An ELI Public Seminar
Join the Environmental Law Institute and the Pro Bono Clearinghouse for the sixth part of our CLE series centered around community lawyering for Environmental Justice. ELI’s Clearinghouse strives to ensure that communities with viable environmental legal matters get the representation they need, whether that be in a courtroom, in front of an agency, or in a more facilitative or consultative fashion. The Clearinghouse connects communities and individuals seeking representation with Clearinghouse members and at various collaborating organizations.
This installation of our Community Lawyering for Environmental Justice series will review how to advocate for communities in both federal and state permitting processes. Panelists will apply a number of permitting-related topics to the field of community lawyering and share relevant examples from their combined many years of experience in the field.
This program will be followed by a happy hour.
Panelists:
Victoria Molyneaux, Public Interest Law Fellow, Environmental Law Institute, Moderator
Patrick DeArmey, Staff Attorney, Chesapeake Legal Alliance
Jim Hecker, Environmental Enforcement Project Director, Public Justice
Morgan Johnson, Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
- ELI CLE Policy (Please Read, As This Has Been Recently Revised)
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About CLE: Continuing legal education (also known as mandatory or minimum continuing legal education) is professional education for attorneys that is often required after their admission into a state bar. The information on this event page about CLE only applies to active attorneys who are attending the event (if you are not an attorney, you do not need to worry about CLE).
While this event is designed as an opportunity for attorneys to participate in continuing legal education, ELI makes no guarantee that the course will be accredited for CLE in any particular state. As ELI is an accredited CLE provider in Vermont and Pennsylvania, this course is automatically approved for 60 minutes of general CLE credit in Vermont and Pennsylvania. ELI will not be applying for CLE accreditation in any other states for this program.
Many states offer reciprocity with the states in which we are pre-approved. Please check to see if your state offers CLE reciprocity with Vermont or Pennsylvania. If your state offers CLE reciprocity, you may be able to automatically receive CLE credit without filling out an application. Additionally, several states do not require CLE at all. Please also check to make sure your state requires you to take continuing legal education courses to maintain your bar membership.
- According to ELI’s research, members of the Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, and Wisconsin Bars may be able to claim CLE credit for attendance, as the course has been accredited by another mandatory CLE jurisdiction.*
- According to ELI’s research, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and South Dakota Bars currently do not have mandatory continuing legal education requirements.*
*Please double check on your own to see if your state requires CLE or offers CLE reciprocity. State CLE policies change frequently, and ELI cannot guarantee that a state has not changed its policy since we conducted our research.
If your state requires CLE and your state does not offer CLE reciprocity with Vermont or Pennsylvania, you will need to apply individually with your state bar to receive CLE credit for this course. The applications are typically short and require a minimal fee. If you are solely attending this event to obtain CLE credit, please check before registering to ensure that you will be able to submit an individual attorney application in your state and that you understand the application process, requirements, and deadlines.
- On the day of the event, ELI will provide you with a timed agenda, faculty biographies, a course description, written materials, and a course evaluation. These are usually the only materials you will need (along with your Certificate of Attendance) to apply for individual CLE credit. Should you need any additional items, please contact us (cle@eli.org), and we will do our best to assist.
Materials:
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