Community-focused environmental justice conference. (Aug 23-26, Detroit, MI)

Next week (8/23 - 8/26), Detroit will play host to EPA's 2011 Environmental Justice Conference. Don't be discouraged by the registration being closed*, members of the public are still welcome to attend! 





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40th Annual Conference on Environmental Law! Conference scholarship opportunity for law students! Application deadline Feb.8th!

The ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resource conferences are always a great place for law students to meet and network with today's environmental practitioners and policy leaders.

Law students interested in a conference scholarship for the upcoming 40th Annual Conference on Environmental Law (Salt Lake City, UT) please read below. You may be eligible to attend the conference for FREE!




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NYS Neighborhood Preservation Coalition’s Annual Conference

NPCNYS’s Statewide Housing Conference
Revitalization: Building New York’s Future

Thursday & Friday October 28-29, 2010 New York Law School

On October 28 & 29, 2010 the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal and The Center for Real Estate Studies and Justice Action Centers of The New York Law School will be hosting the 2010 NPCNYS’s Conference on Affordable Housing and Community Development.

We will: 

• Discuss ways we are building New York’s future by revitalizing communities throughout the State. 
• Explore green building strategies, community revitalization efforts and more. 
• Discover innovations in planning, development and preservation in today’s housing industry. 
• Share ideas, tips, and approaches with fellow industry professionals and experts during our networking lunches and workshops. 
• Tackle solutions for all areas of sustainable communities, including environmental, transportation, and health.

A great chance to network with: 

• Affordable housing advocates 
• Architects and planners 
• Community development advocates 
• Lawyers 
• Legislators 
• Lending industry 
• Neighborhood groups 
• Nonprofit housing organizations 
• Public agencies 
• Researchers 
• Residential builders and developers 
• Sustainable development experts 
• Tenants/housing consumers 

A full schedule of events can be found http://www.npcnys.org/conference2010.html.

Meet NY Environmental Attorneys! NYSBA Environmental Law Section's Fall Meeting (10/1-10/3)

The Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is hosting its annual "Fall Meeting" from October 1st thru October 3rd.

This annual meeting is a great opportunity for law students and recent graduates to meet practicing environmental attorneys and professionals. NYLS's very own Professor Schnapf will be in attendance and has offered to introduce students to some of the Section's leaders.





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Meet Over 130 Public Interest Employers!

Equal Justice Works is hosting its annual "Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair" and invites 2Ls and 3Ls to meet with prospective Public Interest employers. This year's fair is in Bethesda, MD (righ outside of DC).

The application deadline is quickly approaching (Sept. 24th) so hurry up!

Don't miss this opportunity to meet over 130 public interest employers, practicioners and leaders.

For instructions and more information, please click on the Student Guide.

Environment, Energy and Resource Law Summit in New Orleans (9/29-10/2)

The American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Law (ABA-SEER) will be hosting its 18th annual Fall Summit in New Orleans this year (September 29-October 2).

As a 2nd year law student, I attended last year's Falls Summit in Baltimore and it was an incredible experience. I met attorneys from many fields, both private and public, and established great connections with some of today's preeminent environmental law leaders.

I highly recommend attending this conference if you're at all interested in environmental, energy or resource law. The CLE's and "break-out" sessions are great, touching upon some of the most important developments in the field of environmental law. This year's Summit should be particularly special because of the recent BP Oil Disaster that devastated the Gulf Region. I'm sure ABA-SEER will have great programming addressing the disaster, what we can do as attorneys (and law students) to help and what are the most important "lessons learned".

If you're interested in attending as a Law Student Volunteer, please contact Julie Connell (connellj@staff.abanet.org) for more information, or check out the Summit website (http://www.abanet.org/environ/fallmeet/2010/home.shtml).

NoLa is one of my favorite cities, so I'm looking forward to this one.

-JA