Turner Environmental Law Clinic
- “The Turner Clinic creates incredible opportunity for our students and great benefits for the environment and larger community.” – Bill Buzbee, Professor of Law
Established in 1998 with a Turner Foundation grant, the Turner Environmental Law Clinic at Emory University School of Law offers a practical clinical education to the aspiring environmental attorney.
By providing free legal assistance to individuals, community groups, and nonprofit organizations that seek to protect and restore the natural environment for the benefit of the public, the Clinic trains law students to be effective environmental attorneys with high ethical standards and a sensitivity to the natural environment.
The Clinic provides intellectually stimulating, professionally challenging, and personally rewarding instruction by granting students a real world look at the practice of environmental law. In addition to performing common law school tasks, such as writing legal memoranda, briefs, and pleadings, students in the Clinic participate in client meetings, depositions, negotiations, and the development of case strategy. Students also work on legislative and policy issues, on both the local and the state level.
Professional responsibility and ethics become first hand knowledge as students interact on a regular basis with clients, community groups, government personnel, and opposing counsel.
Our new citizens' guide to environmental justice, Putting the Law to Work in Our Communities: A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Protection and Justice in Georgia, is available here.
Contact Us
For more information about the Turner Environmental Law Clinic, contact:
Jim Grode, Director
Turner Environmental Law Clinic
Emory University School of Law
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-727-5542
Fax: 404-727-7851
Email: jgrode(at)emory.edu