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.
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
News
Law, Ethics & Animals Program to Launch
A new initiative, the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) will launch during the 2019–2020 academic year dedicated to drawing attention to the questions of conscience raised by human-animal relationships and developing new strategies to address industrialized animal cruelty.
Wednesday, November 06, 2019
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Event
"This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West" - Christopher Ketcham
12:10PM
SLB Room 129
Event
"The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court" - A Book Talk by Richard Lazarus
12:10PM
SLB Room 122
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
36:25
Thursday, December 6, 2018
58:03
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
44:13
Monday, November 18, 2019
In The Press
Doug Kysar and Jon Lovvorn on law in the Anthropocene
When We Talk About Animals Podcast
In a recent podcast interview, LEAP Faculty Co-Directors Doug Kysar and Jon Lovvorn spoke about how animal law, industrialized cruelty, and climate change are inextricably entwined.
Friday, November 8, 2019
In The Press
The Center Cannot Hold Off Climate Catastrophe
KCRW / Scheer Intelligence
Clinical Professor of Environmental Law & Policy Dan Esty ’86 was a guest on KCRW’s Scheer Intelligence where he discussed his latest book, “A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future.”
Monday, October 21, 2019
In The Press
Oil Companies Make Extraordinary Plea to Supreme Court to Stop Colorado Climate Case
Climate Liability News
Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Doug Kysar is quoted in a Climate Liability News article about an appeal filed with the Supreme Court by Exxon and Suncor to prevent a climate liability suit filed by three Colorado municipalities.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
In The Press
Doug Kysar at the Brooks Institute Animal Legal and Policy Studies Summit 2019
Brooks Institute
Douglas Kysar, LEAP Faculty Co-Director and Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, spoke at the 2019 Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy Summit about the importance of grappling with questions about how our society uses laws and regulations to prevent, manage and respond to threats of harm to life.
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
In The Press
Exxon Accused of Pressuring Witnesses in New York Climate Fraud Case
Climate Liability News
Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar is quoted about the New York attorney general’s litigation against Exxon.
Monday, June 17, 2019
In The Press
In Courtrooms, Climate Change Is No Longer Up for Debate
Undark
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar is quoted in an article about about climate change science in lawsuits.
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.
The breadth and depth of public interest opportunities at Yale Law School are incredible, and the unique curriculum allows us to dive in as first-year students.”
Stephanie Kim
Class of 2014