ENVIRON 869
Environmental Law Clinic
Nancy Ellen Lauer, Ryke Longest
Description from DukeHub
Under Law faculty supervision, students work on interdisciplinary teams to solve nonprofit clients' legal and policy problems. Students gain hands-on, skills-based professional experience. Clinic follows Law School's academic calendar. Minimum 100 client work hours plus weekly seminar; mandatory, all-day intensive, typically 2nd Friday of semester; no dropping after 1st class. Nicholas School students may enroll starting in their second semester. Suggested corequisite: Environment 835. More information is available at: https://law.duke.edu/envlawpolicy/.
Skills
- policy and lawdescription: "law" and 4 more
- fieldworkAI review: "Minimum 100 client work hours"
AI-resilient: 4 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "hands-on"
- Yes: Live work with people · "teams"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "law"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · title: "clinic"
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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