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It was a GOOD week for taking initiative, after third-year law student Katharina Earle was the only law student to earn research funding from the Clinton Global Initiative. Earle, who is pursuing her J.D. at Widener University School of Law at the Delaware Campus, is researching the environmental protections written into German state constitutions.

The third-year law student, along with five university students, were awarded a total of nearly $10,000 to pursue a Commitment to Action — a new, specific and measurable plan that addressed an issue locally or worldwide.

Earle is examining a 2013 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case in which the court invoked a section of the state con Constitution to decide if the public has the right to clean air, pure water and preservation of the environment. She wanted to find the extent to which the decision may be transferable to German constitutional environmental rights provisions.

“It is exciting to bring awareness to comparative constitutional law as a relatively new area of the law,” Earle said in a news release. “Much more work needs to be done. It is great to be a part of it and I am grateful for the opportunity.”

 Earle, a native of Germany, has already earned an LL.M. in corporate law and finance from Widener Law Delaware. She will graduate with her J.D. in May. 

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