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State AGs and the Fight for Environmental Protection During the Trump Administration
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin ELS for a lunch talk on environmental protection during the Trump administration.
Earth Day Screening of ‘Our Planet’
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMeet-and-greet with Professor Jody Freeman
@ SLS: Room 283 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Environmental Law Society in an informal chat with Professor Jody Freeman. Professor Freeman currently teaches the Environmental Law and Policy course at SLS. She is the Archibald Cox Professor of Law and the founding director of the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program. She is a leading scholar of both administrative […]
ELS + Hilary Dessouky
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSmall group meeting with ELS students and Patagonia's General Counsel to talk all things conservation and Bears Ears.
Environmental Public-Private Interest Lunch Talk
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin ELS and attorneys from Shute Mihaly for a discussion about working at an environmental public private interest firm.
Perspectives on empire, climate change, and forced migration from the Marshall Islands
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin JD student Autumn Bordner and PhD student Caroline Ferguson for a discussion of their work on the intersection of climate change, empire, and environmental justice in the Marshall Islands. Bordner and Ferguson will first share perspectives from interviews conducted over the past year in the Marshall Islands, before discussing legal avenues that the Marshallese […]
Environmental Faculty Panel
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSLS Faculty working in Environmental Law will discuss their work at SLS and the courses they teach. This event is geared toward students interested in environmental law and wondering which classes to take in the upcoming quarters.
ELS 1L Summer Jobs Panel
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Environmental Law Society welcomes Class of 2022 students interested in environmental law or public interest jobs during their 1L summer. This panel is an opportunity to learn from 2L and 3L students about applying to and choosing a summer job. Panel students spent their summers in government, non-profit, and private public interest firms. […]
ELS Career Panel
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAre you interested in environmental law? Do you want to learn more about what practice looks like across litigation, transactional, or regulatory domains? If yes, then come to ELS's annual career panel. You'll be able to hear firsthand from practitioners who work across a variety of different settings and practice areas and get all your […]
SB50 and Beyond: Rethinking Transportation in the Era of Climate Change
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCalifornia's legislature has been unable to pass any significant legislation to address the State's traffic and housing woes. What does the future of Transportation look like in California and the rest of the Country? This panel discussion will include Professor Greg Shill of the University of Iowa, and Egon Terplan, the Regional Planning Director at […]
Legal and Human Dimensions of California Wildfires
Online2021 has been a record year for wildfires in California. Millions of acres have burned, and smoke has choked virtually the entire state for weeks at a time. What's behind the growth of wildfires in California? And what can we do about it? Panelist Michael Wara is director of the Stanford Woods Institute's Climate and […]
State Governments and Federal Environmental Deregulation
OnlineEnvironmental litigators from four state departments of justice--California, Colorado, Oregon, and New York--will discuss how states are fighting the Trump Administration's environmental deregulation efforts. They will also discuss how the election will impact the evolution of environmental law and policy in the United States. Moderated by Deborah Sivas, Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law.
The Federalist Society’s Connections to the Insurrection
OnlineMark Joseph Stern covers law and the courts for Slate. He is author of "The Roberts Court Arrives," an examination of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. He has written extensively about the role of prominent Federalist Society members in the January 6th Insurrection and the effort to undermine the 2020 election. The […]
Sustainable Economies and the Law Panel
OnlineInterested in the role a legal education can play in grassroots movements pushing for systemic and economic change? Join us for a discussion on March 5th at 11am PT / 2pm ET featuring: - Janelle Orsi from the Sustainable Economies Law Center - Josephine Foo from Indian Country Grassroots Support - Angela Aguilar from Movement […]
Environmental Law Society Meet & Greet
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Environmental Law Society (ELS) is hosting an introductory meet & greet for new students and members! Come socialize with current ELS members and learn more about environmental law at Stanford. Pizza will be provided (vegan and gluten-free options available)!
ELS Academic Panel
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesELS is hosting a student panel about environmental academic opportunities at SLS. We'll cover topics including: environmental classes students have taken (in and out of the law school), externships, clinics, and other academic opportunities of interest in environmental law.
Lunchtime Conversation with David Hayes
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWe are excited to welcome David Hayes back to Stanford Law School for a lunchtime conversation with Stanford students and faculty on Tuesday, April 26, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (PST). David Hayes is Special Assistant to President Biden for Climate Policy, a Stanford Law School alum, and a former Senior Lecturer at the […]
Demystifying Early Career Choices: Big Law, Public Interest & Government
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis panel discussion will demystify the role the first few years after graduation play in the arc of a legal career. Is Big Law the best place to get professional legal training? What are the tradeoffs (financial and otherwise) involved in choosing private or public sectors? Is starting in the private or public sector the […]
Understanding West Virgina v. EPA
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe American Constitution Society, and the Environmental Law Society are excited to bring you a panel discussion on West Virginia v. EPA, currently before the Supreme Court, which could limit the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Professor Sean Donahue, whose firm Donahue, Goldberg & Littleton wrote a brief in the […]
West Virginia v. EPA and its Implications
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS) and the Environmental Law Society (ELS) invite you to join us for a lunch talk on October 11th to discuss what West Virginia v. EPA means for the administrative state and our planet. This is the first in a series of events this week supported by […]
The Making of Environmental Law: A Book Talk with Harvard Law Professor Richard Lazarus
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHarvard Law Professor Richard Lazarus will discuss his new book which details both the recent and not-as-recent history of environmental law making. Topics include: Congress dropping out of environmental lawmaking in the early twenty-first century; the shifting role of the judiciary; long-overdue efforts to provide environmental justice to disadvantaged communities; and the destabilization of environmental […]
California Policy Forum: Building a Better Future for the Golden State
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS), Environmental Law Society (ELS), California Policy Forum, The Bill Lane Center for the American West, and Stanford in Government (SIG) invite you to join us for a forum with California Attorney General Rob Bonta. This will be a free-flowing conversation, but topics will likely include pressing […]
Dynamic Careers in Environmental Law — Working Across Presidential Administrations, Nonprofits, and Private Practice
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe White House. Latham & Watkins. Environmental Defense Fund. U.S. Department of the Interior. National Parks Conservation Association. NYU School of Law. Obama '08. Stanford Law School. Council on Environmental Quality. What do these organizations have in common? They have all been stops in the illustrious careers of environmental lawyers Nikki Buffa and David J. […]
Coffee & Bagels with Loren Dunn
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Environmental Law Society for an informal chat with Loren Dunn, Principal at Beveridge & Diamond. A Stanford Law alumnus ('87), Loren has been repeatedly recognized as one of the leading environmental lawyers in the Northwest, and his environmental projects have involved hazardous waste and large multi-party toxics cleanup sites, including marine and freshwater […]
JAG Information Session
@ SLS: Room 320F Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesArmy LTG Stuart Risch, LTC Annie Hsieh, JD '12, and CPT Hope Salvucci, JD '18, will visit campus on Tuesday, February 6, from 12:45 - 2:00 pm to discuss national security law, environmental law and other topics that both military and civilian attorneys engage in at the Army. This event is co-sponsored by Stanford Environmental […]