How We Are Involved
Environmental Law
Outstanding faculty and visiting faculty, new curricular offerings, a strong partnership with Yale’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES), and an active environmental law clinic are just some of the elements of Yale Law School’s expanded program in environmental law and policy.
Centers & Programs
The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy draws upon resources throughout the University to introduce students to environmental law challenges. The Center runs the Environmental Protection Clinic, where law students address environmental law problems. The Center also sponsors an Environmental Law and Policy Lecture Series, which provides a forum for visiting scholars, politicians, and environmental professionals.
Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Environmental Protection Clinic
Joint Degrees
Yale Law School and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies offer students the opportunity to jointly pursue a JD at Yale Law School and a master degree in environmental management (MEM) at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Friday, January 10, 2020
News
Esty Launches Book of Ideas for a Better Environmental Future
Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Daniel C. Esty ’86 has edited a new book assembling ideas for a sustainable future.Sunday, April 05, 2020
In The Press
Sonia Shah on how animal microbes become human pandemics
When We Talk About Animals Podcast
Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law Jennifer Skene ’14 and Viveca Morris, Executive Director, Law, Ethics & Animals Program, interviewed journalist Sonia Shah about how animal microbes become human pandemics.
Thursday, April 02, 2020
In The Press
COVID-19 shows that what we’re doing to animals is killing us, too — A Commentary by Viveca Morris
Los Angeles Times
Viveca Morris is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Monday, February 24, 2020
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Event
Cancelled: "The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court" - A Book Talk by Richard Lazarus
12:10PM
SLB Room 127
Cancelled
Event
Cancelled: "Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food" with Author Ben Wurgaft
4:00PM
SLB Room 120
Cancelled
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
1:41:49
Sunday, April 5, 2020
In The Press
Sonia Shah on how animal microbes become human pandemics
When We Talk About Animals Podcast
Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law Jennifer Skene ’14 and Viveca Morris, Executive Director, Law, Ethics & Animals Program, interviewed journalist Sonia Shah about how animal microbes become human pandemics.
Thursday, April 2, 2020
In The Press
COVID-19 shows that what we’re doing to animals is killing us, too — A Commentary by Viveca Morris
Los Angeles Times
Viveca Morris is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School.
Monday, March 23, 2020
In The Press
Washing your hands is not enough — A Commentary by Manny Rutinel ’21 and Zoe Novic
Yale Daily News
Manny Rutinel is a member of the Yale Law School class of 2021. Zoe Novic a student at the Yale School of Public Health. Both are Student Fellows of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
In The Press
The Infinity and Beyond Burger: Yalies learn about plant-based meat
Yale Daily News
Viveca Morris, executive director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School, is quoted in the Yale Daily News about plant-based alternatives to meat.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
In The Press
California communities suing Big Oil over climate change face a key hearing Wednesday
The Los Angeles Times
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Doug Kysar is quoted in the Los Angeles Times about a group of California communities suing fossil fuel companies for their contribution to climate change and the damages resulting from it.
Friday, January 31, 2020
In The Press
Big Oil: Dismissal of Kids Climate Case Should Doom All Climate Cases
Climate Liability News
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Doug Kysar is quoted in Climate Liability News about the recent dismissal of the landmark youth climate case, Juliana v. United States.
Student Profile Videos
Lynsey Gaudioso
A student perspective on environmental law, the joint degree program with the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and clinics.
"For Yale Law School to acknowledge that fighting for the rights of our most marginalized and vulnerable populations has merit in the midst of great national turmoil concerning these very issues and communities, it feels like justice to me.””
Carmela Castellano-Garcia
Class of 1991