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We’re Hiring: 2022 Fall Law Clerks

2022 Fall Law Clerk Program  Position Overview: Chesapeake Legal Alliance (CLA) is currently accepting applications for our 2022 Fall Semester Law Clerk Program....

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ECHO Training with CLA

Did you miss ECHO training with Chesapeake Legal Alliance and Blue Water Baltimore? No worries! Click here to review the recording and learn about ECHO (EPA’s...

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Learning Land Use with CLA: A One-on-One with Land Use Lawyers

This webinar, moderated by CLA Attorney Will Halnon, is the first presentation in our new workshop series, Learning Land Use. During this roundtable discussion, our...

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CLA’s Legal Education Center Goes on the Road

Chesapeake Legal Alliance's Legal Education Center has been doing some heavy lifting over the past three weeks. On May 25th, CLA staff and interns arrived in...

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Chesapeake Legal Alliance Files Preliminary Injunction to Force Action on Wastewater Violations

On Monday, June 13, 2022, Chesapeake Legal Alliance and Barley Snyder, on behalf of its client, Blue Water Baltimore, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in the...

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  • “We are thankful to have CLA as a major resource for our policy and legal battles. CLA volunteer attorneys have helped us strengthen the conditions and enforceability of NPDES permits for industrial processing facilities throughout the Choptank, Miles, and Wye River watersheds. We collaborated with CLA to create a citizens’ guide to participating in the NPDES permit process. CLA is one of the best tools we have to fight for the protection of clean water in the Chesapeake Bay, and while the future of the political climate around the Bay is unknown, we’re ready to fight!”

    Matt Pluta
    Choptank Riverkeeper and Director of Riverkeeper Programs, ShoreRivers

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Parkside Preserve (Reserve at Quiet Waters)
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Turtle Run at Deep Cove Development

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