Inside ELAW: Summer Legal Interns

ELAW receives many applications from promising law students who want to volunteer as summer Legal Interns. This summer we are pleased to have Joanna Reilly-Brown and Ashley White working with us.

Joanna (on right)
I am a rising third-year law student in the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law Environmental and Land Use Law certificate program. I am fascinated by the interaction between humans, culture, and the natural environment.

Last summer I spent two months in Costa Rica studying international environmental law and comparative watershed management. This year, I spent the first two weeks of May in Belize working on a project through the UF Law Conservation Clinic involving small farmers converting to more sustainable farming practices in the buffer zone of a protected area.

Ashley
I am a third year student at Willamette University College of Law. I am in the process of completing a certificate in International and Comparative Law. I am interested in contemporary global environmental issues, rights, and environmental compliance.

I worked and studied in China in 2005 and 2007 – including teaching English at the Shanghai Migant Workers School. I will travel to China later this year to study environmental law. My research on the environmental impact of China’s economic rise served as my primary motivation for attending law school.