Environmental Law Net was created in 1998 as a tool for opening and improving access to primary source legal information on the Internet. It is designed for for environmental lawyers and managers, law students, and anyone interested in environmental law. With its unique indexing methods and intuitive format, Environmental Law Net quickly emerged a leading resource for environmental law research and news, worldwide.

    The Internet offers reliable primary source legal resources which are indispensable to environmental lawyers and compliance managers. This site delivers those resources through a uniquely functional and efficient format which allows us to make informed decisions, while saving time and money. Some of the most useful resources provided on this site are typically not available in law firm libraries or through expensive proprietary networks. This site also delivers valuable original content and special features designed to make the internet more informative, easy, and enjoyable to use.

    Since the Internet is all about establishing and reinforcing connections between people, I also created this site to marshal the knowledge, insight, and experience of a community of people who share common interests in environmental law. No search engine, or set of links or law firm memos can match the collective power and resources of a community of environmental professionals. I hope you will value this power and reward this site with your participation and contributions.

The features of this site exist within two primary domains: (1) legal information libraries; and (2) community resources.

There are six legal information libraries. They include document libraries and task-specific libraries.

The document libraries are:

 Laws and Regulations

Including federal, state, international, transnational, and tribal laws and regulations.

 Court and Agency Decisions

Including decisions of U.S. federal and state courts, international courts, courts of countries around the world, and tribal courts.

 Agency Documents and Databases

Including essential guidance documents, policies, and databases from U.S. federal and state agencies, and agencies of governments around the world.

The task-specific libraries are:

 Compliance

Including resources organized for performing environmental regulatory compliance counseling.

 Enforcement and Litigation

Including resources organized for handling defense against agency enforcement actions and federal and state court litigation.

 Real Estate and Corporate Transactions

Including resources organized for handling environmental aspects of real property transfers, and corporate mergers and acquisitions.

The community domain includes features which allow you to keep abreast of developments in environmental law and interact with environmental professionals around the world.

The community attributes of this site are:

 Daily Newsfeed

Where you can view today's news summaries and press releases concerning important developments in environmental law and business.

 Desk Reference

An extensive compilation of the most useful and reliable internet tools and conveniences tailored to the needs of environmental lawyers.

 What's New

Featuring direct access to press releases and newsletters from federal and state environmental agencies around the world, and law firm memos and articles which provide substantive analysis of recent developments in environmental law and enforcement.

 Your In Box

Combines the internet with a powerful database to organize and exchange links and documents of particular concern to your company, and to communicate these resources seamlessly, with continuous access, through a secure password protected domain.

 Online Forum

Provides interactive environmental law interviews and moderated seminars featuring top environmental decision makers from government and industry.

  Editorial

Featuring focused articles and commentary on current topics in environmental law and regulation.

 Conferences and Events