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Law and Sustainability Student Research Fellowship

The Law and Sustainability Student Research Fellowship program gives students opportunities to produce publication-quality articles on current legal and policy topics related to environmental sustainability.

Participating fellows:

  1. Research and write a full-length law review article
  2. Receive substantive feedback on their work
  3. Workshop each other’s research projects
  4. Deliver formal presentations of their articles to the law school community

Nearly 40 students have authored papers through this program since its inception, all receiving offers for publication in non-ASU legal academic journals and addressing crucial topics such as: 

  • Precision fertilizing
  • Wind and solar energy
  • Office-to-residential conversions
  • CO2 pipeline subsidies
  • Environmental justice

Application details

Important dates

Applications for Fall 2025 will open in late Summer 2025. Stay tuned for more details.

Questions

Please contact Troy Rule, Faculty Director of Law and Sustainability at ASU Law, for more information.

Past fellows and published papers

  • Connie Que & Jackson Pittman, Fertile Ground: Accelerating the Growth of Precision Fertilizing, DRAKE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL LAW (forthcoming, 2024)
  • Kyra Haas & Natalie Heun, End Game: Designing Smarter Wind and Solar Decommissioning Requirements, COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL (forthcoming, 2024)
  • Kiara Sims & Kate Hamman, Real Estate Recycling: Supporting Office-to-Residential Conversions, FLORIDA JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY (forthcoming, 2024)
  • Taylor Stonerock & Julia Weiss, Pipe Dream: Rethinking CO2 Pipeline Subsidies, UC LAW ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNAL (forthcoming, 2024)