Public Interest Environmental Litigation in the Northeast Conference (PIELNE)

Conservation Law Foundation, Suffolk University Law School, Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law and Graduate School, and Emmett Envromental Law Center at Harvard Law School are pleased to announce that registration is open for the Public Interest Environmental Litigation in the Northeast Conference, taking place at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts on October 23, 2026.  

The Conference seeks to facilitate engagement across public interest environmental litigation sub-specialties and the Northeast region to enrich our understanding of environmental law. We look forward to welcoming you to Boston.

Draft Schedule (to be finalized): 

8:30 — 8:40 am - Welcome 

8:40 — 9:55 am - Panel 1: Using All the Options: From the State Legislature to the Courtroom  

10:05 — 11:05 am - Invited Panel Session – to be announced soon 

11:10 — 12:10 pm - Invited Panel Session – to be announced soon 

12:10 — 1:25 pm - Lunch + Working Groups 

1:30 — 2:45 pm - Panel 4: Recent New England Case Studies 

2:55 — 4:10 pm - Panel 5: SLAPP Actions and Other Threats to Legal and Environmental Engagement 

4:15 — 5:25 pm - Law School Clinic Presentations 

5:25 — 5:30 pm - Concluding remarks 

 

 

Registration: 

We invite all public interest environmental lawyers in the Northeast region to join us! Interested law students are also welcome, but space may be limited. Please use the form at the link below to RSVP at your earliest convenience so that we can plan accordingly. There is no cost to attend this conference.   

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPnWNEs17DEqoZpUtyDBs0DF1StBjSF16qLsnzq2IR9BC_hg/viewform  

Questions? 

Email pielneconf@gmail.com