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Students Develop Tools for Tribal Land Reacquisition
In early December 2015, three Yale Law School students and one Yale Forestry student visited the Flathead Reservation in Montana—home to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT).

Yale Team Supports Local Climate Action at Paris Talks
Professor Dan Esty ’86 and Dena Adler ’17 JD/MEM attended the U.N. Climate Change Negotiations to support broadened engagement of mayors, governors/provincial leaders, and the private sector in the international climate change negotiations.
Yale Environmental Protection Clinic Makes Impact in 2014–2015
The Yale Environmental Protection Clinic, a collaboration of the Law School and the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES), undertook a number of projects this year to further its mission to address environmental law and policy problems.
Switzerland tops the 2014 Environmental Performance Index
The 2014 Environmental Performance Index was released by Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (YCELP) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and support from the Samuel Family Foundation and the McCall MacBain Foundation.
Rolling Stone Editor Jeff Goodell to speak at Environmental Law Conference
Rolling Stone editor and environmental writer Jeff Goodell to give keynote address at the New Directions in Environmental Law Conference at Yale Law School on March 2.