The Environmental Justice Clinic at Vermont Law & Graduate School is delighted to announce the upcoming release of our online Environmental Justice State by State (EJSBS) law library and database. On Tuesday, April 4 from 4:30 – 5:30p (Eastern) we are hosting a webinar to preview the development version of this resource and seek feedback from our friends, colleagues, and EJ stakeholders around the country.

The Environmental Justice State by State (EJSBS) is a law library and database on environmental justice laws, policies, mapping tools, and state-recognized definitions associated with environmental justice across the fifty states and 7 territories. This project is a multi-year collaborative project led by students and faculty at five law schools around the country. Students and Staff Attorneys have compiled every state law, policy, and action related to environmental justice, and published it on the web in an easy-to-navigate format.

After several years of collaborative, student-driven research, we have completed the development version of our website. Before we fully release it to the public, we want to share it with some of our trusted partners to get their first impressions and feedback, to ensure it’s as polished and accessible as possible. At the webinar, we want to walk through the site with folks, share a bit about our findings, answer questions, and gather your input. The webinar will be hosted by Amy Laura Cahn of Taproot Earth, William Snape of American University Washington College of Law, Kelly Haragan of the University of Texas School of Law Environmental Clinic, and Ana Baptista of Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School.

Our institutions and organizations, as well as the University of California Hastings College, have all partnered to produce this website, with support from the National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Grace Foundation; and the Cancer Free Economy Network.