Student Organization
BERC @ Boalt
BERC @ Boalt is the law school branch of the Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative, a student-led organization which aims to connect and educate the UC Berkeley energy and resources community. The group acts as a bridge between the University's many schools, programs, and labs, and forges connections with the larger cleantech and energy cluster growing in the Bay Area and beyond.
BERC @ Boalt helps to inform law students about current legal practice and advances in the fields of energy, climate and clean technologies through curriculum development, an expanding alumni and professional network, the promotion of events and discussions centered on green issues, and creation of a Career Guide for Energy, Climate and CleanTech Law. The group also connects members to industry professionals and graduate students in other UC Berkeley departments to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration, research and project development. Find out you can get involved!
Ecology Law Quarterly
493 Simon Hall
(510) 642-0457
The Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) is an integral part of Boalt's Center for Law, Energy & the Environment. ELQ has long been considered the nation's premier environmental law review. ELQ publishes articles by prominent academics, practicing lawyers and Boalt students. Ecology Law Currents (ELC), ELQ's online-only publication, features short-form commentary and analysis on timely environmental law and policy issues.
Both journals are entirely student run, and first-year students may participate in all stages of the publication process, including substantive editing, cite checking and proofreading. For more information and to read our online articles, visit: http://www.boalt.org/elq/.
Environmental Law Society
493 Simon Hall
(510) 642-0457
environment@law.berkeley.edu
The Environmental Law Society (ELS) is the activist component of Boalt's Center for Law, Energy & the Environment. ELS provides the resources necessary for students to take effective action on a variety of environmental matters, including issues affecting San Francisco Bay, endangered species, old-growth forests, recycling, organic food standards, and regional development/mass transit. By supporting student innovation and initiative, ELS offers students the ability to influence policy and take practical steps to improve the Bay Area's environment.
Cornerstone activities and projects sponsored by ELS include a bi-monthly Speaker Series, in which local, national, and international environmental law practitioners share their experiences and insights with students in an informal lunchtime setting; the Treehugger, a student newsletter highlighting recent developments and current critical issues in environmental law and policy; the Legal Research project, in which first-year students provide important research assistance to non-profit environmental law organizations; and an annual trip to the public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, Oregon. In 2005, ELS hosted a symposium entitled "Transforming Our Communities: An Inclusive Approach to Environmental Justice," in 2006 it hosted a symposium entitled "As the Flood Waters Recede: The Injustice Exposed by Hurricane Katrina," and in 2007 it hosted a symposium entitled Conserving Indian Country.
Law Students for Environmental & Economic Justice
Contact: Camille Pannu, camille.pannu@gmail.com
Law Students for Environmental & Economic Justice (SEEJ) is dedicated to the just distribution of environmental benefits to, and the amelioration of environmental harms concentrated in, communities of color and low-income communities. We are committed to the strategic use of legal tools to strengthen grassroots organizing and to build community power. We work to:
• Create practice opportunities and provide a training space for students, as well as build relationships with community-based organizations, to form movement-building partnerships
• Support the development of just forms of community/economic development, including models that build community wealth, support worker ownership, and create "green" jobs
• Foster an activist community among advocates whose interests intersect with environmental and economic justice
• Promote and maintain environmental justice curricular and research opportunities at Boalt
Faculty Advisors: Angela Harris, Michelle Anderson, Jeff Selbin, Mary Louise Frampton
