Student Membership to the Environmental Law Institute are now FREE!

Law students now have FREE ACCESS to FULL student membership benefits with the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). 

ELI benefits include:

• An online subscription to our award-winning policy magazine The Environmental Forum, a unique magazine offering cutting edge analysis by expert authors drawn from all sectors of the environmental debate
• Career opportunities through access to new job postings on our bulletin board and in our weekly email newsletter.
• Networking and educational opportunitiesthrough the online ELI Associates Directory and our seminars and policy forums that are FREE for members.
• Exclusive and instantaneous access to a members-only library of MP3 files of ELI seminars and educational programs, in addition to current and archived editions of The Environmental Forum.

To learn more about membership, visit www.elistore.org/member.asp

MEDIA ADVISORY: Listen in TODAY (Press Telebriefing) from 1-2 pm ET - Coalfield Citizens React To EPA's Spruce Mine Decision‏

Coalfield Citizens React To EPA's Spruce Mine Decision 

Citizens from communities threatened by mountaintop removal mining and Spruce mine comment on value of veto 

 WHAT: Coalfield citizens and community members affected by destructive mountaintop removal mining host on Wednesday, January 19, 1:00-2:00 pm ET, a press telebriefing to discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's historic Clean Water Act veto of the water pollution permit for the proposed Spruce No. 1 mine and the significance of this important decision to enforce basic legal protections for their health, livelihood, and the future of their communities. They also will comment on the reactions of some elected political leaders and correct mischaracterizations about this decision by some politicians. 

 WHO: Cindy Rank, Chair of the Mining Committee, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Bo Webb, Board Member, Coal River Mountain Watch Chuck Nelson, Board Member and Retired Deep Miner, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Joe Lovett, Executive Director and Attorney, Appalachian Center for the Economy & the Environment Bill Price, Environmental Justice Program Organizer, Sierra Club TBD, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards TBD, Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment Also attending: Joan Mulhern, Senior Legislative Counsel, Earthjustice Jim Hecker, Environmental Enforcement Project Director and Attorney, Public Justice 

 WHEN: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET CALL INFORMATION Participants: (866) 548-2699 (no PIN required). Please wait for an available operator. Outside the U.S. & Canada: (904) 271-2009. Please wait for an available operator.

NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection: We need Spring and Summer Interns!

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking law students interested in environmental and administrative law for legal intern positions (spring & summer). Only currently enrolled law students are eligible to apply for an internship. DEP is particularly interested in students planning careers in the public sector or seeking experience in environmental and administrative law.

DEP legal interns will have the opportunity to work on a number of legal and administrative issues, including: statutory research, conducting administrative hearings before the Environmental Control Board (ECB), drafting appeals against adverse ECB decisions, and assisting DEP attorneys on any matters that may arise.

Spring Internships are unpaid, part-time positions (no more than 20-hours per week based on your schedule). Summer Internships are 10-to-12 week full-time positions. Funding may be available for the summer positions, either through DEP directly or your school's financial aid office.

For more information, please contact Jose Almanzar (jose.almanzar@law.nyls.edu).





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Minority Fellowships in Environmental Law

This fellowship program is designed to encourage minority law students to enter the field of environmental law.

Presented by: NYSBA Environmental Law Section

Co-Sponsored By: NYC Bar Association Committee on Environmental Law and the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.

Nomination Deadline: November 19, 2010





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Summer 2011 Legal Internship Opportunity with EPA Region 1 (Boston). DEADLINE for 2Ls: OCT 31st

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's office in Boston (Region 1) is accepting applications for their Summer 2011 legal internship program.

1Ls and 2Ls are encouraged to apply, but hurry! Deadlines are quickly approaching.

In 2010, 10 interns were hired for the Summer, out of over 1,000 applicants; 6 were paid and 4 were unpaid. Interns work on a range of issues involving federal environmental law and public policy.


The Summer program includes information sessions with EPA experts on homeland security, criminal enforcement, emergency response, and environmental justice; field trips to sites of environmental concern in the Region; office-wide legal retreat; and brown bag lunches with senior regional managers.





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NYC Mayor and DEP Commissioner Announce New Green Infrastructure to Reduce Sewer Overflows, Improve Quality of City Waterways and Save the City $2.4 Billion

"Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway unveiled a new plan to utilize “green infrastructure” to improve the quality of waterways around New York City by capturing and retaining stormwater to reduce sewer overflows."


"The new plan, called NYC Green Infrastructure, will replace the existing approach for sewer overflow control, which relies solely on traditional investments like holding tanks and tunnels, with a mix of green infrastructure and cost-effective traditional infrastructure that will reduce sewer overflows into waterways by 40 percent by 2030 by capturing more stormwater." 


CLICK HERE to read the rest of the Mayor's Press Release.