Environmental Law Section

On May 12, 2022, the Environmental Law Section of the California Lawyers Association will present its fourth Energy Law Conference. Held in Downtown Los Angeles at the main auditorium of the California Attorney General’s Office, this will be the Environmental Law Section’s first in-person event in more than two years! Read more

Join us to learn about how concepts become bills and bills become law in California. Additionally, the CLA Environmental Law Section (ELS) Legislation Committee serves as a resource to the California Legislature by reviewing environmental, land use, energy, and natural resources bills, offering constructive, non-partisan feedback focused on the legal and technical aspects of draft legislation. Read more

In 2022, the ELS Book Club is using a “Book Pairing” format and meeting every other month. Read more

Were you able to attend the virtual Yosemite Conference last month? Are you still feeling that amazing energy? Read more

The Environmental Law Section has been a great source of community for so many of us within our profession, and we invite you to join us in the coming year. 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

Congratulations to the Environmental Law Section’s six 2021 Diversity & Inclusion Fellows! For the past few months, we’ve been highlighting these remarkable law students and their summer fellowship posts. This month, we’re featuring two student Fellows: Karen Chen (UC Berkeley) recently completed her post with U.S. EPA Region IX. “My summer at the EPA Region 9 Office of Regional Counsel was great! I got to work on a bunch of really interesting projects covering a wide range of subject matter areas in… Read more

The application deadline for the Environmental Law Section’s enormously successful Diversity & Inclusion Fellowship program for Summer 2022 is rapidly approaching. Read more

The Environmental Law Section is pleased to announce that Clifford Lee will be the recipient of the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award Read more

The 30th Annual Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite® is taking place virtually next week! Join us Thursday through Sunday, October 14-17, for a range of educational, social, and inspirational events and activities. Read more