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Seven Attorney General Offices Selected to Participate in New State Impact Center’s NYU Law Fellowship Program

State Impact Center today announced that seven attorney general offices have been selected to receive NYU Law fellows

Washington, D.C.The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law (State Impact Center), which launched in August 2017, today announced that seven attorney general offices in the following states have been selected to receive NYU Law fellows: Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Washington and Washington, D.C. The fellows will serve as special assistant attorneys general dedicated to working on clean energy, climate change and environmental matters of national and regional importance.

“Each of the attorney general offices chosen to participate in the initial phase of the fellowship program has demonstrated a commitment to advancing progressive policies on clean energy, the environment and climate change,” said David J. Hayes, executive director of the State Impact Center. “State attorneys general play a unique role in defending the citizens of their states from environmentally destructive actions and in advocating for the interests of their constituents. NYU Law fellows will allow them to play an even greater role protecting their states.”

The selection of these attorney general offices represents the first phase of the new fellowship program. Over the next several months, additional states will be selected to participate. Offices have begun accepting applications. Interested candidates can contact [email protected] and indicate the state for which he or she is applying to receive additional information about the application process.

Hayes, former deputy secretary and chief operating officer of the Department of the Interior for Presidents Clinton and Obama, was named executive director and a member of the State Impact Center’s advisory board in August.

In addition to Hayes, the State Impact Center’s Advisory Board includes: Richard Revesz, Lawrence King Professor of Law and dean emeritus at NYU Law (chair); Daniel Firger at Bloomberg Philanthropies; Anne Milgram, former attorney general for New Jersey and now professor of practice and distinguished scholar in residence at NYU Law; and Bruce Babbitt, former attorney general and governor of Arizona and secretary of the Interior during the Clinton Administration.

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About the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center:
The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan academic center at NYU School of Law. The Center is dedicated to working towards a healthy and safe environment, guided by inclusive and equitable principles. The Center studies and supports the work of state attorneys general (AGs) in defending, enforcing, and promoting strong laws and policies in the areas of climate, environmental justice, environmental protection, and clean energy.

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