Center for Law and Social Responsibility

Sidra Vitale (2007-2008)

Sidra Vitale ('07) is the New England School of Law Fellow for 2007-2008. As Fellow, she provides substantive and administrative support to the law school's three academic centers: the Center for International Law and Policy, the Center for Law and Social Responsibility, and the Center for Business Law.  Her fellowship projects are in environmental law, and she is currently counsel for 26 residents of Brockton and West Bridgewater, appearing before the Energy Facilities Siting Board and other agencies, in opposition to a proposed power plant. She is also working with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs on natural resource damages issues.

Ms. Vitale has a B.S. from the University of California at Irvine and worked as a software analyst and web programmer before attending New England School of Law on a merit scholarship.  She graduated cum laude.  Lead Article Editor for the New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, she received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Environmental Law, Environmental Advocacy, and Indigenous Peoples' Rights.  She co-chaired the Environmental Law Society, interned with the Environmental Protection Division of Attorney General's Office, and was a quarterfinalist in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition.