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Liberian lawyer Alfred Brownell wins major environmental law award

By , based on The Liberian Investigator

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Liberian lawyer Alfred Lahai Gbabai Brownell will share the 2026 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy with American Durwood Zaelke. Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University will present the award at a ceremony in New York, streamed online, reports The Liberian Investigator.

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