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International Environmental Law Project (IELP)

The International Environmental Law Project (IELP) tackles some of today’s most challenging global issues, including trade and the environment, climate change, biodiversity conservation, and oceans and fisheries.

IELP is the only on-campus legal clinic focusing solely on international environmental law.

Students earn credit and gain real-world experience under the supervision of Professors Chris Wold and Erica Thorson, both practicing international environmental attorneys.

Students engage with environmental organizations, governments, and international institutions throughout the world and often have the opportunity to travel and share their work in international fora. Read more.

How to apply to IELP.

News

  • IELP Distributes Comprehensive CITES analysis

    IELP Distributes Comprehensive CITES analysis

    On the first day of working meetings of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), IELP distributed to the 175 Parties a comprehensive analysis of the Convention that examines the core objectives of the treaty in the context of some of the most important provisions of the Convention.
    http://www.lclark.edu/live/news/5012-ielp-distributes-comprehensive-cites-analysis
  • Law professors travel to Qatar to protect endangered species

    Law professors travel to Qatar to protect endangered species

    Chris Wold, director of the International Environmental Law Project (IELP), and Erica Thorson, IELP clinical professor, are in Doha, Qatar to help 175 member governments make decisions to protect species from overutilization due to international trade.http://www.lclark.edu/live/news/4974-law-professors-travel-to-qatar-to-protect
  • International Wildlife Trade and CITES

    International Wildlife Trade and CITES

    IELP provides legal advice relating to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to governments and environmental groups.http://www.lclark.edu/live/news/4499-international-wildlife-trade-and-cites
  • IELP goes to Copenhagen to fight climate change

    IELP goes to Copenhagen to fight climate change

    Professors Chris Wold and Erica Thorson, along with Professor Melissa Powers, and five IELP students attended the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark.

    http://www.lclark.edu/live/news/4472-ielp-goes-to-copenhagen-to-fight-climate-change
  • Protecting environmentally sensitive areas in Mauritius

    Protecting environmentally sensitive areas in Mauritius

    IELP helped the government of Mauritius to develop legislation to protect its environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs).

    http://www.lclark.edu/live/news/4478-protecting-environmentally-sensitive-areas-in
  • Capacity-building in Morocco, protecting Macaques

    Capacity-building in Morocco, protecting Macaques

    IELP provided Morocco’s Environmental Ministry with a legal analysis of Morocco’s wildlife and customs legislation over concerns about Morocco’s exportation of Barbary macaques.http://www.lclark.edu/live/news/4474-capacitybuilding-in-morocco-protecting-macaques
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Contact Us

The International Environmental Law Project is located in The Lewis & Clark Law School.

Director
Chris Wold
wold@lclark.edu
Phone: 503-768-6734
Fax: 503-768-6642

Staff Attorney
Erica Thorson
ejt@lclark.edu
Phone: 503-768-6715
Fax: 503-768-6642