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, June 02, 2017
News
Dan Esty on How to Remake Environmental Protection For the 21st Century
Professor Daniel Esty ’86 explains how the White House faces a stark reality when it comes to changing course on climate change and outlines his ideas for creating a regulatory framework that improves environmental outcomes and lowers economic burdens.Wednesday, August 02, 2017
Thursday, July 27, 2017
In The Press
Fossil Fuel Industry’s 'Tobacco Moment' Has Arrived—A Commentary by Douglas Kysar
Law360
Professor Douglas Kysar is Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, June 23, 2017
In The Press
Op-Ed Response: In ‘the Most Important Lawsuit on the Planet,’ Who Exactly Should the Ninth Circuit Rein In?—A Commentary by Douglas A. Kysar
The Recorder
Douglas Kysar is the Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, June 02, 2017
In The Press
Trump’s So-Called Withdrawal from Paris: Far From Over—A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh, et al.
Just Security
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. Dena Adler, Joanna Dafoe, Peter Posada, Conor Dwyer Reynolds, and Eugene Rusyn are Yale Law School Class of 2017.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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Sunday, August 13, 2017
In The Press
A Legacy of Environmental Racism
The Intercept
Florence Rogatz Visiting Clinical Professor of Law Marianne Engleman-Lado is quoted in an article about an unresolved civil rights complaint against Exxon Mobil in Beaumont, Texas.
Friday, July 28, 2017
In The Press
Does doom and gloom convince anyone about climate change?
ScienceNews
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is quoted in an article on communicating about climate change.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
In The Press
Fossil Fuel Industry’s 'Tobacco Moment' Has Arrived—A Commentary by Douglas Kysar
Law360
Professor Douglas Kysar is Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
In The Press
Climate Change Is About to Remake the Insurance Industry
Fortune
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is quoted in an article about the effect of climate change on the insurance industry.
Friday, June 23, 2017
In The Press
Op-Ed Response: In ‘the Most Important Lawsuit on the Planet,’ Who Exactly Should the Ninth Circuit Rein In?—A Commentary by Douglas A. Kysar
The Recorder
Douglas Kysar is the Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, June 23, 2017
In The Press
Cheryl Gilmore: The children lead on climate
The Signal (Santa Clarita Valley)
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar is quoted in an article about the lawsuit 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.
We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.”
Sonia Sotomayor
Class of 1979