This issue of Loquitur explores the millions of acres Kyle Tisdel JD’05 and Matthew Bishop JD’98, of the Western Environmental Law Center, have protected in New Mexico and
the Southwest; the sensitivity that Keala Carter MELP’11 and Grant Jonathan MSEL’97 bring to assisting Native peoples in their fight to protect sacred lands in Utah and New York; and the recently formed partnership between the National Wildlife Federation and the VLS Environmental Advocacy Clinic.
Along with fights for land protection, this issue details the emerging field of cannabis and hemp entrepreneurs and the legal challenges they face. And it also provides an insider’s view of the nation’s capital, from our 2018 commencement speaker Elizabeth MacDonough JD’98 and Kendra Brown JD’12 working with Congress and political officials on Capitol Hill to Tamara Toles O’Laughlin JD/MELP’09 in nearby Baltimore.
