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Environmental Careers Directory, Receptions, and Panels
Each fall the Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) publishes the Environmental Careers Directory, a comprehensive guide containing employment information about a variety of private law firms, government agencies and nonprofit environmental law organizations. ELQ and Boalt's Office of Career Services sponsor two on-campus receptions during the fall for environmental employers to meet and recruit students. In addition, the Environmental Law Society sponsors luncheons that bring current students, Boalt alumni, and other practitioners to talk about their experiences working in the field of environmental law. For more information, visit the ELQ events page.
Environmental Law Summer Fellowships
ELQ has a long-standing tradition of awarding summer fellowships to first- and second-year students. The fellowships are awarded to students who plan to work on an environmentally oriented public interest project. Normally summer fellows work at public interest organizations, but ELQ has also occasionally funded independent projects. When Professor Joseph Sax retired, ELQ proudly named one of the fellowships after him. ELQ is also pleased to have established the
Barry S. Sandals Memorial Summer Fellowship. For the foreseeable future, ELQ will be able to award at least three fellowships each summer.
Applications for summer fellowships are due in early April. The application process for all of the Boalt Hall summer fellowships—the Dean's, BLF, ELQ and others—is streamlined into one joint application. Information about the criteria and procedures will be made available in early spring.
Ellis J. Harmon Environmental Law Writing Award
The Harmon Prize competition is open to any currently enrolled student at Boalt, including those in the LL.M. and JSP programs. To compete, students must submit an original, unpublished research paper suitable for publication in the ELQ on an environmental law and policy topic. The paper must be entirely the student's work and not edited by law journal editors or faculty.
A team of Boalt's environmental faculty members judges the submissions, and the awards are presented at the annual ELQ banquet. The author of the award-winning paper receives a cash prize, a small gift and special recognition at graduation.
Alvin and Sadie Landis Prizes in Water Law and in Local Government Law
The Landis Prizes in Water Law and in Local Government Law are awarded annually for the best research paper written by a Boalt student in each area. The competitions are open to any currently enrolled Boalt student, including those in the LL.M. and JSP programs. To compete, students must submit an original, unpublished research paper about a topic in either water or local government law. The paper must be entirely the student's work and not edited by law journal editors or faculty.
A team of Boalt's environmental faculty members judges the submissions, and the awards are presented at the annual ELQ banquet. The author of each award-winning paper receives a cash prize, a small gift and special recognition at graduation.
Ecology Law Quarterly Banquet
ELQ holds its annual banquet in late spring. The banquet is an opportunity for all members of Boalt's environmental community to get together with practicing environmental lawyers. At the banquet a member of the practicing community is honored with the Environmental Law Program's Environmental Leadership Award, and the recipients of the Harmon Environmental Law Writing Award, the Landis Prizes in Water Law and in Local Government Law, and the Environmental Law Summer Fellowships are announced. For more information about the banquet, visit the
ELQ's website.
Race Judicata
In the late fall, ELQ sponsors a 10K race followed by a picnic. The event helps raise funds for the Environmental Law Summer Fellowships. The entire Boalt community is invited to participate. More information about the race is available on the
ELQ website.
Yosemite Trip
ELQ and the Environmental Law Society host an annual autumn trip to Yosemite National Park. All Boalt students are welcome to participate in this camping trip. For more information, visit the
ELQ website.
Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
Since 1989, student advocates from across the United States and Canada have participated in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. The Moot draws in excess of 200 competitors from diverse law schools and 200 attorneys who serve as judges for three days of oral arguments, to create a rigorous academic experience.
Annual State Bar Environmental Law Section Student Negotiation Competition
Each year, CCELP's students join at least 25 other teams in this popular competition.
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