Environmental Law Society (ELS)
Mission
The mission of the ELS is to promote the practice and knowledge of environmental law among its members, and to serve as a bridge to the environmental activist and legal community.
Membership
Membership is open to all Loyola Law School students, faculty and staff. To join, please send an email to Dean Wallraff. You will be added to our membership roster and email membership list.
Contact Information
To contact us, email els@lls.edu, or send postal mail to
Environmental Law Society
Loyola Law School
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Board
- Dean Wallraff, President (818) 679-3141
- Kate Unger, Vice President
- Danielle Claxton, Treasurer
- Rebecca Capone, Event Coordinator
- Daniel Freedman
- Lara Kruska
- Ngoc Nguyen
- Sonya Servin
- Seth Weiner
Environmental Law & Environmental Events
| When | Where | Who | What |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/9/2008, 5-7 PM | UCLA School of Law | (Advanced registration required - david@friendsofarava.org) | Transboundary Environmental Cooperation in the Middle East |
| 9/11/2008, 6:30 PM | Southwestern Law School, LA | Environmental Working Group | "What's going on? Toxic chemicals in our toys, cosmetics and bodies" |
| 9/18/2008 11:30 - 1:00 | LACBA Conf. Ctr., 281 S. Figueroa St., LA | LA County Bar Assoc. Environmental Law Section | Update on CARB's Implementation of California's Global Warming Solution Act (AB32) |
| 9/17-20/2008 | Phoenix, AZ | ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources | Environment, Energy and Resources Law Summit |
| 9/19/2008 9AM - 2PM | Tillman Reclamation Plant, 6100 Woodley Ave., Encino, CA | LA DWP, LA Bureau of Sanitation | Forum on Sustainable Water Supplies for Los Angeles, RSVP to (213) 367-1361 |
| 9/20/2008 9AM - noon | Various locations around the state -- see Web site | California Coastal Commission | Coastal Cleanup Day |
| 9/22/2008 12:15 - 1:30 PM | UCLA School of Law | Cal. Senior Asst. Attorney General Ken Alex | California Legal Initiatives to Address Climate Change |
| 10/3-4/2008 | Stanford Law School | Stanford Law School | Shaking the Foundations: West Coast Conference on Progressive Lawyering |
| 10/13/2008 12 - 1:30 PM | UCLA School of Law | Jason Burnett, former EPA climate change policymaker | Climate Change Law |
| 10/16-20/2008 | Yosemite Nat'l Park, CA | California State Bar Environmental Law Section | Environmental Law Conference |
| 10/23/2008 11:30 AM - 1PM | LACBA Conf. Ctr., 281 S. Figueroa St., LA | LA County Bar Assoc. Environmental Law Section | New Standards for Vapor Intrusion |
| 11/7/2008, 12-4:30 PM | Santa Monica | LA County Bar Association | Environmental Law Fall Symposium |
| 2/19-20/2009 | San Diego | ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources | ABA 27th Annual Water Law Conference |
| 2/26-3/1/2009 | Portland, OR | University of Oregon School of Law | Public Interest Environmental Law Conference |
| 3/12-15/2009 | Keystone, CO | ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources | 38th Conference on Environmental Law |
Environmental Career Panel
ELS will hold an environmental career panel, with environmental attorneys from defense and plaintiff firms, and public agencies, in October, 2009. Stay tuned to this page for details!
Workshop on Land Use and Global Warming Law
On Saturday, Mar. 22, 2008, the ELS, together with the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Conservation Legal Committee presented a day-long workshop on the law of land use and global warming. Recordings of the sessions, slides and handouts are available online.
ELS may sponsor another similar workshop in the spring of 2009.
Practical Environmental Law Experience
An active environmental attorney with offices near Loyola Law School needs volunteer help with cases. If you are willing to work 5 hours per week or more pro bono, between mid-January and the end of April, you can get practical experience in environmental law. If you're interested, email Dean Wallraff, who is coordinating this project. If you're a 2L or 3L, externship credit can be arranged. Alternatively, if you're a 2L, the work can count toward your 40-hour pro bono requirement.
Announcements of Competitions, Opportunities, etc.
- Student Writing Competition on "Endangered Environmental Laws," sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute, American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, and the National Association of Environmental Law Societies: $2,000 prize for the best essay addressing recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or "federalism" component. Deadline is April 4, 2009.
- There are more environmental-law writing contests listed on Lewis & Clark University's Web page.
Other Local Environmental Law Societies
- UCLA Environmental Law Society, Maya Kuttan, pres
- Southwestern Law School Environmental Law Club:
- USC Environmental Law Society
- Others: any volunteers to be liaison with other local ELSs such as USC, Pepperdine, Whittier?
- We are also a member of the National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS). Daniel Freeedman, one of our board members, is the regional representative of NAELS.
It might be worthwhile to set up a Association of Greater Los Angeles Environmental Law Societies (AGLAELS). The purpose would be to encourage networking and connections among the memberships of the ELSs, and to maintain a common listing of environmental-law events.