How We Are Involved
Environmental Law
Outstanding faculty and visiting faculty, new curricular offerings, a strong partnership with Yale’s School of the Environment, 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. More recently, Yale Law School also launched the Law, Ethics & Animals Program, which is dedicated to impactful learning and scholarship about the deep legal, scientific and moral questions that humanity’s treatment of animals raises.
Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Goldman Sonnenfeldt Environmental Protection Clinic
Joint Degrees
Yale Law School and the Yale School of the Environment offer students the opportunity to jointly pursue a JD at Yale Law School and a master's degree in environmental management (MEM) at the School of the Environment.
Monday, August 14, 2023
News
LEAP Report: Cities Leading Way on Bird-Friendly Building Policies
A report by the Law, Ethics and Animals Program at Yale Law School and the American Bird Conservancy reveals how local laws and policies are speeding up protections for birds from deadly building collisions.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Tuesday, August 01, 2023
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
An estimated 1 billion birds per year are killed by building collisions in the United States alone.
Monday, August 14, 2023
A black-and-white warbler is perched on a window ledge. Building collisions are among the leading causes of wild bird mortality in the United States. Photo: Laura Erickson.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Event
Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
12:15PM
Online
Event
Rights of Nature and Rights of Animals with Kristen Stilt & Macarena Montes Franceschini
12:15PM
Yale Law School, Room to be announced
Event
Animal Markets and Zoonotic Disease Risk in the United States with Ann Linder
12:15PM
Yale Law School, Room to be announced
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
1:41:49
Thursday, June 1, 2023
In The Press
The Supreme Court’s Confusing Water Ruling, Explained — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, May 12, 2023
In The Press
The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Prop 12 Is a Win Against Factory Farming. But the Pigs’ Lives Will Still Suck — A Commentary by Doug Kysar and Justin Marceau
Vox
Douglas Kysar is Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School and faculty co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
In The Press
New Jersey Latest State to Sue Oil Companies Over Climate Misinformation
The Guardian
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar comments on states suing oil companies over their role in the climate crisis.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
In The Press
How West Virginia v. EPA Changed the Administrative State — A Commentary by E. Donald Elliott ’74
The Spectator
E. Donald Elliott ’74 is Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, July 25, 2022
In The Press
Why Your House Was So Expensive
The Atlantic
Scholarship by Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15 is cited in explaining why home construction and other kinds of construction are so costly in the U.S.
Monday, March 21, 2022
In The Press
Oil Giants Wage ‘Endless’ Disputes Before Climate Case Trials
Bloomberg Law
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar comments on a climate misinformation lawsuit — one of several filed nationally — moving closer to trial in a state court.
Student Profile Videos
I am proud to say that Yale manages to open doors that are unexpected for many foreign law students.”
Diane Desierto ’09 LLM, ’11 JSD