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ELS Events Calendar

Click here to view the ELS Events Calendar. An easy way to view upcoming speakers and activities!

Conferences

If you are interested in any of the below conferences, or have found one on your own you would really like to attend, please send us an approximately 100 word paragraph by January 31 about why you would like to go and what you expect to get out of it. After the conference, we’ll also expect you to report back to ELS about your experience to benefit all of the members. This deadline will help us notify you as to how much funds we’ll be able to provide! We’ll also send e-mails to people interested in the same conference so they can coordinate.

PIELC 2008 Conference – Compelling a Climate of Change

University of Oregon; Eugene, OR

March 6-8, 2008

http://www.pielc.org/

National Association of Environmental Law Societies
2008 Annual Conference

Vermont Law School is this year’s host; Burlington, VT

March 20-23, 2008

http://naels2008.vermontlaw.edu

Tulane Environmental Law Conference

Climate Change: In the Community and Courtroom

Tulane Law School; New Orleans, LA

April 4 and 5, 2008

http://www.tulanelawenviro.org/

ELS Pro Bono Committee: Green Building and LEED Information for the Michigan Law School Building Committee.

ELS Pro Bono Committee encourages green building!

Click here to read the letter members of the Pro Bono Committee sent to the Law School Building Committee to urge consideration of concepts like green building and sustainable design for the new construction project.

Green OCI Program:

The University of Michigan Green OCI program involves the purchase of carbon offsets to make the on-campus interview process carbon neutral. For more information about how firms and students can participate in this program, please click here.

Canoe Trip
The ELS annual overnight canoe trip usually happens on the first or second weekend of October. We usually leave early on Saturday, canoe for several hours then camp for the night along the Huron River. On Sunday, we canoe for most of the day with a stop at the Dexter Cider Mill for cider and doughnuts. Here are some pictures from previous outings:

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Conferences

ELS sent several students to Oregon for the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference this past March. The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference is the premier annual gathering for environmentalists worldwide, uniting more than 4,000 activists, attorneys, students, scientists, and concerned citizens from over 50 countries around the globe to share their experience and expertise. The four-day Conference included over 125 panels, workshops, and multi-media presentations addressing the entire spectrum of environmental law and advocacy. Topics include: forest protection and ecological restoration, grazing and mining reform, labor and human rights, air and water pollution, Native American treaty rights, globalization and "free" trade, environmental justice, corporate responsibility, marine wilderness, international environmental law, water rights and dam removal, oil and gas litigation, genetic engineering, and urban growth.

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Past Events
    Symposium on Factory Farming
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    ELS Sponsored Highway Cleanup
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