Environmental Law Organizations
A valley in southern Montana. Photo credit: John Brainard
ABA - Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER)
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Airports and Environmental Law, Federal Aviation Administration
All Rise - Attorneys for Climate and Environmental Justice [South Africa]
American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL)
Animal Law and Policy Institute, Vermont Law & Graduate School
Animal Law & Policy Program, Harvard Law School
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
Animal Legal & Historical Center
Appalachian Citizen's Law Center (ACLC)
Asia-Pacific Centre For Environmental Law (APCEL) [Singapore]
Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL), University of Sidney
Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA)
Brooks Institute For Animal Rights Law and Policy
California Lawyers Association - Environmental Law Section
Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
Canadian Institute of Resources Law (CIRL), University of Calgary
Center for Animal Law Studies, Lewis & Clark Law School
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Earth Jurisprudence, Barry University School of Law
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE), Berkeley School of Law, University of California
Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims [China]
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
Center for Environmental Justice (CEJ) [Sri Lanka]
Centre for Environmental Law (CEL), MacQuarie University [Australia]
Centre for Environmental Law (CEL), WWF India
Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) [South Africa]
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) [Canada]
Climate Justice Programme (CJP) [Australia]
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) [New England, USA]
Cottonwood Environmental Law Center Organization
Crag Law Center - Legal Aid for the Environment
Earthrights International (ERI)
Earthrise Law Center, Lewis & Clark Law School
Ecolex - The Gateway to Environmental Law
Ecological Law Center (CPE) [Poland]
Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA)
Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School, Harvard University
End Ecocide of Earth - International Justice for the Environment
Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center (EENR Center), University of Houston Law Center
Environment, Health, Science, and Technology, American Society of International Law
Environment & Natural Resources Foundation (FARN) [Argentina]
Environment - People - Law (EPL) [Ukraine]
Environment & Planning Law Association New South Wales (EPLA) [Australia]
Environmental Advocacy Clinic, Vermont Law & Graduate School
Environmental Defence Society (EDS) [New Zealand]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) [Australia]
Environmental Defense Center (EDC) [California, USA]
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Environmental and Energy Law Clinic, University of Minnesota Law School
Environmental & Energy Law Society (EELS), University of Minnesota Law School
Environmental Integrity Project (EIP)
Environmental Justice Clerkship, Howard University School of Law and the Environmental Law Institute [also see: www.eli.org/environmental-justice/environmental-justice-clerkship]
Environmental Justice Clinic, University of Miami School of Law
The Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar (ELULS)
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW)
Environmental Law Association of South Africa (ELA)
Environmental Law Center (ELC), Vermont Law & Graduate School
Environmental Law Centre (ELC) [Alberta, Canada]
Environmental Law Centre (ELC), University of Victoria [British Columbia, Canada]
Environmental Law Clinic, Stanford Law School, Stanford University
Environmental Law Clinic, University of California Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law)
Environmental Law Clinic, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law
Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) [California, USA]
Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) [United Kingdom]
Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
Environmental Law Network (ELN)
Environmental Law Network International (elni) [Germany]
Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) [Midwest, USA]
Environmental Law Program, University of Miami School of Law
Environmental Law Society (ELS), College of Law, Florida State University
Environmental Law Society (ELS), Columbia Law School
Environmental Law Society (ELS), Mitchell | Hamline School of Law
Environmental Law Society (ELS), School of Law, Seton Hall University
Environmental Law Society (ELS), Stanford Law School, Stanford University
Environmental Law Society, UCLA School of Law, University of California
Environmental Law Society (ELS), University of Michgan Law School
Environmental Law Society (ELS), University of New Mexico School of Law
Environmental Law Society (ELS), University of Wisconsin Law School
Environmental Law Society (ELS), William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Environmental Law Society Network (ELSN), ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER)
Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) [Philippines]
Environmental Management and Law Association (EMLA) [Hungary]
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center (ENR), Knight Law Center, University of Oregon
Environmental Policy Lab, College of Law, Loyola University New Orleans
European Environmenal Law Forum (EELF)
European Union Forum of Judges For the Environment (EUFJE)
Fiscalia Del Medio Ambiente (FIMA) [Chile]
Forest Legality Initiative (FLI)
Foundation for International Environmental Law & Development (FIELD) [United Kingdom]
Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, UCLA School of Law, University of California
Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN)
Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment, Lewis & Clark Law School
Green Energy Institute, Lewis and Clark Law School
Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law, New York University School of Law
Harvard Environmental Law Society (ELS), Harvard Law School, Harvard University
Howard Energy and Environmental Law Society (HEELS), Howard University
ICE Coalition - Creating the International Court for the Environment
Idaho State Bar - Environment & Natural Resources Law Section (ENR)
Illinois State Bar Association - Environmental Law Section
Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL)
Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law
Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE), Vermont Law & Graduate School ,
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) [from Chile to the USA]
International Animal and Environmental Law Clinic, Lewis & Clark Law School
International Association for Water Law (AIDA)
International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) [offices in Switzerland, Kenya and the UK]
International Institute of Law and Environment (IIDMA) [based in Spain]
International Water Law Project (IWLP)
IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
Japan Environmental Lawyers Federation (JELF)
Justice and Environment (E&J) [Mostly EU countries]
Land Use Law Center (LULC), Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP), Yale Law School
Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) [Philippines]
Marine & Environmental Law Institute (MELAW), Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University [Canada]
Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA)
Minnesota State Bar Association - Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section
National Environmental Law Association (NELA) [Australia]
National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC), University of Mississippi School of Law
Natural Justice [South Africa]
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Natural Resources & Environmental Law Society, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver
New York State Bar Association - Environmental & Energy Law Section
New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law (NZCEL), Auckland Law School, University of Auckland
Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP)
Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM)
Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic (PELC), Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University
Pennsylvania Bar Association - Section on Environmental and Energy Law
Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA)
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School/Columbia Climate School
Sierra Club - Environmental Law Program
South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP)
Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)
Stop Ecocide International (SEI)
Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law (SCIEL), University of Surrey [UK]
Tulane Environmental and Energy Law Society (EELS), Tulane University School of Law
Texas State Bar - Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS)
UKELA (United Kingdom Environmental Law Association)
U.S. - Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law, Vermont Law & Graduate School
Water Law, Governance & Diplomacy Support Platform (WADI)
World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA)
An autumn oak tree in southern Minnesota. Photo credit: John Brainard