The Environmental Law Clinic opened its doors in the Fall of 2022, and is an interdisciplinary clinic that addresses environmental law and policy problems on behalf of individual clients and organizations including environmental groups, nonprofits and community organizations. The ELC covers the full range of environmental issues but focuses predominantly on environmental and energy justice concerns in Northeast Ohio. Miranda will provide more information on the types of cases the ELC covers, how the ELC trains third year law students for their soon-to-be new careers practicing law, and provide some highlights of the work done by Clinic Interns over the course of the Environmental Law Clinic's first year open.
Presenter:
Miranda Leppla, JD
Miranda Leppla is the director of the Environmental Law Clinic within the Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic at °Ç¸çºÚÁÏ School of Law, which will handle various environmental and energy matters. Miranda joined the faculty in 2022 to start the new clinic after over five years serving as the vice president of energy policy and lead energy counsel at the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC), where she led the energy team’s campaigns and initiatives to promote and advance clean energy and energy efficiency, mitigate climate change, and secure stronger public health safeguards for Ohioans. Miranda was lead counsel in all energy litigation matters, and represented the OEC, as well as other non-profits, at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Ohio Power Siting Board, and courts throughout the State of Ohio.