Great Opportunity for the summer for 1Ls and 2Ls:

2007 Fellowships in Environmental Law
(click above for link)
The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources is pleased to announce the sponsorship of Fellowships for eligible law students during the summer of 2007. The ABA Fellowships in Environmental Law, formerly the Minority Fellowships in Environmental Law , is designed to encourage disadvantaged or traditionally underrepresented law students to study and pursue careers in environmental law.
The Section's work on environmental justice is coordinated with not-for-profit organizations representing traditionally underserved groups, other not-for-profit environmental organizations, and local, state and federal governmental organizations which provide placements for our summer Fellowship recipients.
Guidelines: Selected Fellowship recipients will have an 8-10 week internship commitment and will work on legal matters for a government agency or public interest organization in the fields of environmental, energy or resources law. Please note that recipients will choose the state they wish to intern in, but will not be able to select where or in which organization they will be placed.
Stipend: Each successful recipient will receive a $5,000 ($6,000 for New York Fellows) stipend in exchange for participation in the Fellowship program. The stipend does not cover travel expenses or include a housing allowance; these expenses are paid by the Fellowship recipient.
Qualifications: The Fellowship program is available to first and second year law students or third year night students from underrepresented or underserved groups, including for example, minority or low-income populations. It is generally preferred that you select the state where you are attending law school or have permanent residency status. Exceptions can be made, but preference will generally be given to those attending school, those who have permanent residency, or those who have a strong interest in the state that they are applying to. Students must complete and submit a Fellowship application in order to be considered.

Attn: Fellowships in Environmental Law
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610

If you are interested in helping protect our beaches check out what Emerson has found:
It's a form letter that you fill in your information and then send.
Follow these 3 easy steps to help out.
1. Look over the message below, and feel free to add your own comments. Using your own words makes the message more meaningful.
2. Sign the letter by filling in the form below. We will not share your information with anyone else.
3. Click the button to send your message.
Check it out. It won't take much of your time and you can feel like you're making a difference.

Hey all. The Beach Clean Up was a great way to spend a Saturday morning. Tourmaline is not one of the dirtier beaches in San Diego, but we managed to find a good amount of trash--including a Christmas Tree!

Also, T-shirts are still for sale but we are running low on certain sizes. So email me and reserve yours!

For those of you considering a career in public interest check out USD's Loan Repayment Program (LRAP) and the requirements LRAP:

Classes of 1994 through 2006

It is with great pleasure that we announce the continuation of the University of San Diego schools of Law Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) with funding for 2006 awards authorized to assist students who have chosen careers with qualifying public interest employers. Included on this page is the actual application and employer certification form and a complete program description for your review.

The primary eligibility criteria for consideration include the following:

Employment with an IRS Code 501(c) 3 or 501(c) 4 organization
Graduation from USD School of Law
Minimum Loan Debt ( Law School Only) - $68,000
Maximum Applicant Income - $47,000
There are also other factors on the application that the Governing Board will consider as it reviews applications. A full description of the program is included below.

Introduction
Goals of the Loan Repayment Assistance Program
Administration of Loan Repayment Assistance Program
Eligibility Requirements
Loan Deferral And Loan Forgiveness
Revised Program Terms
Miscellaneous Provisions
Important Dates
Non-USD Loan Repayment Programs
Date of last modification: January 29, 2007

Beach Clean Up this Saturday, 2/24 from 9AM to 11AM. Meet at the Writs at 8:15AM and we'll carpool over to Tourmaline in PB as a group.

We are doing this clean up with the J Ruben Clark, San Diego Surfrider Foundation as well as the San Diego Coastkeepers.

All we have to do is show up and help out for 2 hours.
Also T-SHIRT SALE TOMORROW (Thursday) in the Writs at 12PM. $10 for a lovely way to support the club and add to your chic wardrobe.

T-Shirts are here! That's right show your love for your club and the environment with these spiffy T's. We didn't skimp one bit on the quality of the T's and the design is sweet. It's our logo that you see to the right on the front. Trust me these T's will be must have items--so get one (or more for friends and fam).

Here's how to get one: (1) Email/write me a note telling me Qty and Size (sm, med, lrg), (2) Trade me $10 and I will give you a shirt. (3) Ways to get a shirt: check or cash in my mailbox--Jasmine Scott, or grab when you see me on campus. Also feel free to email me with any questions, concerns, etc regarding obtaining one of these bad boys: jasmine.scott@mac.com.

Ok, that being said we have an official Beach Clean Up--Feb 24 (Sat) from 9AM-11AM at Tourmaline (North PB). We are doing this event in conjunction with SD Surfrider Foundation, SD Coastkeepers, the J. Ruben Clark Society here on campus, and the Surf and Kayak Club. More info to come. Also think how cool it's going to be for us to wear our T-shirts during the clean-up! Bonus!

Hey All. I hope that everyone enjoyed our event today. Capt. Hunzeker and Cdr. Eldredge were very excited to be here.

