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
Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP)
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.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
News
Experts Release Report on Human Migration Due to Climate Change
Immigration and human rights experts from Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University Network for Human Rights have published a report on how climate change will effect the people of Central America.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Photo courtesy Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media
Friday, October 1, 2021
Peter Godfrey-Smith spoke as part of the 2021–22 LEAP Speaker Series. Photo by Daniel Boud
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
In The Press
The Cow-Shaped Hole in Biden’s Methane Plan — A Commentary by Viveca Morris
Politico
Viveca Morris is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School.
Monday, October 18, 2021
In The Press
European Activists Want to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads. Why Can’t We Do That Here?
Grist
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Faculty Co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program Douglas Kysar explains why it is easier for U.S. authorities to regulate fossil fuel ads by placing stipulations on them rather than prohibiting them.
Monday, October 18, 2021
In The Press
Could Property Law Help Achieve ‘Rights of Nature’ for Wild Animals?
The Revelator
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Faculty Co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program Professor Douglas Kysar summarizes the legal argument for granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.
Monday, June 7, 2021
In The Press
How Communities Of Color Are Hurt Most By Climate Change
Forbes
Professor of Law Gerald Torres ’77 is quoted on how climate change disproportionally affects people of color.
Friday, May 28, 2021
In The Press
Biden’s Fossil Fuel Moves Clash With Pledges on Climate Change
The New York Times
Professor of Environmental Justice and Professor of Law Gerald Torres ’77 is quoted in a news story about President Joe Biden’s environmental policies.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
In The Press
The Greener Good Series: How Does Business Adapt?
Minnesota Public Radio
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy Daniel Esty ’86 spoke with Minnesota Public Radio about how businesses can adapt to be more environmentally friendly.
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.
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John Fabian Witt
Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law; Class of 1999