Along with colleagues from Syracuse University and INCAE, Costa Rica’s main business school, CLC Executive Director Christian Freitag recently co-authored an article concerning Nosara, Costa Rica, one of only five “blue zones” in the world.
Read MoreThe Conservation Law Center is excited to announce the creation of a new position - the Constance and Terry Marbach Conservation Attorney. Indiana University Maurer School of Law Class of 2021 Alum Kacey Cook has accepted this inaugural position.
Read MoreConservation Law Center seeks applications for a Senior Staff Attorney to join our team based in the beautiful Midwestern college town of Bloomington, Indiana. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing public interest law firm working on some of the most important and challenging conservation issues in the US and beyond. The Senior Staff Attorney will be involved in all aspects of CLC’s work, including advocacy and litigation on the organization’s substantive focus areas, and helping teach students in the Conservation Law Clinic at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. While CLC engages in multiple kinds of conservation advocacy, roughly one-third to one-half of CLC’s work involves litigation. The Senior Attorney will be expected to contribute to CLC’s ongoing projects while also developing their own base of clients for CLC. This full-time position is open to practicing attorneys with seven or more years of experience.
Read MoreSpring 2022 will be Professor Jeff Hyman’s final semester teaching the Conservation Law Clinic through Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Jeff has taught over 150 law students throughout his tenure with CLC, many of whom have gone on to practice environmental law as a career. It is safe to say he had high expectations of his students and held them to a high standard, but he also met them with honesty and respect. Clinic students have been fortunate to learn both the practice of law as well as specific areas of environmental law from such an experienced professional.
Read MoreHi! My name is Lucy Newell, and I am a senior at Indiana University studying Law and Public Policy at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. This past semester, I have been the Undergraduate Intern at the Conservation Law Center.
Read MoreGraduate Fellow Attorney Alexis Andiman began working for Earthjustice United, a nonprofit environmental law firm, in February. We take this opportunity to share gratitude for her 18 months of service and reflect on her invaluable contribution to CLC.
Read MoreThis fall the Conservation Law Center opened its second Clinic office, located at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. The office has been enthusiastically welcomed by our clients, and by the new clinic students. The presence in Indianapolis will enable the Center to access new matters with the added benefit of allowing efforts to continue to build the Conservation Law Center.
Read MoreCLC attorneys and Clinic interns continue the CLC's multiyear involvement in Indiana's antidegradation rulemaking on behalf of client Alliance for the Great Lakes. The rulemaking is required under the Clean Water Act.
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