School of Law - Environmental Law

Environmental Law

Justice for Lake Carmen - a crucial new case for Environmental Justice Clinic

Community unites to protect Lake Carmen from developer's threats amid legal battle.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/03/new-case-for-miami-laws-environmental-justice-clinic.html


Environmental Law

University of Miami School of Law to co-host the 2025 Environmental Law and Policy Hack competition

The event invites teams to create innovative solutions for monetizing nature-based solutions to enhance urban resilience.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/03/law-school-to-co-host-environmental-law-and-policy-hack-competition.html




Environmental Law

Leading disaster and climate change law scholar to lecture at School of Law

Rob Verchick will discuss his award-winning book "The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience"

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/03/leading-disaster-and-climate-change-law-scholar-to-lecture.html




Environmental Law

UM delegation shines at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

The group of students and professors supported vulnerable island nations and collaborated with NGOs, while gaining vital experience in international climate diplomacy.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/12/um-delegation-shines-in-azerbaijan.html


Environmental Law

University of Miami School of Law to co-host the 2025 Environmental Law and Policy Hack competition

The event invites teams to create innovative solutions for monetizing nature-based solutions to enhance urban resilience.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/12/miami-law-to-cohost-environmental-law-and-policy-hack.html


Environmental Law

Environmental fellow and lecturer looks to usher a new wave of legal climate advisers

Inaugural Climate and Environmental Law fellow Renee Valerie Fajardo channels her frustrations with current climate law to advocate for stronger environmental protections.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/12/environmental-law-fellow-and-lecturer-looks-to-usher-a-new-wave-of-climate-advocates.html


Environmental Law

Professor Jessica Owley attends the COP16 in Cali, Colombia

The central objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity, adopted by 196 countries in 1992, is to promote measures that lead to a sustainable future.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/11/jessica-owley-attends-cop16-in-colombia.html


Environmental Law

Climate and environmental law expert kicks off COP29

Tracy Bach will deliver a lecture and teach a short course leading up to the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Azerbaijan.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/10/climate-and-environmental-law-expert-kicks-off-cop29.html


Environmental Law

Human Rights and Environmental Justice clinics address racial justice before the U.N.

A collaboration on a racial justice assessment in Miami-Dade County revealed critical insights, leading to a Miami Law student presenting in Geneva.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/09/human-rights-and-environmental-justice-clinics-address-racial-justice-before-the-un.html


Environmental Law

Human Rights and Environmental Justice clinics address racial justice before the U.N.

A collaboration on a racial justice assessment in Miami-Dade County revealed critical insights, leading to a Miami Law student presenting in Geneva.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/09/human-rights-and-environmental-justice-clinics-address-racial-justice-before-the-un.html