Branch returns to her Navajo roots

By Michelle Deakin, March 5, 2018

Ethel Branch ’08 grew up on her family’s ranch with no electricity, no running water, and a long list of questions about injustice. As she grew up, Branch knew she had to address these questions. “That confusion as to why the world changed when you crossed the Navajo Nation boundary line was a driving question for my youth and my life,” says Branch. It propelled her to study law and policy. And three years ago, at age 36, it led her to become Attorney General of the Navajo Nation.

Students help groups to pursue climate action

By Colin Durrant/Harvard Staff Writer, November 20, 2017

Led by Professor Wendy Jacobs, director of the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School, the Climate Solutions Living Lab course launched last spring to help push forward the transition to a carbon-free future that supports planetary and human health.

The evolution of American environmental law from Nixon to Trump

By Brett Milano, November 7, 2017

“The Remarkable Evolution of American Environmental Law from Nixon to Trump and Beyond” panel during Harvard Law School’s bicentennial summit focused on the uncertain future of the Environmental Protection Agency in the current administration. Panelists A. James Barnes ’67, Richard J. Lazarus ‘79, William Reilly ’65 and Gina McCarthy looked at the EPA’s distinguished history.

Joseph Goffman joins Environmental Law Program as new executive director

October 2, 2017

Joseph Goffman, who, over a 30-year career, has shaped environmental law and policy at the highest levels of the Executive branch and as a senior congressional staffer, will join Harvard Law School’s Environmental Law Program in November as Executive Director.

Paola Eisner ’19: Environmentalist, internationalist and artist

By Audrey Kunycky, September 19, 2017

At HLS in the Arts this past weekend, Paola Eisner ’19 exhibited a large still life that she painted before she went to college, and pages from a children’s book that she began working on before she started law school. Like these, many of the interests and projects that she pursues today have deeper roots.

Harvard Law School: 2016 in review

December 22, 2016

A look back at 2016, highlights of the people who visited, events that took place and everyday life at Harvard Law School.

Another ‘Angry Granny’ on Climate Justice

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By HLS News Staff, November 18, 2016

In a recent conversation at HLS with Dean Martha Minow, Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and U.N. special envoy on El Niño and climate change, told the story of how she came to be an “Angry Granny” on the topic of climate change, starting with her discussions with people in the most deeply affected communities.

Harvard strengthens ‘living laboratory’ to help mitigate climate impact

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By Colin Durrant/Harvard Staff Writer, October 7, 2016

Wendy Jacobs ’81, clinical professor and director of Harvard Law School’s Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, will lead the Living Lab Course and Research Project, which is designed to bring together students from across the University in interdisciplinary teams to develop innovative approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at Harvard and beyond.

Climate change: Has the EPA gone overboard?

September 13, 2016

Professor Jody Freeman, founding director of the Harvard Law School Environmental Law and Policy Program, participated in an Intelligence Squared debate on the EPA’s bold initiative to reduce carbon pollution at power plants.

Hunting polluting gases around Boston

By Alvin Powell/Harvard Staff Writer, April 18, 2016

Harvard students, faculty and fellows are training new high-tech instruments on Boston’s skies, searching for one well-known troublemaker and one escapee among the atmosphere’s invisible gases.