ENRE Thaddeus Lightfoot Law Student Clerkship Program
The Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy Law section of the Minnesota State Bar Association provides a grant each year to support a law student summer clerkship in the fields of environmental or energy law with a governmental entity, non-profit organization, or law firm.
Congratulations to the ENRE 2024 Thaddeus Lightfoot Law Student Clerkship Program Summer Clerkship Recipient - Keeli Siyaka!
Keeli Siyaka, a rising third-year law student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, is a recipient of the 2024 ENRE Summer Clerkship Grant. This summer, Keeli clerked with the legal department at the Minnesota Land Trust, a non-profit that has protected over 79,000 acres of habitat across Minnesota primarily through conservation easements. She was able to participate in every part of the process to obtain a conservation easement and learned the fundamentals of real-estate transactions. This fall, Keeli will serve as President of the Mitchell Hamline chapter of the Native American Law Student Association. Prior to law school, Keeli worked at Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi, a St. Paul based environmental non-profit dedicated to cultural education and stewardship of Dakota sacred sites. Keeli received a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a minor in Biology from the University of Minnesota Morris.