The Environmental & Natural Resources Systems Clinic enables students to blend their substantive doctrinal training in various natural resource-related legal areas with the development of practical skills and professional identity. Clinic students represent and work with various entities to address local, state, and federal concerns related to the use, conservation, management, and protection of land, water, air, the environment, habitats, species, and other natural resources. Past clients have included Trinity River Authority, Texas Target Communities, Texas Water Foundation, and Tarrant Regional Water District.
Modeled on a typical law firm or consulting practice, students are required to work individually and in teams, endeavor to understand client needs and demands, confront decision-making challenges, and manage workload. A chief objective of the clinic is to better prepare students to begin practicing law upon graduation. Students also gain valuable experience and contacts, which enhance their qualifications for long-term career opportunities.
Students in the Environmental & Natural Resources Systems Clinic will typically work in teams to interview and work with clients, experts, and other professionals, organize presentations, and prepare reports, position papers, and other legal and quasi-legal material. They will have the opportunity to build on the following skills: professional communications, attorney-client relationship building, interviewing, legal research and writing, policy development, fact-finding, and teamwork.
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