Location
EESI is located within the Wolf Law Building, which houses the University of Colorado Law School. Situated on the southern end of the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, the Wolf Law Building was completed in August 2006 and dedicated on September 8. Approximately 60 percent of the Wolf Law Building was financed by University of Colorado at Boulder students. Under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, the Wolf Law Building has received Gold certification. It is the first publicly supported law school in the country to obtain Gold.
As the parent organization of EESI, the University of Colorado Law School is well known for its strength in the area of environmental law. The U.S. News & World Report's 2008 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools (reporting on 2005-6 academic-year data) ranks the law school's environmental law program as 4th in the United States.
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