Environmental Advocacy (FL/NY): Staying Afloat to Pursue Your Passion
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This episode is presented by The United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corp.
Justin Bloom, a 1996 graduate of Tulane University School of Law, went to law school to right environmental wrongs via the law. While his first job involved defending environmental takings cases for the county government, his career has taken a winding path that has not always involved what he envisioned.
In this episode, Justin talks about his range of experiences. At one stop, he did tort litigation and immigration. At another, he quit because his boss asked him to coach clients to lie. He also worked directly for a model environmental advocacy organization that utilized citizen action to help government agencies remedy legal violations of the Clean Water Act.
Today Justin runs a nonprofit that uses a variety of strategies to protect Southwest Florida coastal areas. As with most startup nonprofits, funding has proven to be an enormous challenge. While he and other volunteers work to make the organization financially stable, he's practicing law on the side to ensure that he is too.
This episode is hosted by Kimber Russell, an account executive at Planet Depos, an international court reporting firm. It is sponsored by Barbri and Top-Law-Schools.com.
Episode Links
- Justin Bloom, Attorney at Law
- Hudson Riverkeeper
- Waterkeeper Alliance
- Suncoast Waterkeeper
- Vermont Journal of Environmental Law: The Supreme Court and Takings, Four Essays
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