Environmental Law Section

The Environmental Law Section is happy to announce the recipients of the 2025 Diversity & Inclusion Summer Fellowship! Every year, the Section grants a number of fellowships to bright and motivated law students to help finance their summer job practicing environmental, energy, land use, and/or natural resources law at a participating government agency or public interest organization. The Section also matches the Fellows with mentors who practice in the field, and provides webinars, career panels, get-togethers and more, so the Fellows can meet… Read more

We are a month away from our “We Go Together” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference, which will be held on Friday, June 6 at Loyola Law School, with remote viewing locations in Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, as well as a virtual option. Read more

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