ENRLC Announces New Toxics Actions Fellowship
June 30, 2009
Vermont Law School's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC) has announced a new two-year graduate fellowship designed to aid communities dealing with toxic pollution issues.
The fellow will take a lead role in coordinating a project designed to provide free community organizing and legal resources to communities faced with serious toxic problems throughout northern New England, said David Mears '91, ENRLC director.
"The Toxics Action clinic fellow will have the rare and exciting opportunity to help train law students to solve environmental problems through working with these communities," Mears said.
The project is officially named the Partnership for Justice: Protecting the Rights of Pollution-Impacted Communities, is a joint effort between the not-for-profit Toxics Action Center and the ENRLC. The focus of this project will be to assist community members with navigating through regulatory processes related to pollution and contaminated sites and to lay the groundwork for litigation if it becomes necessary.
Read more about the Toxics Action Fellowship and how to apply.
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