Conservation Law Center names Megan Freveletti as first Nancy C. Ralston Conservation Fellow
The Conservation Law Center is excited to announce the creation of a new position—the Nancy C. Ralston Conservation Law Fellowship. Through a nation-wide search, Megan Freveletti has been selected to start in August 2022. The fellowship will cover a broad spectrum of responsibilities including litigation-related research, land protection transactions, advising conservation clients, policy analysis, and outreach.
Megan Freveletti is a 2022 graduate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. A Midwest native from Rochester, Illinois, she graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2017, and worked for the Illinois House of Representatives for two years before returning to law school. She expanded her passion for environmental work during her time at Maurer by interning with the CLC and Friends of Animals. During her semester abroad in Budapest, Hungary, she interned for TRAFFIC and the World Wildlife Fund in their work combatting illegal international wildlife trade, and conducted research for the Costa Rica based Macaw Recovery network. She has worked with the Conservation Law Center and Clinic since the summer of 2020, and is excited to continue her work with the CLC as the Ralston Fellow. Megan passed the Indiana Uniform Bar Exam in July of 2022.
A generous gift from Nancy C. Ralston created this position. Nancy is a native Hoosier, a passionate conservationist, and a pioneer for women in the male-dominated space of academia. In the fall of 1961, Nancy earned her PhD from Indiana University. Twenty-five years later, she retired as Professor of Psychology from the School of Arts and Science, Chair of the Department of Psychological Foundations, School of Education, and as a member of the University of Cincinnati Graduate Faculty. After her retirement, she moved to the Bloomington area, where she now spends her time gardening, writing, and learning from nature with her wonderdog Bonnie.
Email: mbfrevel@iu.edu