Tulane University Law School started its Environmental Law Clinic in 1989 to offer students the realworld experience of representing people who otherwise could not afford to enforce their rights under state and federal environmental laws. Having now operated for nearly 16 full academic years, the Clinic is part of a first tier environmental law program and has become Louisiana’s premier public interest environmental legal services organization. On behalf of their clients, Clinic student and supervising attorneys litigate environmental “citizen suits” to abate industrial pollution, appeal permits for environmental pollution or destruction of wetlands, challenge agency regulations that fall short of legislative mandates, and prod agencies to perform statutory duties.