The Land Conservation Clinic works to support and expand land conservation efforts in Georgia and the southeast. The Clinic, an interdisciplinary collaboration with UGA’s School of Ecology, focuses on legal and policy matters associated with conserving land. Clinic services are pro bono and clients include nonprofits such as land trusts, other community organizations, government agencies, and university researchers.
UGA Law
Students
Students, closely supervised by a licensed attorney, engage in a wide range of nonlitigation matters, including drafting conservation easements, analyzing policy, addressing conservation obstacles, creating innovative land management plans, conducting legal research, and other efforts aimed at supporting effective permanent land protection and its many benefits.
Clinic students not only learn more about the tools available to conserve land but work to create more tools and implement them. Students also develop skills that can be utilized in multiple practice areas and professional fields, including skills centered on collaboration, client engagement, problem solving, analytical thinking, project planning, self-reflection, and awareness of ethical considerations. They also are exposed to and connected to the many different possible careers in this field while carrying out the public service mission of the law school.