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
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 degree in environmental management (MEM) at the School of the Environment.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
News
Yale Launches New Bird-Friendly Building Initiative
A new initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of bird-friendly design on Yale’s campus and beyond.
Monday, May 02, 2022
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Thursday, May 12, 2022
A blackpoll warbler killed by a window collision.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) announced 10 recipients of the LEAP Student Grant Program from across Yale University.
Monday, May 2, 2022
The Sonoran pronghorn, one of the subjects of research by Saylor Soinski ’23. photo: James Fee/Creative Commons
Thursday, April 21, 2022
A view of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon in 1972.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
A tar sands oil spill in Arkansas in 2013. Courtesy National Wildlife Federation.
Monday, April 18, 2022
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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.
Monday, March 7, 2022
In The Press
Beef Lobbyists Celebrate Methane ‘Win’ at COP26
Unearthed
Viveca Morris, Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program, is quoted about the overlooked seriousness of methane pollution from animal agriculture.
Saturday, February 12, 2022
In The Press
In Clampdown on U.S. Methane Emissions, Belching Cattle Get a Pass
The Wall Street Journal
Associate Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program Viveca Morris is quoted about the agriculture industry and the Biden administration’s efforts to curb methane emissions.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
In The Press
Podcast: Rob Dunn on What the Laws of Biology Predict About our Future
When We Talk About Animals
In this podcast episode, ecologist Rob Dunn speaks with LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris and Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law Jennifer Skene about how natural history will dictate human destiny.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
In The Press
New Haven and Yale Community Discuss Rising Meat Prices
Yale Daily News
LEAP Student Fellow Manny Rutinel LAW ’22 and LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris speak with The Yale Daily News about the Biden administration’s plans to address meat industry concentration.
Thursday, January 6, 2022
In The Press
Don’t Make Meat Cheaper. Make It Much More Expensive
The New Republic
“Our government subsidizes the giant meat corporations indirectly by allowing them to push devastating costs onto the public with impunity,” explains LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris in The New Republic.
Student Profile Videos
I’ve been continually inspired by how my classmates have built unexpected careers that are so firmly rooted in the collaborative outlook, dedication, intellectual curiosity, and engagement we shared at Yale. I’m a stronger entrepreneur because I try to infuse the organizations I build with these YLS values.”
Jane Park ’96
CEO & Entrepreneur