E.P.A. Official Seeks to Block West Virginia Mine
10.17.2010
Client Counseling Competition (ABA Law Student Division). DEADLINE Oct. 22!
A competition promoting preventative law and counseling functions. Entry forms and fees are due OCTOBER 22, 2010.
Team member names and ABA ID numbers are due JANUARY 25, 2011.
CLICK HERE for the Client Competition Homepage
CLICK HERE for the 2010-2011 Entry Form
2010-2011 Competition Topic: Professional Responsibility of Lawyers and Judges
Questions? Contact ccc@staff.abanet.org
10.15.2010
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
"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.
Student Writing Competition: "Endangered Environmental Laws" ($2000 cash prize!)
Co-Sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute, the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, and the National Association of Environmental Law Societies
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Award: $2000 cash prize, an offer of publication in the Environmental Law Reporter, and a one-year individual membership to ELI.
Topic: Any topic addressing recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or “federalism” component. (See sample topics below.)
Eligibility: Students currently enrolled in law school (in the U.S. or abroad) are eligible, including students who will graduate in the spring or summer of 2011.
10.08.2010
ATTENTION RECENT LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES! DEADLINE EXTENDED: APPLICATIONS FOR EPA-REGION 9 HONORS PROGRAM.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 9 Office (San Francisco) has extended the application deadline for their Honor's Program. The application deadline has been moved to next Friday, October 15th, midnight!CAVEAT!
You must be a recent graduate of an accredited law school with bar results or bar results pending.
For more information check out: http://www.epa.gov/region9/orc/positions.html
I can't see 1 reason why an unemployed recent graduate would NOT apply for this one. You might be what they're looking for.
10/20: NYCLA Wants to Feed You and Help You Increase Your Professional Network
The New York County Lawyers' Association (NYCLA) invites you to their Kick-Off Reception for the 2011 Minority Judicial Internship Program. The events is on Wednesday, October 20th, beginning at 6pm.
Go to meet practicing attorneys and other law students. Stay for cheese and crackers.
Details:
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 @ 6pm
New York County Lawyers' Association
14 Vesey Street (b/w B'way and Church) Manhattan
RSVP BY OCTOBER 18TH OR THEY WON'T LET YOU IN!
E-mail LDavis@NYCLA.org to RSVP for this program.
Need More Info? Check out the NYCLA website.
Intra-Law School ELS Potluck Dinner at Mercer Pub! (10/14 @7pm)
NYU's Environmental Law Society will be hosting an "Intra-Law School Environmental Law Society Potluck Dinner" on Thursday, October 14th.
This is a great opportunity for students interested in environmental law to meet other like-minded students from other law schools. Come on down, have a few brews and munch on good food. At the very least, playoff baseball will be on the tube.
The event will be taking place at Mercer Pub and going from 7pm until midnight.
If you're interested in joining us, please contact Dorian Iafeliece (doria.iafeliece@law.nyls.edu).
10.06.2010
National Energy Moot Court Competition!
West Virginia University School of Law will be hosting its Innagural National Energy Moot Court Competition in the Spring 2011 semester. The NYLS Environmental Law Society is looking to send a team (of 2 students) to this competition.
For more information, please check out their website (http://energycomp.wvu.edu/). Registration deadline is November 15, 2010.
If you're interested in competing and are a 2L or 3L at NYLS, please contact Jose Almanzar (jose.almanzar@law.nyls.edu).
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