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BERC @ Boalt
BERC @ Boalt is the law school branch of the Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC) is a student-led organization which aims to connect and develop the UC Berkeley energy and resources community. The group acts as a bridge between the University's many schools, programs, and labs, and works to forge connections with the larger cleantech and energy clusters in the Bay Area and beyond.
BERC @ Boalt helps to educate law students about current legal practice and advances in the fields of energy, climate change and clean technologies through curriculum development, an expanding alumni and professional network, and the promotion of events and discussions centered on green issues. The group also connects members to industry professionals and graduate students in other UC Berkeley departments to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and project development
Ecology Law Quarterly
- 493 Simon Hall
510-642-0457
The Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) is an integral part of Boalt's California Center for Environmental Law & Policy. ELQ has long been considered the nation's premier environmental law review. ELQ publishes articles by prominent academics, practicing lawyers and Boalt students. The journal is entirely student run, and first-year students may participate in all stages of the publication process, including substantive editing, cite checking and proofreading.
Students can become members by committing 12 hours over the course of a semester and completing two cite-checking packets. Senior members undertake an additional 10 hours of substantive editing. Second- and third-year students may earn one academic credit (up to a maximum of two units of credit) for contributing 50 hours to ELQ during the course of a semester.
Environmental Law Society
The Environmental Law Society (ELS) is the activist component of Boalt's California Center for Environmental Law & Policy. 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 Speakers 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," and in 2006 it hosted a symposium entitled "As the Flood Waters Recede: The Injustice Exposed by Hurricane Katrina."
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