UCLA Environmental Law Clinic
Can Bioplastics Be Composted? UCLA Clinic Investigates
See how bioplastic packaging interacts with California’s waste system as UCLA’s Environmental Legislation Clinic tours facilities across the state.
A student team from UCLA’s California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic has been conducting research for a project on bioplastics through field visits at waste management sites up and down the state, from Sun Valley to Northern California. These clinic field trips have been really fascinating and a little smelly. Clinic student Maddie Lincoln describes …
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CONTINUE READINGGuest Contributors Kelsey Manes & Ashley Sykora: State Should Clean Up Los Angeles Parkways Impacted by Exide Pollution
Communities for a Better Environment and UCLA Environmental Law Clinic Urge State Agency to Reevaluate Inequitable Cleanup Proposal
We are UCLA Law students enrolled in the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, a class in which students work on behalf of community and environmental groups to help advance client goals through legal advocacy. This semester, we worked with Communities for a Better Environment, a community-based environmental justice organization that works in heavily polluted …
CONTINUE READINGNew legislative effort underway to develop public access to the L.A. River
Earlier this year, California State Senator Kevin De Leon introduced SB 1201, a bill that could bolster efforts to open up the Los Angeles River for lawful recreational uses such as boating. I have a particular interest in this, since UCLA’s Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic worked with the advocacy group Friends of the Los …
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