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The Environmental Law Society is an organization of student activists at Boalt dedicated to environmental protection, education, and social justice. ELS provides opportunities for Boalt law students to gain hands-on legal experience with established environmental organizations in the community, to discuss local, national and international issues with prominent environmental attorneys, and to learn to appreciate and protect nature. In addition to sponsoring the environmental speaker series, ELS provides the resources necessary to take effective action on a variety of environmental issues, including the San Francisco Bay, endangered species, old-growth forests, recycling, organic food standards, fair trade issues, and environmental justice. Its activities focus on the need for law students to share their individual knowledge, inspiration.

Provide environmentally minded students at the Goldman School of Public Policy, or those interested in environmental policy, a forum to discuss issues of interest. To this end, the group will plan networking events and educational events, host social functions, organize community activism and more.