Beyond the Curriculum

The Law School's support for learning opportunities in environmental and land use law goes deeper than course offerings.

SYMPOSIA
Over the past dozen years, the Law School has sponsored national conferences on growth management, nature conservation, environmental contracting, revitalization of contaminated land, transboundary watershed management and climate change. These symposia attracted leading practitioners and scholars and top government officials. Law students help plan these conferences and edit and publish the papers that emerge from them.

VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL
This student-edited and -managed publication, founded in 1979, is a leader in environmental legal scholarship. Website

VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FORUM
This popular and active student group hosts speakers and sponsors law students who participate in environmental moot court and negotiation competitions. The forum, in cooperation with the Law School’s Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center, also provides pro bono opportunities to students interested in environmental law. Students may choose from several environmental pro bono projects on behalf of public interest and governmental clients that have requested assistance. Forum members also have opportunities to network with environmental law employers and professionals.
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PUBLIC SERVICE
The Law School has made a strong financial commitment to students choosing to pursue public interest careers. The school’s Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center helps students interested in environmental law find summer internships and postgraduate employment. Public Service Center

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