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Join Your Section’s Executive Committee
Our Executive Committee is seeking new members for our next term. Joining the Executive Committee opens new doors to your CLA experience, including your professional network, your expertise in your field of law, and your voice in our volunteer-driven organization. Executive Committees are made up of diverse groups of practitioners from all parts of California with all sorts of different professional backgrounds, and we would love for you to be a part of it. Application deadline is April 18, 2025. Get started here >>
Chair’s Corner – Networking With ELS
This is a great opportunity to connect with the ELS community, share insights, and collaborate on ideas to enhance our programs.
23rd Annual Student Negotiations Competition
The Student Negotiations Competition is back for 2025!
Towsley Canyon Hike
The Environmental Law Section of the California Lawyers Association invites Section members and friends for a beautiful hike in Towsley Canyon!
ELS Book Club: The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial, by David Lipsky
The Parrot and the Igloo presents the strange march of climate science, from developing technologies, alarmed climate scientists, to the evolution of climate denial. Read along with us – join our discussion even if you don’t finish!
Charging Ahead: Cutting Vehicle Pollution in the New Trump Years  
The Environmental Law Section is thrilled to jointly host a Climate Change Conference Charging Ahead: Cutting Vehicle Pollution in the New Trump Years put on by the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law.
Chair’s Corner – Networking With ELS
This is a great opportunity to connect with the ELS community, share insights, and collaborate on ideas to enhance our programs.
Chair’s Corner – Networking With ELS
This is a great opportunity to connect with the ELS community, share insights, and collaborate on ideas to enhance our programs.
2025 Diversity Conference
Save the date! Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA on Friday, June 6. More information, such as panels, speakers, and registration info, will be available soon.
Chair’s Corner – Networking With ELS
This is a great opportunity to connect with the ELS community, share insights, and collaborate on ideas to enhance our programs.
Chair’s Corner – Networking With ELS
This is a great opportunity to connect with the ELS community, share insights, and collaborate on ideas to enhance our programs.
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