The Environmental Law Section (ELS) of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) proudly presents its 3rd Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference. Join community leaders, attorneys, policymakers, and students to discuss the escalating challenges of climate change, growing inequality, environmental racism, and policies of erasure in a shifting legal landscape. The Diversity Conference will be at Loyola Law School and focuses Read more
This year the Environmental Law Section is launching our new Trailblazer Award to recognize environmental leaders whose innovative and creative legal work has improved the lives of Californians and the California environment. Read more
This webinar will describe recent legislative and regulatory developments at the federal and California levels including key court opinions and a forecast of Trump 2.0 Administration’s impact on environmental quality, sustainability, & climate policies. Read more
The Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite® is nationally recognized as the largest and most prestigious gathering in California of leaders in environmental, land use, and natural resources law. Read more
The Environmental Law Section of the California Lawyers Association invites Section members and friends for a beautiful hike in Towsley Canyon! Read more
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. Read more
The 21st California Water Law Symposium brings together legal experts, policymakers, and community leaders to explore diverse and innovative solutions to California's pressing water challenges. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with leading thinkers and contribute to shaping California's water future. Read more
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! Read more
Happy New Year, ELS Members! ELS welcomes and thanks renewing members and its newest members to the section. For 2025, the annual license renewal will run from February 1, 2025, to April 1, 2025. Next month, we will share more information about renewing your ELS membership. A final reminder to brainstorm and submit your panel and plenary speaker ideas for this year’s Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite® by January 13. The conference is made so much better by all the ideas submitted by… Read more
Attendees may earn 4.25 MCLE Credit, 3.75 Hours including Elimination of Bias Credits Main Location (In-Person): Register Here Loyola Law SchoolDonovan Hall919 Albany StreetLos Angeles, CA 90015 Remote Locations (Livestream): CLA Headquarters400 Capitol Mall, Suite 650Sacramento, CA 95814 Register Here Bay Area Metro Center375 Beale Street (102 Temazcal)San Francisco, CA 94105 Register Here Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP225 Broadway, Suite 1670San Diego, CA 92101 Register Here Should I Attend? Hear what our members our saying about the Diversity Conference: “I… Read more