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation.
- Chair, Schulich School of Law Appointments Committee (2011-2012).
- Member, Board of Directors, Clean Nova Scotia Foundation (2007-2010).
- Significant leadership experience with legislative projects including design, development and implementation of legislation (statutes and/or regulations) governing environmental sustainability and economic prosperity and environmental regulation.
- Member of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society.
Selected publications:
- (With Meinhard Doelle) “Negotiating the Interface of Environmental and Economic Governance: Nova Scotia’s Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act”, (2012) 35(1) Dalhousie L.J., 1-29.
- The Legislative Framework Governing Access to ‘Insured Health Services’ under the Canada Health Act and the Legislation of the Province of Alberta – A Report to the Health Services Preferential Access Inquiry of the Province of Alberta. (November 30, 2012).
- (With co-authors) Optimizing the Regulatory Environment for the Nova Scotia Forest Products Sector - Phase I, II, and III Reports. (Halifax, 2010-12)
- “Law, Governance and the Environmental Economy in Nova Scotia” (2008) 26(4) Society Record, 25.