ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AT GW

Lee Paddock, Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies

Established at the beginning of the modern environmental law era, GW’s Environmental Law Program has been at the forefront of education in the field for more than 35 years. Today, the program is expanding significantly to provide the next generation of environmental lawyers with the tools they need to tackle the local, national, and international challenges facing the planet and its inhabitants, including climate change, fisheries depletion, air pollution, water scarcity and developing new sources of energy.  

GW Law is located in the heart of the nation’s capital, where environmental law policy is debated and made.  The Law School’s location provides students with unique opportunities to learn environmental law from nationally and internationally recognized experts in the field and to work with some of the most influential government and non-profit environmental organizations in the world. 

GW Law offers students interested in environmental law

• one of the top international environmental law programs in the country
• a comprehensive environmental curriculum
• an internship program placing students in government and non-profit positions
• hands-on experience working on timely issues through clinics and special projects
• one of country’s most widely recognized Master of Environmental Law (LL.M.) Programs
• a large and active Environmental Law Association, host of the 2007 National Association of  Environmental Law Societies annual meeting featuring Vice President Al Gore
• access to the extensive environmental law collection  of the Jacob Burns Law Library
• joint degree opportunities including the J.D. or LL.M./M.P.H., the J.D./M.A. in international development studies, and the J.D./M.B.A.
• the chance to attend major conferences featuring cutting edge issues in environmental law
  

If you are thinking about environmental law, you should be thinking of The George Washington University Law School.

Lee Paddock
Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies