Environmental Law ProgramGolden Gate University School of Law's nationally-recognized Environmental Law Program offers a comprehensive and diverse range of academic opportunities, from clinic practice to scholarly research, from a JD specialization certificate to our advanced LLM degree. Environmental Law Program Brochure |
News & EventsEPA Presents Environmental Award to Environmental Law and Justice ClinicRead about this and other successes the Law School Celebrates on Earth Day 2009 at Earth Day tipsheet. | ||
| Environmental Law Symposium on November 13 to Focus on Farming and Food
The School of Law will hold a conference on Friday, November 13, titled "Farming and Food: How We Grow What We Eat," 9 am-4:30 pm, at the School of Law. Topics include Feedlot Runoff, Organic Certification, Irrigation Subsidies, Genetically Modified Crops, and the Mexico-U.S.Corn Trade. Presenters include attorneys from law firms and nongovernmental organizations and professors from several universities. Cosponsors include the Environmental Law Sections of the State Bar of California and the Bar Association of San Francisco and Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley LLP. 4.5 hours of MCLE credit available. To register, contact nfastabend@ggu.edu or 415-442-6604.View Farming and Food Flyer for more information. | ||
| LLM in Environmental Law City Parks Project Publishes Report on Access to East Bay Parks
Access to Parkland: Environmental Justice at East Bay Parks, is the first comprehensive, published analysis of access by low-income minority residents to the parkland holdings of the East Bay Regional Park District in the San Francisco Bay Area East Bay region. View the PDF report. | ||
| Professor Cliff Rechtschaffen Named Special Assistant to CA Attorney General on Climate Change
School of Law Professor Cliff Rechtschaffen, a noted author and scholar on environmental law and policy, has been appointed special assistant to California Attorney General Jerry Brown on global warming issues. Rechtschaffen, on leave from the School of Law, is working directly with the attorney general on issues relating to implementation and enforcement of California's statutes and regulations aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | ||