Events & Career Opportunities

Earthjustice, a premier nonprofit environmental law organization, is currently seeking law clerks for Summer 2023. Applications will be reviewed starting in September/October through November/December. For more information on the 20 available clerkships and to apply: https://earthjustice.org/about/jobs/40538/law-clerkship-summer-2023.

The Yale Law Journal’s Sixth Annual Student Essay Competition is open to all current law students and recent law school graduates nationwide and up to three winners will be awarded $300. This year’s competition topic is Law and the Changing Environment. The deadline for submissions is September 9, 2022. For… read more 

The Texas Environmental Law Journal (TELJ) and the Texas Bar’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) present the Symposium on Legal System Changes to Address Climate Change and the Energy Transition. The event will be held on Thursday, April 14th at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. Registration is… read more 

American University Washington College of Law will host an Environmental Justice Symposia Series from March 24 through April 1, 2022. More details and registration information are available on this flyer:

The 40th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference begins this Thursday, March 3rd and goes through Sunday, March 6th. This years conference is being held entirely online. To view this year’s schedule and for links to attend any of the various events, go to http://pielc.org/.

The Community and Regional Planning Program at the University of Texas at Austin will host Dr. Destiny N. Thomas, Founder and CEO of Thrivance Group, on Friday, February 4, 2022, for their City Forum Speaker Series. Dr. Thomas will discuss a litmus test for reparative planning and provide a preview… read more 

The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) & Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are co-hosting a public webinar on February 2, 2022, for those interested in becoming an environmental lawyer for the American public. A panel of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) career attorneys will share what it is like to work at the… read more 

Hosted by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) on February 1, 2022, author Bill Caplan will discuss his new book published by ELI Press—Thwart Climate Change Now: Reducing Embodied Carbon Brick by Brick. In addition, expert panelists will convene with the author to weigh in. How can we best tackle embodied… read more