Southern Environmental Law Center
Emma Clancy is an experienced attorney currently serving as a Staff Attorney and previously as a Senior Associate Attorney and Associate Attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center since February 2021. Prior experience includes a Judicial Law Clerk position at the U.S. District Courts from August 2019 to January 2021 and a Summer Law Clerk role at the Southern Environmental Law Center in 2018. Emma's early career includes positions in customer service and administrative roles, such as an Expo/Food Runner at Alley Light Restaurant and a Front Desk/Concierge at 200 South Street Inn. Emma holds a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from the University of Virginia School of Law and a Bachelor’s degree, Summa Cum Laude, from Colby College.
Southern Environmental Law Center
We are the Southern Environmental Law Center — the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental legal advocacy organization rooted in and focused on the South. We are respected for our deep understanding of the places, politics, and culture of the South, and our knowledge of and willingness to do what it takes to get results. With 90 lawyers and a total staff of 170 working in nine offices across six states and Washington, D.C., we champion this beautiful, complex region because we live here and we love it. As lawyers, policy and issue experts, and community advocates and partners, we take on the toughest environmental challenges. And we win. In court, in government, and with our communities, we defend and protect our air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and the people who live here. Transforming our region away from fossil fuel to clean energy, righting environmental injustice, stopping pollution, and protecting nature — when we solve these issues here, we lead the way for others. That’s why we say: Solutions start in the South. For more than 35 years, by working at the national, regional, state, and local levels, and in all three branches of government, this nonprofit organization is able to do what it takes to get results. SELC strengthens laws, we make government agencies do their job, and, when necessary, we go to court to stop environmental abuses or to set far-reaching precedents. Visit us on Facebook (/southernenvironment) and follow us on Twitter (selc_org) and Instagram (@southernenvironment) for our latest news, updates, and events.