S.J. Quinney College of Law

The Environmental Justice Clinic partners closely with Indigenous and other communities in Utah and the southwest. The Clinic uses a range of tools—including fact-finding, reporting, qualitative and quantitative methods, transnational and grassroots strategies, storytelling, media engagement, and corporate accountability—to advance environmental justice. Students develop the skills necessary to be strategic, creative, effective, and community-centered advocates.

The Clinic’s partners currently include Navajo community organizations C 4Ever Green and T’iis Názbąs Collaborative Coalition; Ute Mountain Ute community organization White Mesa Concerned Community; and community members across the Navajo Mountain, Red Mesa, Kayenta, and other chapters of the Navajo Nation.

The Environmental Justice Clinic is directed by Associate Professor of Law Ruhan Nagra. This 6-credit Clinic will be offered again in Fall 2025. Students who have taken Professor Nagra’s 3-credit Environmental Justice course (offered every spring) will be given priority for registration in the Clinic.