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295.5E sec. 001 - Environmental Law Clinic (Spring 2027)

Instructor: Emily Griffith  (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
Instructor: Claudia Polsky  (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
Instructor: Marcela von Vacano  (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 4
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person

Course Start: January 11, 2027
Course End: May 12, 2027

Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 10
As of: 11/14 04:05 AM


The Environmental Law Clinic focuses on Environmental Justice and Environmental Health. Our issue docket spans local to national matters, and provides hands-on opportunities for students in litigation, administrative agency practice, legislative drafting, and policy formulation. The Clinic has three goals: making students creative and effective environmental advocates; serving client needs for pro bono representation; and making an environmental difference.

The Clinic seeks to address major environmental crises of our time in a way that promotes social, racial, and economic equity. Simply put: How can we create a new green economy that is both ecologically sustainable and more just?

Admission to the clinic is by written application. Students interested in participating in the Environmental Law Clinic should go to the Clinical Program Application page for information about how to apply. The clinic application for Spring 2027 will open at 12:00pm on Thursday, October 29, and will be due at 12:00pm on Thursday, November 5. Students can access the Clinical Program portal when applications open via this website: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/apply-to-the-clinics/ under the section "Access the Clinical Program Application."

The Environmental Law Clinic Seminar (Law 291A; 2 units) is a co-requisite.

Requirements Satisfaction:

When this Clinic and Seminar are taken in the same semester, they are counted together as satisfying one of the following requirements:

- Experiential Requirement OR
- Writing Requirement - Option 2

Together, they may satisfy either the Writing Requirement OR the Experiential Requirement, but not both. The Experiential and Writing Requirements cannot be combined.

Students who want the clinic/seminar to satisfy Option 2 of the Writing Requirement must obtain instructor approval and complete a paper or series of written work, with drafts, of 30 or more pages. To receive Option 2 credit, students must submit this form:
https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=db49abd6-616e-45e4-a912-e932cd3fb15c&env=na3-eu1&acct=ae094ebe-6750-44d8-a517-9886242ff735

In addition to the above-designated requirement choice, the units from this Clinic/Seminar fulfill the Race and the Law requirement.

Please contact Student Academic Advising and Support Services (SAASS) with any questions.


Exam Notes: (None) Series of papers or assignments throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Clinics
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Environmental and Energy Law
Race and Law
Social Justice and Public Interest

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