<img src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/2015GECScholarProgram450px.jpg" width="450" height="402" class="FloatRight" alt="2015GECScholarProgram450px">Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Del. is hosting six leading scholars from across the nation and around the world during the spring 2015 semester to collaborate with professors and students on how to implement constitutionally recognized environmental rights.<br><br>The 2015 Scholar in Residence Program for Global Environmental Constitutionalism is bringing a new face to the Widener Law Delaware campus each month, and two in March. Most of the scholars will stay in Delaware about 10 days, live in school residence halls and use faculty office space for research. They will visit classes, give lectures and make a presentation to the faculty.<br><br>“We are very excited about this new program that highlights this cutting edge research that lies at the intersection of human rights, environmental rights, and Constitutional law. Their presence here will enrich the Widener community of students and scholars, and we expect that spending time at Widener will, in turn, lend added depth to the scholars’ work,” said Interim Co-Dean and Professor of Law <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/DalyErin.aspx">Erin Daly</a>, a global expert in comparative constitutionalism.<br><br>“This is a tremendous opportunity to expose our students and faculty to a group of legal professionals who are among the most respected voices in the international arena that connects Constitutions to environmental protection,” said Distinguished Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/MayJamesR.aspx">James R. May</a>, director of the school’s Global Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center. <br><br>The 2015 Scholars-in-Residence in Global Environmental Constitutionalism are:<br><br><strong>Jochen H. Sohnle</strong>, professor of public law at the Law School of Nancy, University of Lorraine, France, visiting Jan. 12-23. His work is titled “The Protection of the Environment and the French Constitution.” <br><br><strong>Maria Antonio Tigre</strong>, formerly the Helms Fellow at the Governance Center, World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C., visiting Feb. 2-13. Her work is titled “Comparative Analysis of the Environmental Aspects of Amazonian Constitutions.” <br><br><a href="http://www.joshgellers.com/">Josh Gellers</a>, LEED green associate and assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Florida, visiting March12-17. His work is titled “Environmental Rights, Environmental Justice, and Democracy.”<br><br><a href="http://christopherjeffords.com/">Christopher Jeffords</a>, assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, visiting March 19-20. His work is titled “On the Effects of Constitutional Environmental Rights Provisions Across Space and Time.”<br><br><a href="http://gnhre.org/profiles/j-l/louis-kotze/">Louis J. Kotze</a>, professor of law at North-West University in South Africa, visiting April 13-25. His work is titled “The Reconciliatory Role of Sustainable Development in Transformative Environmental Constitutionalism: The South African Example.”<br><br><a href="http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/lecturers/pejan/">Ramin Pejan</a>, consultant on human rights to the United Nations Environment Programme and adjunct professor of law at University of California, Irvine, visiting May 4-17. His work is titled “Exploring the Content of the Emerging International Right to a Healthy Environment.”