GW Law's Environmental & Energy Law Program

19/04/2024

Calling all alumni, students, and faculty! Come join us for a networking session and take a break from finals to meet fellow students and alumni interested in energy law! For this Energy Connectors Social Hour, Orrick will be hosting us at their office in 2100 Penn Ave NW on the 5th floor on Apr 26 at 5pm.

28/03/2024

Join us for a lecture by visiting scholar Chhaya Bhardwaj this coming Monday April 1 at 1pm at GW Law STU101. She will be presenting on and the concept of “naturally formed land” through a case study of the 🇳🇱

26/03/2024

Don’t miss our award-winning speakers for our 2024 Shapiro Symposium! Featuring

22/03/2024

Don’t miss our award-winning speakers at Shapiro Symposium!

13/02/2024

We are pleased to share the Winter 2024 newsletter of GW Law’s Environmental & Energy Law Program. Highlights of this issue include: (1) the launch of our new environmental justice clinic, (2) recent and upcoming program events including a successful “Diversity in Environmental Law Careers” panel and a preview of our annual Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium, and (3) several faculty and student successes and activities including a rare and remarkable interview that two GW Law students conducted with the world-famous Peruvian climate justice plaintiff, Saul Luciano Lliuya. Enjoy! See the newsletter 🔗 in bio!

16/11/2023

Last week, our program hosted a delegation of researchers from Hungary’s Climate Policy Institute to discuss potential collaborations between our programs and student exchanges to promote education on . We look forward to next steps in this engagement and building partnerships in educating the next generation of climate leaders.

02/10/2023

Check out our latest blog posts on the GW Point Source Blog! This week Vanessa Turk dives into the land and water pollution caused by the increase in fast fashion business practices. Last week Tim Nau explored the equity issues associated with the distribution of EV charging stations in DC. Check out the amazing work by our GW LL.M. students at the GW Point Source Blog!

By Vanessa Turk What is fast fashion and why is it a problem?  “Fast fashion” refers to the business model of mass-producing replicas of the latest clothing trends and designs at a low cost and selling them rapidly in stores while the demand is at its highest. This objective of helping cons...

25/09/2023

Join us for another round of the Energy Connectors Social Hour on Monday, October 9 at 5:30pm ! RSVP 🔗 in bio. Please note that this event is only open to alumni, students, and faculty. Hope to see you there!

18/09/2023

GW Law faculty and students joined in the March in New York City on 9/17. We are so proud that our students can stand up to promote change!

15/09/2023

On Monday, Sep 11, Assistant Dean Randy Abate’s lectures on animal law career opportunities and animal and environmental law parallels and synergies at attracted an engaged audience of attorneys and law students from 4 law schools.

13/09/2023

Join us this Thursday and Friday for GW Law's first Earth Law Symposium hosted in conjunction with the Earth Law Center. There will be panels and presentations from experts on Earth Law both Thursday afternoon and all-day Friday. We hope you will join us in-person at GW Law! You can find the schedule and the registration link on our event page:

Leading Earth law practitioners and academics are exploring the cutting-edge legal movement for restoring a dynamic equilibrium between people and the planet.