Environmental Advocacy Clinic
Environmental Advocacy Clinic Director Kim Diana Connolly with her students.
The Environmental Advocacy Clinic focuses on state, national, and international environmental policy issues that have direct impact on Western New York as well as national and international implications.
The Environmental Advocacy Clinic is four-credit clinic (for returning students, a different credit hour allocation can be requested). The EAC works on state, national, and international environmental law and policy issues that have direct impact on Western New York, as well as national and international implications.
The work is exciting and challenging. Student attorneys work on issues such as legal aspects on the first North American transboundary designation of a wetland of international importance, and development and implementation of local sustainable and regenerative laws. Under the supervision of Professor Connolly, student attorneys coordinate directly clients and other stakeholders.
Kim Diana Connolly
Director of Environmental Advocacy Clinic
Clinical Legal Education
Ramsar:
- Oct. 4, 2019 - Niagara River corridor recognized as 40th Wetland of International Importance by US, Niagara Frontier Publications
- Oct. 3, 2019 - Can Niagara River, now a Ramsar site, prove to be an ecotourism beacon?, The Buffalo News
- Oct. 1, 2019 - Media Advisory: Niagara River Corridor receives international wetland status, UB News Service
- Sept. 26, 2019 - 'A jewel in the wetlands of the U.S.': Niagara River earns world recognition, The Buffalo News
Lead Poisoning:
- Oct. 3, 2019 - Erie County Legislators vote yes to resolution helping kids impacted by lead poisoning, WVIB