As Cambridge entered the heart of the fall season, and Halloween approached, the Harvard ELS held its fall festival. Students wrapped up the school week on Friday with a creative assortment of pumpkin carvings: [...]
ELS Goes for a Climb
The flat Harvard campus might not seem like an ideal spot for rock climbing, but the Harvard ELS didn’t even have to leave the University to find some extreme climbing. On Saturday, September 22 a group of Harvard Law Students took a break from their books and did some bouldering on the indoor rock climbing [...]
Introducing the New ELS Board!
ELS is proud to introduce our 2012-2013 board…
Environmental Law in the Supreme Court Discussion Series: Lessons for Progressive Cause Litigants
Throughout March and April, the Harvard Environmental Law Society hosted a discussion series focused on specific case studies of major environmental Supreme Court victories. The talks were presented by the attorneys who argued those cases and included academic analyses on general trends in environmental Supreme Court litigation. A big thanks to our co-sponsors, the Dean [...]
Earth Day Fair
ELS members and the larger HLS community shared a day in the sun with music, free organic fruit from ELS, and much talk about our upcoming award presentation to Justice Stevens.
John Echeverria & Chelsea Lane-Miller Discuss Property Rights in Water with ELS Members
Last Wednesday, ELS, along with Harvard Environmental Law Review and the Food Law Society,hosted Professor John Echeverria, Professor of Law at Vermont Law School & renowned takings expert, and Chelsea Lane-Miller, a research fellow at Vermont Law School, for a lunch time talk on property rights in water. Professor Echeverria and Ms. Lane-Miller presented on [...]
Upcoming Horizon Award Presentation with Justice Stevens!
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 1:00-2:30 p.m. Milstein East B (WCC), Harvard Law School
Renewable Energy Law, with Lloyd MacNeil from Akin Gump
On March 26, Environmental Law Society members enjoyed a lunchtime talk from Lloyd MacNeil and learned about a lawyer’s role in renewable energy projects. What a treat for the 30 HLS students who were able to participate in a discussion of solar and wind project siting, from beginning to end, with such an experienced lawyer. [...]
Announcing the ELS Environmental Law in the Supreme Court Series!
The ELS Board is thrilled to announce our Spring 2012 Environmental Law in the Supreme Court series! We hope you will join us for an exciting line-up of events!