The Environmental Law Program (ELP) supports student involvement in a variety of extracurricular activities, from attending conferences to presenting and publishing scholarship. In many cases, travel grants are available to subsidize the cost of travel. Students are encouraged to contact Professor Antolini to discuss potential opportunities for travel grants.
The Environmental Law Program (ELP) supports student involvement in a variety of extracurricular activities, from attending conferences to presenting and publishing scholarship. In many cases, travel grants are available to subsidize the cost of travel. Students are encouraged to contact Professor Antolini to discuss potential opportunities for travel grants.
Check out stories about student travel by clicking on the links!
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Richardson Students at COP 30: Reflections from the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference
Three Richardson students, Steven Manso (‘26), Anna Maidment (‘27), and Justice Castroverde-Moniz (‘27), attended COP 30 in Belém, Brazil—the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference that brought together delegates from more than 190 countries in the heart of the Amazon region. Each shared their unique experiences, from navigating high-level negotiations on climate change to connecting with…
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Lily Downing ’25 Shares About Her Experience at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Oregon
During the last weekend in February, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel to Eugene, Oregon to attend the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the University of Oregon. The Conference PIELC is the largest conference of its kind in the entire world, hosting over 5,000 people to attend various panels and…
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COP 29 Reflections, Sophia Tidler: Absorbing COP
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of the Parties (COP) is such a vast learning space with tireless absorption potential. Putting my experience into a little blog post is simply an impossible task. However, I will explain why I chose to go, what track I followed, and a few conversations I observed…
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ELP Summer Spotlight – Emily Sarasa
Background This summer, Emily Sarasa, a 2024 graduate from the William S. Richardson School of Law and an Environmental Law certificate recipient, wrote this blog post for ELP about her experience at the 31st World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy in Seoul, South Korea. Introduction I attended the…
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Professor Wallsgrove Brings ELP Students to Hakalau
From October 18-20 2024, Environmental Law Program (ELP) students and friends visited Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaiʻi Island, led by Professor and ELP Co-Director Richard Wallsgrove ʻ08. The Refuge is a sanctuary for native and endemic Hawaiian plant and animal species, many of which are threatened or endangered. In the 1980s, the community…
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Students and Alumni Attend the 2024 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference
From left to right: Professor and ELP Co-Director David M. Forman ʻ93, Josh Eddington ʻ25, Marie Sonson ʻ25, and Malia Taylor-Wolfe ʻ25. Richardson students and alumni attended the 2024 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference from July 30 to August 1, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. This year’s theme was ʻAuamo Kuleana – Amplifying Strength Through Balance. ʻAuamo Kuleana…