Center Attorneys with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the Environmental Citizen Suits Celebration Summit
The Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center is a not-for-profit environmental
law firm that provides legal services to public interest organizations
in environmental matters. The Center counsels clients, educates the public,
submits comments to agencies, and litigates cases when necessary.
The Center's mission is to restore and protect the environment by providing
legal services to help solve environmental challenges in the Mid-Atlantic
United States. The Center aims to ensure that environmental requirements
are met, and that legislation and regulations are adequately implemented
by the responsible federal, state and local agencies.
The Center is located at Widener University
School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware, and works in tandem with
students in Widener's
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic.
Center attorneys and students in Widener's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic at Brandywine Creek State Park in October 2006.
Environmental clinic students provide more than
1,000 hours of pro bono legal assistance every year on a wide variety
of issues. They
function as an invaluable resource for the Center while receiving
experience with client contact, legal research and writing, and
advocacy skills.
The Center's clients include the Sierra
Club and its state chapters, Natural
Resources Defense Council, American
Littoral Society, Delaware
Riverkeeper Network, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania Public
Interest Research Groups, Delaware
Nature Society, Chesapeake Bay
Foundation, National Wildlife
Federation, and the New
Jersey Environment Federation.
The Center has prevailed in numerous cases and has received the
Delaware Sierra Club Conservation Award and the American
Canoe Association's Green Paddle Award.
The Center obtained its 501(c)(3) determination on June 13, 2000.
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