Over the course of my career, I have published on a wide variety of issues, taught law and policy courses to US and foreign attorneys and delivered public lectures across the world.  I am excited to be returning my focus to regenerative agriculture and to devoting my time to supporting efforts to nurture a more ecologically sustainable society.

New Publications

Soil Health is National Security
By Lydia Lazar | October, 2021

Fairly Recent Publications

Dean Lazar's Golden Guide: Pragmatic Career Advice for Everyone 2020 edition

Century of the City?
By Lydia Lazar | December 9, 2013

Will Technology Save or Sink Higher Ed?
By Lydia Lazar | November 26, 2013

Will Private Equity Save Higher Ed?
By Lydia Lazar | November 11, 2013

Meeting the Global Demand for Higher Ed
By Lydia Lazar | November 5, 2013

Earlier Publications

Babel in Bangkok,
Illinois State Bar Association Newsletter  (Spring 2007)

Stop the Genocide in Darfur: Bribe the Chinese! 
Illinois State Bar Association Newsletter (Winter 2006) 

NAFTA: Structural Damage to the Ship of State? 
2001 Employment Law Update, edited by Henry H. Perritt, Jr. 

NAFTA Dispute Resolution: Secret Corporate Weapon? 
Journal of Global Financial Markets, (Winter 2000).

Even Earlier Publications (as Lydia Herman)

Cogeneration in the Nonprofit Sector, NOPEC NETWORK (Spring 1986)

New York State's Bottle Bill:The Experience After Two Years, Nuova Ecologia v.8, No.23 (February 1986, Rome, Italy)

Hunger in New York, Scienza ed Experienza v.2, No.6 (September 1983, Milan, Italy)

Mexico City:1983. Final Report of Investigative Team, with David Wilk, Urban Resource Systems (1983)

The New York Metropolitan Area Produce Market: A New Opportunity to Preserve Long Island Farmland, with Richard Carlson, T. Goldfarb and B. Commoner. Final Report to the J.M. Kaplan Fund. CBNS Publication (1982)

2018 -2020 Golden Guide Presentations

•  Job Hunting During the Pandemic
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico April 2020
• Networking Like a Pro
  • UIC Global April 2019
• Career THINKING 101
  • American Marketing Assn Collegiate Conference April 2019
• Storytelling and Networking  
  • Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Career Day May 2018
• Networking Like a Pro 
  • Women of Dartmouth INSPIRE Workshop April 2018
• Introduction to Career Thinking For Undergraduates 
  • DePaul University  February 2018

Public Lectures

• Trends in Digital Education
  • Police Administration in the Digital Age. Bangkok, Thailand (March 2019)
• Love Our Constitution
  • The Promise and Challenge of an Independent Judiciary (2017)
• Making a Difference as an Individual
  • offered from 2012-2015 at the following universities in China:
    • Wuhan University of Technology (2015)
    • Beijing University of Posts and Telegraphs; Tongji University, Hunan Women's University, Communications University (2014)
    •  Renmin University; China University of Political Science and Law, (2013)
• Selected topics in Law
  • offered 2007-2009 in law schools
    • 2009: Delhi, Mumbai, and Pune, India
    • 2008: Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil
    • 2007: Argentina and Brazil
• 2006
  • U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement – Investment Chapter Issues.  Panel Participant, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2005
  • Crisis in Darfur, Sudan: Panel Participant, Dartmouth Lawyers’ Association, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
• 2005
  • LLM and Exchange Programs: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead.  Address to the AALS Law School Deans’ Conference, Beijing, China
• 2003-2006
  • Now and Then: Constraints on Civil Liberties in the United States. Augsburg, Cologne, and Dusseldorf Law Faculties (Germany) and the University of Metz (France)
• 2004
  • Judicial Review: New Scholarship.  Talk for Magistrates in Trento, Italy
  • Investor-Sovereign Dispute Resolution in the Global Trading System.  Talk for PhD Students at University of Trento, Italy
• 2003
  • Investor- Sovereign Dispute Resolution Language: Corporate Windfall or Free Trade Necessity?  Faculty Talk at City University of Hong Kong

Law and Policy Courses

• Law and Veterans’ Issues: 
  • University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, Winter 2013.
• Introduction to the American Legal System and American Legal Terminology
  • The 21st Century Institute, 2014
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2001-2010
    • Full Semester (Chicago)
    • 2 Week Intensives in China (Shenzhen, Beijing) and in Bangkok, Thailand
  • University of Trento, Italy, (3 weeks) 2004