KU Environmental Law Society - ELS

Join us for our annual ELS Spring picnic at Clinton Lake, Friday, April 26th!

Join us this Friday, Nov. 2 for this semester's replant event! Get details and sign up here:

http://sustain.ku.edu/replant/volunteer

Can't make it Friday? Share the following link on facebook and twitter and consider donating to KU's campus tree fund to help keep campus looking beautiful for future generations of Jayhawks!

https://www.launchku.org/project/12288?utm_source=scalefunder&utm_campaign=amb_share&utm_name=x05m10ermcd4yx6o95q955p&utm_medium=plain

Replant Mount Oread: Watson Library & Fraser Lawn Help LaunchKU raise $7,500 for the project: Replant Mount Oread: Watson Library & Fraser Lawn. Your gift will make a difference!

ELS Introductory Meeting
Tuesday, September 11
12:30 pm, Room 109
KU Environmental Law Society is hosting our first meeting on Tuesday, September 11th. We will introduce the organization and its members/officers, discuss this year's events, elect a new 1L rep, and begin planning our kick-off social event. For more information, or if you have a conflict with the meeting but would still like to participate in ELS, send an email to Erik at [email protected]

A few volunteers are still needed for the replant event tomorrow. A ceremonial planting will take at 11am in front of Watson, and teams of volunteers are needed to mark replant trees from past years.

Volunteer at the link below....

http://sustain.ku.edu/replant/volunteer

Volunteer

This year's replant event will take place on April 27. There will be a short ceremony starting at 11 AM that morning, then teams of volunteers will head out to mark all the Replant trees that have been planted over the years with ribbons and a sign.

Volunteer at https://sustain.ku.edu/replant/volunteer

For more information on the replant project visit https://sustain.ku.edu/replant, and stay tuned for more info on the April 20th ELS picnic @ lookout park

Volunteer

Calling all planet lovers!

Although the first official ELS meeting is not happening until September 19th, we will be having a barbecue THIS SUNDAY, September 3rd, at Clinton Lake Overlook Park starting at 4 pm. Come one, come all, to eat, drink, and enjoy this planet we all want to protect!

Welcome Class of 2020! If you're interested in environmental law, or just interested in the environment, keep an eye out for our first general meeting. In the meantime, we hope everyone has a great first day of classes!

ELS will be having a meeting tomorrow (Wednesday 4/19) at lunch in Room 125

Curious about H.R.861 - "To Terminate the Environmental Protection Agency"? Join ELS and Chris Muehlberger, Attorney-Advisor with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Muehlberger will be discussing the impacts of the new administration on environmental law and policy. Thursday 2/16, 12:30, Room 107. LUNCH PROVIDED.

You’ve seen the headlines. You’ve read the tweets. Come hear what the future of environmental law and policy looks like under the new administration. ELS will be hosting Chris Muehlberger, an attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency. February 16th, 12:30, Room 203.

ELS Meeting on November 2nd at 12:30 in Room 127 - anyone and everyone is welcome!

Discussion of the Protest on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Tuesday, September 27
12:30pm, Room 107
The KU Native American Law Students Association and the Environmental Law Students Association will host a discussion of the protest on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The event is open to all. Speakers include: a representative of the KU First Nations Student Association (invited), Professor Sarah Deer, Professor Uma Outka, and Professor Elizabeth Kronk Warner.