For next week mark Tues, Feb. 13 on your calendars. At 12PM in 3A we have Carolyn Murrow coming to talk about the disasterous consequences of the SDG&E Sunrise Powerlink--a 120 miles stretch of 150ft tall power lines SDG&E wants to run through Anzo Borrego State Park.

So remember--2/13, 12PM in 3A. See you all there. (There will be food).

Remember to RSVP for our Event Wednesday (2/7) at 12PM in the Grace Courtroom. Free lunch! To RSVP email usdlawevent@sandiego.edu.

Great Summer Opportunity about more than just environmental law. 1 Month at the University of British Columbia.

Kevin Grigsby
Environmental Law Society
Dear Kevin Grigsby:

I am a law professor at Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California (www.swlaw.edu), and the Director of Southwestern’s 2007 Summer Law Program in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. I am emailing you because I thought your members might be interested in a one-month summer program that we offer at the U.B.C Faculty of Law. The program will run from May 27 – June 27, 2007, and is focused on international and comparative law. The application deadline is April 2, 2007, although early application is encouraged. Students are accepted on a rolling basis.
In its 15th year, the Program is sponsored by Southwestern in collaboration with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law and the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (a part of the UN’s Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program - http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/). This four-week, ABA approved program offers five courses in International Law to U.S. and Canadian law students. The courses offered this year include: (1) Comparative Constitutional Law; (2) Comparative Sexual Orientation Law; (3) Comparative Urban Planning Law; (4) International Law & Terrorism; and (5) International Environmental Law. The Program provides an exceptional opportunity to study international and comparative law with leading American and Canadian scholars. Faculty teaching in the Program this year come from Cornell, the Univ. of Georgia, the Univ. of Oregon, as well as UBC and Southwestern law schools. The Program also includes a Guest Lecturers series, visits/tours to the Canadian Provincial courts, and meetings with local judges and practitioners. The Program also offers a limited number of part-time externships for qualified applicants.
The Program is open to U.S. and Canadian law students who are in good standing at accredited law schools, and who have completed their first year of law study. The tuition fee is $2,900 for 4 units (2 classes) and $4,350 or 6 units (3 classes). A brochure can be found at: http://www.swlaw.edu/academics/pdfs/canada.pdf and an application form at: http://www.swlaw.edu/academics/pdfs/canapps.pdf. More information is generally available on Southwestern's webpage at: http://www.swlaw.edu/academics/international/summer/canada. Vancouver is a beautiful city in June – pictures can be found at www.vancouverscenes.com. Please note: the $250 deposit, is only cashed upon your acceptance to the program and is applied towards the total tuition (the $250 is nonrefundable only if you are accepted into the program and then you decide not to attend). Most home schools will provide you course credit for courses taken through the Program.

I would appreciate it if you could forward or pass on this information to your members, or to other students that you think might be interested. Given the competitive job market, the Program is particularly well-suited for 1L students who have not yet made summer plans. Because the Program ends before July, we find many students enjoy participating in the Program and then returning to work part-time or on a pro bono basis for the remaining weeks of the summer. The courses cover some of the hotest topics in international and comparative law.
Please feel to email or call me directly if you should have any questions, or require any additional information. Inquiries about the program can also be directed to: Austen Parrish, Associate Professor & Director, Vancouver Summer Law Program, Southwestern Law School, 3050 Wilshire Blvd., BW#311, Los Angeles, CA 90010-1106. Tel.: (213) 738-5728; email: aparrish@swlaw.edu.

Sincerely,

Austen Parrish

Hey All. Volunteer opportunities are numerous in San Diego and here's a great way to get involved. Also, it's a great way for the club to get money from SBA. Here's a list of Surfrider Foundation Beach Clean Up Dates for the next 6 months. It starts at 9AM and last 2 hours. There's no need to pre-register. If you have any further questions check out www.surfridersd.org Tentatively schedule 2/24 as a date that we as a club will go.

January 13th - Coastkeeper Moonlight Beach Meet on the sand at the bottom of the ramp
January 27th - Coastkeeper Windansea Beach Meet at the end of Nautilus next to the shack
February 10th - Surfrider Ponto Jetty
February 24th - Surfrider Tourmaline (Pacific Beach) Meet right next to public restrooms
March 10th - Coastkeeper Cardiff State Beach Meet on the sand North of Charlie’s restaurant
March 24th - Coastkeeper Coronado City Beach Meet on the sand near the intersection of Ocean Blvd & G Ave.
April 14th - Surfrider South Mission BeachMeet at the jetty next to lifeguard tower
April 28th - Surfrider Creek to Bay CleanupCoordinated by ILACSD (Surfrider & Coastkeeper Sites)
May 12th - Coastkeeper Oceanside Pier Meet on the Southside of the pier
May 20th - Coastkeeper Pacific Beach Street Sweep Meeting point TBA
June 9th - Surfrider Oceanside - Buccaneer Beach
June 23rd - Surfrider Crystal Pier (Pacific Beach) Meet on the north side of the pier

Here is the flyer for our big upcoming event, Wed. 2/7 at 12:15PM in the Grace Court Room:

University of San Diego School of Law

Public Lecture

“NAVY JAG ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PRACTICE”

Presented by

Capt. Mark T. Hunzeker

Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 12:15 p.m.

