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Claire
McNulty

Summer Associate

Claire
McNulty

Summer Associate

Claire is a Summer Associate at SPR and a rising third-year student at NYU Law. Prior to joining SPR, Claire worked for a public-interest law firm based in New York City, where she focused on environmental and human rights cases. Claire previously served as a summer clerk for the Environment Section of the California Attorney General’s Office, where she gained experience with RCRA, CERCLA, CEQA, and other environmental statutes. At NYU Law, Claire is Digital Editor of the Environmental Law Journal and was on the board of the Environmental Law Society.  Claire also participated in the Environmental Law Clinic with NRDC and worked as a research assistant for NYU Law’s State Energy and Environmental Impact Center.

Supreme Court Significantly Curtails Federal Jurisdiction over Wetlands in Sackett v. EPA

On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Sackett v. EPA, ruling that federal jurisdiction over wetlands under the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act), which prohibits discharging pollutants into “the waters of the ...