Carlyle Hall
Carlyle Hall
Co-Founder, CLIPI
Retired Attorney | Environmental Law Pioneer
Advocate for Social Justice & Equality
Co-Founder, CLIPI
Retired Attorney | Environmental Law Pioneer
Advocate for Social Justice & Equality
Co-Founder, CLIPI
Retired Attorney | Environmental Law Pioneer
Advocate for Social Justice & Equality
About Carlyle Hall
About Carlyle Hall
As a leading public interest lawyer, Carlyle Hall founded one of the nation's first public interest law firms - the Center for Law in the Public Interest (CLIPI). His extraordinary career spanned over five decades, leaving a lasting legacy in environmental law, civil rights, and public interest advocacy.
Now retired, Carlyle is an advocate, speaker, and commentator for the nation's leading news and trade publications.
As a leading public interest lawyer, Carlyle Hall founded one of the nation's first public interest law firms - the Center for Law in the Public Interest (CLIPI). His extraordinary career spanned over five decades, leaving a lasting legacy in environmental law, civil rights, and public interest advocacy.
Now retired, Carlyle is an advocate, speaker, and commentator for the nation's leading news and trade publications.
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“He is a brilliant legal analyst, with a very deep sense of public service that communicates itself to anyone who hears him speak.”
“He is a brilliant legal analyst, with a very deep sense of public service that communicates itself to anyone who hears him speak.”
— Warren Christopher, then-Chairman, O’Melveny & Myers, later as Secretary of State
— Warren Christopher, then-Chairman, O’Melveny & Myers, later as Secretary of State
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Insights & Commentary
Insights & Commentary
Reflections on law, leadership, and the ideas shaping the work.
Reflections on law, leadership, and the ideas shaping the work.
News
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Five Decades of Progress at Risk
Nearly 50 years after CLIPI's Northrop case helped shape landmark anti-bribery legislation, recent changes to FCPA enforcement threaten decades of progress in corporate accountability and fair business practices.
News
Beyond the Courtroom: Preserving 45 Years of Legal History
In honor of American Archives Month, CLIPI reflects on the importance of preserving decades of groundbreaking litigation records and the lessons they hold for future generations of advocates, scholars, and students.
News
Preserving Affordable Housing Cases at UC Irvine Libraries Special Collections
50 boxes of CLIPI case files to be archived at UC Irvine Library
News
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Five Decades of Progress at Risk
Nearly 50 years after CLIPI's Northrop case helped shape landmark anti-bribery legislation, recent changes to FCPA enforcement threaten decades of progress in corporate accountability and fair business practices.
News
Beyond the Courtroom: Preserving 45 Years of Legal History
In honor of American Archives Month, CLIPI reflects on the importance of preserving decades of groundbreaking litigation records and the lessons they hold for future generations of advocates, scholars, and students.
News
Preserving Affordable Housing Cases at UC Irvine Libraries Special Collections
50 boxes of CLIPI case files to be archived at UC Irvine Library
News
2025: A Banner Year for the False Claims Act
In 2025, the False Claims Act produced $6.8 billion in settlements and judgments, the largest annual recovery in the law's history.