(Lunch will available at 12:00 p.m., outside the Grace Courtroom)

Warren Hall – Grace Courtroom (3^rd Floor)

RSVP to usdlawevent@sandiego.edu or

to the Event Response Line at 619-260-6848

Capt. Mark T. Hunzeker will be speaking in his personal capacity, about his personal experiences and views. He is not speaking on behalf of the Navy or acting as an official Navy representative.

His experience in practicing environmental law is related to training issues on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, and litigation support on dozens of suits filed against the Navy there. Primary issues were NEPA compliance, Clean Water Act permits, ESA compliance, and RCRA/CERCLA issues. At Third Fleet, he also worked on implementing Navy policy to help ensure compliance with MMPA. While at Third Fleet, they were sued by NRDC over use of mid-frequency active sonar in the Navy’s RIMPAC exercise – Capt. Hunzeker worked to help settle the litigation and develop interim protection measures for marine mammals so that the exercise could continue.

● sponsored by the USD Environmental Law Society ●

General Meeting CHANGED.
Our first meeting of the semester will now be TUES, 12PM in WH-3A. Come for the food, stay to discuss our upcoming events.

Great Internship Opportunity for this spring!

Employer: City Attorney of San Diego, Civil Division, Environmental Section
Position: Part-time, unpaid volunteer
Title: Spring 2007 Intern
We are seeking four students to assist in creating a non-profit environmental legal clinic. Students will be identifying and securing funding sources, finding a location to house the clinic, drafting a business plan, and communicating with leaders in the community. Students must be available to work 10-15 hours each week for the duration of the spring 2007 semester. Academic credit may be available through your school.
How to Apply:
Please submit your Cover Letter and Resume, including relevant experience, via e-mail (SEdwards@sandiego.gov) to:

Shirley R. Edwards
Chief Deputy City Attorney
Office of the San Diego City Attorney
1200 Third Avenue, Suite 1620
San Diego, CA 92101

One of the projects the Environmental Law Clinic is working on is the seemingly imminent running of giant power lines through Anzo Borrego National Park. This is going to have a big impact on the county. To read about it click here.

Speaker Event: Tuesday, Nov. 28th
Noon-1pm
Warren Hall 2B
Gabe Solmer of San Diego Coastkeeper

Gabe Solmer, USD Law Alum and SD Coastkeeper attorney, will be coming to USD on Tuesday to speak to us about practicing environmental law for an NGO. I hope everyone can attend, and it will be a nice compare and contrast to our last speaker, Cordon Basael, a private environmental attorney for a large firm.

Kevin Grigsby

Environment California:

Below is a website for Environment, California, a statewide non-profit focusing on environmental issues. It has a Sister Organization, the California Public Interest Research Group, which focuses on environmental policy and legal issues. Check out the website as it has articles about California Environmental Initiatives, as well as internship and job postings. This would be a great place for a 1L interested in launching and environmental law/policy career to be a summer intern!

http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/html/newsletters/fall06

Kevin

Hi,

Just wanted to remind everyone that we have a guest speaker coming tomorrow.

Cordon Baesel, a Luce Forward attorney has over 10 years of experience in the Environmental Law area and is a very interesting guy.

Please join us tomorrow, tuesday 9/26 in Warren Hall 3D at 12 noon for a short talk, some Q and A, and pizza.

Internship and study abroad opportunities:

After sorting through the year of mail the club received last year that went unopened, I have the following information avaliable for those interested. Most of this will pertain to 2L's and 3L's since I dont think Im allowed to be giving job and internship information to 1L's yet. Let me know via email or this blog comment what your name is if you want the info, and ill drop it in your mailbox:

1) ACLU Job Opportunities

Information from the ACLU Northern California District about paid summer internships, semester internships, and a two year fellowship for graduates.

2) Study Abroad Opportunities

Information from Southwestern Law School about their environmental law summer abroad program in Vancouver, Canada

3) LLM Information

Information from the University of Oregon School of Law on their environmental law LLM

4) State Bar of California Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite

Held October 19th to 22nd in Yosemite



-Kevin

SCHEDULE UPDATE:

Wednesday, October 4th: 7:00pm (IPJ Theatre)

Lecture: "Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer" by Dr. Helen Caldicott, physician and long time anti nuclear advocate. She will speak on her new book which makes the case that nuclear power is not an alternative source of enegery (aka not clean and green).

This is an exciting environmental event, and will be held at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the West end of campus. I am hoping we can attend as a group, and can meet in front of the main entrance to the law school at 6:30pm. I will reserve a block of tickets for the club, but need an idea of who wishes to attend. Those who would like to attend, please leave a comment to this post indicating so. Hopefully we can get a good group to go.

Kevin

ELS Members...just wanted to let everyone know the username and password on the blog so ya'll can participate and post relevant information:

Username: usdlawels
Password: usdlawels

Heres the type of things I was hoping everyone could post:
News articles about environmental law and environmental issues
Job openings in environmental law
Internships in environmental law
Anything else relevant to environmental law

Hope to see some posts soon!

Kevin