Environmental Initiatives at Harvard Law School

Environmental & Energy Law Program

EELP is a research program dedicated to providing real world legal analysis for today’s environmental and energy challenges. We promote creative problem solving and productive engagement through rigorous legal research, and outreach to decision-makers, stakeholders, media, and the public.

Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic

The Clinic provides students the opportunity to practice environmental law. Clinic students work on a variety of legislative, regulatory, administrative, and judicial projects, including development of litigation strategy, brief writing, preparation of affidavits and testimony, and field placements.

Harvard Environmental Law Review

The Harvard Environmental Law Review is the #1 environmental law journal in the United States, and has been published semi-annually by Harvard Law School students since 1976.

Harvard Environmental Law Society

The Harvard Environmental Law Society (ELS) is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization directed and staffed by students at Harvard Law School.

Environmental Law Faculty

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Jody Freeman

Archibald Cox Professor of Law; Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program

Professor Freeman is a leading scholar of both administrative law and environmental law and has written extensively on federal agency regulation, climate change, energy and environmental policy, and executive authority.

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Richard Lazarus

Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law; Co-Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program

Professor Lazarus teaches environmental law, natural resources Law, Supreme Court advocacy, and torts. He has represented the United States, state and local governments, and environmental groups in the United States Supreme Court in 40 cases and has presented oral argument in 14 of those cases.

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A Focus on the Environment