Standing Committee on
Environmental Law
Welcome!
Message from the Chair
The Standing Committee on Environmental Law welcomes you to its web site. The Standing Committee's work is devoted to examination and analysis of emerging environmental law and policy issues; development of ABA policies in the field; and communication about the myriad environmental law activities taking place throughout the Association.
We invite you to browse our web pages. Here, you can learn about upcoming ABA environmental law activities; review the texts of recent ABA environmental law policies; learn about an ABA award in the field; connect to leading ABA contacts; sign up for two different list servs; and link to an ABA web site sponsored by the Committee and dedicated to helping the legal community run an efficient, resource-conscious law practice, among other benefits of this site.
We look forward to being of service to you. Visit often for updates on policies, programs, award announcements, and other news.
Sincerely,
Howard Kenison, Chair
Leadership
About the Committee
The Standing Committee was established in 1975 as the field of environmental law began to develop. Its mandate is to foster communication and coordination among over 100 ABA environmental law groups; to design and carry out projects in environmental law and policy; and to develop and stimulate ABA policy making in environmental law. To carry out this mission, the Standing Committee collaborates with other American Bar Association groups and with federal, state and local public and private organizations including law schools, U.S. and foreign government agencies, public interest organizations, and bar associations. The Standing Committee organizes professional conferences annually in the United States and every few years abroad; produces resources to support professional networking; and examines emerging environmental law and policy issues in order to develop policy positions that enable the ABA to make its voice heard in Congress.
For further information on the Standing Committee and its activities, call: 202/662-1694 or send an e-mail to scel@staff.abanet.org.
ABA Policy Positions
Policy Positions adopted by the ABA House of Delegates.
- Brownfields
- Climate Change
- Comprehensive Environment Response Compensation and Liability Act
- Ecosystems Services
- Environmental Justice
- Environmental Management Systems
- Oceans - Federal Regulatory Structure
- Oceans - International
- Oceans - Marine Resources
- Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making
- Scientific Knowledge When Regulatory Environmental Matters
- Sustainable Development
Related Resources
What's NEW!!
- American Bar Association Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy, NOMINATING PERIOD HAS CLOSED Call for Nominations - 2009
- Photo Gallery of Recipients of the 2008 ABA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy
- Daniel Barstow Magraw, Jr. Speech
Environmental Law Awards
Committee Programming
Find out about committee programming in the U.S. or International Conferences held by the committee.
U.S.
- 36th National Spring Conference on the Environment: "Global Warming II: How the Law Can Best Address Climate Change"
- 35th National Spring Conference on the Environment: "Global Warming: How the Law Can Best Address Climate Change"
- 34th National Spring Conference on the Environment - Ecosystems, Infrastructure and the Environment: Reconciling Law, Policy and Nature. Selected conference materials are here.
- Financial Institutions, Corporate Stewardship, and Sustainable Development: Drivers for the Evolution of U.S. Environmental Laws and Practice, 2005. Follow-up White Papers are here.
- Protecting Our Oceans: Legal and Policy Responses To Declining Marine Ecosystems, 2004
- Water Wars in the East: The Newest Legal Battlefield, 2003
- Combating Terrorism in the Environmental Trenches, 2002
Division for Public Services 2009 - 2010 Clerkships
The Division offers two Clerkship opportunities:
The first is a ten-week Spring/Summer Clerkship open by competition, reviewed on a rolling basis and offering students entering into their second or third year at an ABA-accredited law school the opportunity to design and complete a legal research and writing project in substantive areas of Division concern. If of acceptable quality, the Division may publish the resultant monograph. Applicants must be members of the ABA Law Student Division and may join at http://www.abanet.org/lsd/home.html.
The second is a Fall/Winter Clerkship and typically involves conducting project research and writing; developing information for directories and other databases; coordinating survey development, distribution and results; or editing manuscripts for publication. Applicants may be undergraduate or law school students depending on project need.
NEW!! 2009-2010 Clerkship Flyer
For information about the Clerkships and how to apply, please call 202/662-1691or email cccoleman@staff.abanet.org.Also, see our article in the September issue of the ABA Law Student Division's Student Lawyer magazine. Visit the ABA Law Student Division at http://www.abanet.org/lsd/home.html.
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