Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy
About CJIELP
The Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy is the only environmental law review at the University of Colorado and one of only a handful of law journals in the nation with a focus on international environmental concerns. The Journal has a diverse international audience which includes policy makers, scholars, officials in governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and students of law, international affairs, public policy, and the natural and social sciences.
Our History
The Journal was established in 1989-1990 by an enterprising group of law students interested in creating a publication that focused on the emerging and increasingly important field of international environmental law. Surrounded by top environmental law professors, top professors in both international and environmental fields, one of the main research facilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the headquarters of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder seemed a perfect place to create such a Journal. Today, the Journal is one of only a few widely read publications which showcases this particular field of law and policy.
What We Do
In past years the Journal has also held symposia on important related topics, and published issues dedicated to those topics covered by the symposia. In 2005-06, CJIELP sponsored a works-in-progress symposium exploring the limitations of current legal approaches to managing transboundary surface and groundwater resources. Panelists and presenters discussed how lawyers might participate in promoting and implementing more interdisciplinary approaches. In 2004, CJIELP co-sponsored with the Natural Resources Law Center the Center’s 25th summer conference on groundwater law, policy, and management issues throughout the Western United States and along the Mexican border.
In 1996, the Journal produced the inaugural edition of the Colorado Yearbook of International Environmental Law. Yearbooks are typically comprised of one or two main essays covering comprehensive developments in the field of international environmental law, and several topic overviews of major developments which occurred in select subject areas. These often include Trans-boundary Water Pollution, Trans-boundary Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Living Resources, Land-Based Pollution, Population, Trade & the Environment, Toxics and Vessel-Based Pollution.
In past years the Journal has also held symposia on important related topics, and published issues dedicated to those topics covered by the symposia. In 2004, the Journal co-hosted the International Law Students Association's (ILSA's) semi-annual conference, and produced a special symposium issue dedicated to the twin topics of sustainable energy in developing countries, and the impact of international environmental law on the rights of indigenous peoples.
