Tag: Environmental

Please join the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic for a lunch talk with Joel Clement, former director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), where he advocated for Alaska Native communities in danger of losing their lands and livelihoods because of climate change. Under the Trump Administration, […]

The Law and International Development Society presents “Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Why Growth Can’t Be Green.” Discussion will center on the links between the global financial system, sovereign debt, and the mounting challenges of climate change. Dr. Hickel will reveal the limits of liberal climate politics, debunk the myth of “green growth,” and share […]

Please join the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic for a lunch talk with Visiting Professor Jane McAdam. Professor McAdam is a distinguished scholar in international refugee law and forced migration, with a particular focus on climate change, disasters, and displacement. Professor McAdam will discuss the role that planned relocations—both temporary evacuations and permanent relocations—may […]

Join us in welcoming Julia Olson, Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel of Our Children’s Trust. She is the lead attorney in Juliana v. United States, the constitutional climate change case brought by 21 youths against the U.S. government for violating their Fifth Amendment rights to life, liberty, property, and public trust resources. Over her […]

The annual Law and Social Change Program of Study’s retreat will take place on Sunday, September 29th from 11am – 3pm at Wasserstein Hall. The retreat is a community-building event for students, faculty, staff and former deans to welcome 1Ls and LLMs interested in the power of law as a tool for social change, and […]

The Harvard Environmental Law Review will hold its introductory meeting on Monday, September 16 from 12:00-12:30 PM in Pound 100. All law students interested in working with the journal are welcome to attend. We’ll talk through how the journal works, what we’re publishing, and how students can get involved. The meeting will be followed by […]

The Harvard Food Justice Symposium aims to address the impact of America’s food system on our health, economy, and environment. At a moment when systemic inequities shape the kind and quality of food available to our communities, FJS examines the competing priorities and legal challenges that obstruct the food justice movement. The Symposium will attract […]

The Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic is hosting a lunch with Colette Pichon Battle, the Founder and Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, on Wednesday, March 6th from 12pm-1pm in the Clinic suite (WCC-4119, located on the 4th floor of the Clinical Wing). Rand Wentworth, the Louis Bacon Senior […]

Join Food Law Society, Animal Law Society, and Effective Altruists for a coffee chat with Professor Jonathan Lovvorn! Students will be able to discuss with Professor Lovvorn his extensive experience in litigation in the areas of animal agriculture, climate change, and wildlife law as well as his background in academia. Professor Lovvorn is a Lecturer […]

This panel discussion will feature: – Jody Freeman, Archibald Cox Professor of Law; Director, Environmental Law Program, Harvard Law School – Richard Lazarus, Howard J. and Katherine W. Aibel Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Moderated by: -DANIEL Schrag, Hooper Professor of Geology; Professor, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Director, Harvard University […]

Please join us for short presentations by each of the faculty listed below as they give a quick synopsis of their work on the following books: David Armitage, ed., Oceanic Histories (with Alison Bashford and Sujit Sivasundaram) Sven Beckert, ed., American Capitalism (with Christine Desan) and Global History, Globally (with Dominic Sachsenmaier) Sugata Bose, The […]

HELR welcomes the Authors who have published in the past year to campus to speak with members of the journal about their articles, Environmental Law and academic scholarship. Reception to follow.

Please join the Harvard Journal on Legislation for its annual symposium. The 2018 theme is Policy in Motion: Infrastructure and Legal Architecture. Arindam Dutta, MIT Professor Arindam Dutta, Director of the MIT Infrastructure-Architecture Lab, will be delivering a talk in Pound 102 on conundrums for thinking public infrastructure, with a particular focus on India’s comparative […]

Thursday, March 1 @ 4 PM WCC 2072 Coffee & Snacks Provided Join ELS for a coffee chat with Clay Samford on Thursday, March 1, from 4-4:50 PM, in WCC 2072. Clay’s practice focuses on administrative, federal public land, natural resources, and Endangered Species Act litigation on behalf the United States in in both federal […]

Come speak with Clinic Director Wendy Jacobs and ELPC attorneys about the fantastic and diverse opportunities the clinic offers. Our projects include ground-breaking litigation and briefs addressed to the Supreme Court, comments on key environmental and energy regulations, and influential white papers for government entities.  Subject matter ranges from energy justice to climate resiliency to […]

The Water Law Study Group brings together faculty, students, practitioners and scholars interested in the issues of water sharing, governance, institutions, rights and law. The Study Group will meet bi-weekly for discussions of works in progress, published works and research and will explore emergent and critical themes in water management. Meetings are open to all, […]

The Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic offers students an opportunity to do real-life and real-time legal and policy work. Clinic offerings include local, national and international projects covering the spectrum of environmental issues. Join us to learn more about these opportunities.

Andrew Brasher, the Solicitor General of Alabama, will discuss the EPA’s Clean Water Rule (“waters of the United States,” or WOTUS) and various states’ lawsuit challenging it. He will argue the rule exceeds federal authority.

The Harvard Environmental Law Review is hosting John Cruden and Matthew Oakes to comment on “The Enduring Nature of the Chevron Doctrine.” Mr. Cruden is the Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. Mr. Oakes works in DOJ ENRD’s Law and Policy Section.