Generating opportunities for the College of Law to deepen and broaden its engagement with environmental issues in Iowa and beyond.
Upcoming HELI Events
A goal of the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative is to host high quality and impactful events and programming. Listed here are events that are coming soon.
You can find more information about each event on the "Events and Programming" page.
About Iowa Law's Expanding Environmental Law Program
Iowa Law honored for dedicated commitment to environmental, natural resources, and energy law
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Hubbell Initiative expands environmental law in Iowa
Friday, April 21, 2023
This Earth Day, Iowa Law celebrates the expansion of environmental law opportunities for students, alumni, and the larger community in Iowa and beyond.
HELI welcomes New York Times reporter, authors, and scholars to Iowa Law this Spring
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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Environmental Law Jobs and Internships
HELI updates job opportunities in 12Twenty each week. To search for these opportunities, in 12Twenty go to Job Listings and search for 'environmental' in the search bar!
Iowa Law is a proud Constituent Law School of the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law.
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Recent HELI News and Updates
A Year of Impact: The Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative’s 2024–2025 Programming
Monday, April 28, 2025
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The Making of Environmental Law in the United States with Richard J. Lazarus
Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Join the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative and the College of Law in welcoming Richard J. Lazarus, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, for a talk about The Making of U.S. Environmental Law - with a particular emphasis on the Midwest.More about the discussion:Richard J. Lazarus offers a new interpretation of the past three decades of this area of the law, examining the legal, political, cultural, and scientific factors that have shaped — and sometimes hindered —...
Workers on the Frontlines of a Hotter Planet
Saturday, April 12, 2025 9:00am to 3:00pm
The UI Labor Center and the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative will host the 2025 Labor and Climate Conference on Saturday, April 12 at the Iowa Memorial Union, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The topics of focus for this event are rising heat, public health, and worker safety. National speakers will be featured, as well as breakout sessions on topics including:How rising heat impacts Iowans health and safety;Local and state laws and national policy initiatives to mitigate the effect of heat on...
Environmental Law Career Panel at Iowa Law
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
The Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative and the Environmental Law Society are hosting an Environmental Law Career Panel on Tuesday, March 4 at 12:45-1:45 p.m. in 245 BLB. The panelists will give unique perspectives on their careers in different fields of environmental law. Careers in private firms, government, and nonprofits will all be represented! Lunch is provided for those who attend in person.
Panelists include:
Bret Dublinske, Iowa Law alum and Shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron, PA...
"Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry" with Austin Frerick
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Join agricultural and antitrust policy expert Austin Frerick, who will be at lowa Law to discuss his new book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry. Barons is the story of seven corporate titans in the food industry and their rise to power, with a lens on Iowa and the Midwest.
Barons has received universal acclaim, including a coveted starred review from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and has been named one of the “Best Books of 2024” by the latter. The...
Climate Change Basics
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Iowa Law students are invited to join Professor Shannon Roesler to discuss the basics of human-caused climate change. We will cover the basics of the scientific consensus around the causes and impacts of climate change. If time permits, we will also discuss some of the challenges we face in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
Registration in advance is required: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_77f28qbyVAu3y5M
The "Iowa Effect": Insurance and Climate Change with New York Times Reporter Christopher Flavelle
Friday, February 14, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Join the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative at the University of Iowa College of Law for a discussion with New York Times climate reporter Christopher Flavelle and Martin Grace, Professor of Finance at the Tippie College of Business about insurance markets in a changing climate.
Christopher Flavelle has been writing about the impacts of climate change on insurance markets for years. In May of 2024, Christopher reported on a recent trend in insurance coverage, calling it the “Iowa effect,”...