The Environmental Law Society of Mitchell Hamline School of Law is organized for the following purposes:

1. To provide opportunities for members of the Mitchell Hamline community to learn about environmental law and policy.
2. To connect with and learn from agencies, organizations, institutions, and legal professionals engaged in the practice and development of environmental law.
3. To serve as a resource for the development of legal careers in environmental law.
4. To serve as a social organization open to all parties interested in exploring legal, political, economic, and cultural perspectives related to the environment.
5. To enhance the experience of students interested in environmental law.

ELS Student Articles Presentation

ELS and Mitchell Hamline Law Review members Michael Warkel and Kevin Swanberg share their articles.

• Michael Warkel – "Major Questions Impede Major Progress—Rebuking the Major Questions Doctrine and West Virginia v. EPA in Minnesota"
• Kevin Swanberg – "No Alternative: The Failure of the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act to Consider Project Alternatives and Proposed Remedies"

NALSA/ELS Co-Sponsored Event October 24, 2022

A Conversation on Environmental and Native Law Intersections: Treatment as a State Under the Clean Water Act and Sackett v. ERP.

Careers in Environmental Law Panel

Thank you to all who came to our Careers in Environmental Law Panel on October 3, 2022.

Environmental Law Society Professional Networking Event

Held on Wednesday, November 18, 2020

3rd Annual Conference on Energy and the Environment

Held at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Program PDF

Power Point Presentations

• Keynote PowerPoint slideshow
• Air Panel-Kaplan PowerPoint slideshow
• Air Panel-Bumpers  PDF
• Air Panel-Johnson  PDF
• Case Updates Panel-Guerrero PDF

2nd Annual Carbon Management and the Law Conference:
Climate Change Issues for 2011

Held at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Thursday, February 10, 2011

Program PDF