YALE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CLINIC

Overview

The Goldman Sonnenfeldt Environmental Protection Clinic is an interdisciplinary clinic that partners with environmental organizations to address pressing problems in the environmental field. Its mission is to train students in environmental advocacy through skills-based seminars, interdisciplinary project work, and collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council and other organizations. Students are assigned to teams of two-to-four members drawn from both the Yale Law School and the Yale School of the Environment. Each team is supervised primarily by staff from client organizations, with additional oversight from the Clinic's Teaching Team.