Ahead of the election and the next Supreme Court term, stop by Patagonia Cambridge for the environmentalist's guide to the judicial branch! Harvard Law School's Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic will unpack the potential environmental impacts of the upcoming session, and tell how past Court's have influenced, or neglected, environmental law.Â
Students from the clinic volunteering their time will deliver the presentation, with a special focus on the "good neighbor" rule, a provision in the Clean Air Act that is being challenged in the court. There will be food, drinks, and a chance-to-win. See you there!
7PM: Doors open
7:45 PM: Presentation begins
The Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School offers students the opportunity to practice environmental law through work on a variety of litigation, administrative, legislative, and policy projects. Clinic projects focus on environment, energy, public health, and social justice issues. The Clinic works with scientists, medical professionals, nonprofit and public interest organizations, Native American communities, and government clients on environmental and energy issues at the federal, state, and local level. The work includes writing briefs and comment letters, developing litigation strategies that are pursued in state and federal administrative and judicial forums, commenting on proposed federal and state regulations, proposing legislative and regulatory reforms, providing legal advice to non-profit and government clients, preparing guidance documents and manuals for non-lawyers, drafting model legislation, and preparing policy papers. The Clinic develops novel strategies to address environmental problems; investigates new cases; works with scientific, economic, and policy experts to help them present their views about the impacts of legal reforms; and convenes meetings of policy-makers and regulators. The Clinic also works with groups across the country to help their advocates prepare for oral arguments in federal appellate courts. Some students work off-campus with government agencies and nonprofit organizations, while others work on-campus on projects and case work under the supervision of the Clinic’s faculty and staff.