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About Us: The Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section

What is the Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section?
ENRLS is a section of the State Bar of Texas comprised of lawyers who practice or have an interest in environmental and natural resources law.

ENRLS Mission Statement
To provide assistance to environmental lawyers in Texas to help them to be better lawyers.


Our programs include:
Environmental Law Journal - The acclaimed State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal, which provides Section members with current legal articles and recent developments pertaining to environmental and natural resources law, as well as news of Section activities and other events. The Journal is published on a quarterly basis.

Environmental Superconference – The premier environmental law conference in Texas, attended by over 500 people last year.

Law School Outreach - The Section actively works with the Texas law schools, sponsoring annual environmental law seminars, Buck J. Wynne Scholarships, and internships at the Natural Resources Division of the Office of the Attorney General, the Railroad Commission, Texas Parks & Wildlife, General Land Office, and the Professor Corwin W. Johnson Memorial internship at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

PDP Water Rights Conference – Water rights conference sponsored with the State Bar and the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the
State Bar.

Environmental Law Book – The treatise, Texas Environmental Law, published by West as part of its Texas Practice Series.

Texas Water Resources Treatise – The treatise, the Essentials of Texas Water Resources, is published by Texas Bar Books.

Texas Green Star Program – Certifcation of law offices under the State Bar of Texas Green Star Program.

From the Bench: Judicial Interviews – A series of practice-oriented interviews with Texas judges.


Who Can Join?
Membership is voluntary and is available to all licensed Texas lawyers. We also welcome law students, on a non-voting basis.


What Benefits Do You Receive As a Member?
• A subscription to the Section’s Environmental Law Journal. This is the leading source for articles on Texas environmental and natural resources law.

• Access to Texas Environmental Law Journal articles on-line.

• A subscription to NewspaperClips.com, a daily online news service which provides you each morning with a summary of environmental news from newspapers across Texas and the country.

• A subscription to the Greenwire, a daily online service covering environmental and energy policy. Every day you will be plugged into the latest issues facing the White House, Congress, the courts, and the states.

On-line access to CLE materials from Environmental Superconference and other environmental conferences

• Advance notice of CLE opportunities and discounts on registration fees.


How can you join?
>> Here's how to join the Section

Please note that only individual attorneys, and not law firms, can subscribe to and become members of the Section.

 

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