Leadership Report 2026
What’s up? Spring 2026 Calendar of Events February 6– 7
New Directions in Environmental Law Conference, with Yale School of the Environment
19 – 21
The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
April
Haub Visiting Scholars, Professor Doug Kysar, Yale Law School, Marianne Engelman-Lado, Director, Environmental Justice Law, NYU School of Law, and Randall Abate
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Pace Environmental Law Review and Pace International Law Review Symposium on Degrees of Displacement: The Climate Crisis and the Future of Migration
16
Annual Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture on Environmental Law delivered by Haub Visiting Scholar, Professor Doug Kysar, Yale Law School & Pace | Haub Environmental Law and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Colloquium on Environmental Law
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Learn more and register at law.pace.edu/enviro-events
12th Annual Earth Day Jam
Environmental law headlines in the United States trumpet retreat, dismantling, and regression. The news from Pace | Haub Environmental Law that you will read in this report is quite different. It evidences the continued development of the environmental rule of law, progress toward a sustainable future, and the value of the work we do at Pace | Haub Environmental Law.
Message from the Executive Director & Faculty Director of Environmental Law Programs
In 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) issued landmark Advisory Opinions recognizing the duties of states to address climate change (Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights). The Advisory Opinions represent the culmination of years of research and advocacy by thousands of members of civil society, including by the students, alumni and faculty of Pace | Haub Environmental Law. In 2016, the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies (GCELS) submitted Motion 087 which was adopted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN’s) 2016 World Conservation Congress and supported a decision inviting the General Assembly to request an advisory opinion from the ICJ on the principle of sustainable development in view of the needs of future generations. In 2019, students,
inspired by environmental law legend and Normandy Chair for Peace, Tony Oposa, created an online petition and coordinated the submission of letters of support for a request for an advisory opinion to Permanent Representatives to the UN. This year, the Environmental Law Institute published a commentary evaluating the scope of the forthcoming ICJ opinion authored by students in Professor Nicholas Robinson’s class Environmental Law Seminar: Rights Before the UN World Court. In 2023, GCELS submitted an amicus brief to the IACHR on climate-related displacement and Professor Camila Bustos subsequently provided expert testimony before the IACHR. Closer to home, Pace | Haub Environmental Law students, alumni and faculty successfully advocated to enshrine environmental rights in Article I, section 19 of New York State’s Bill of Rights. Now we are working to support the effective implementation of those rights. The Pace Environmental Law Clinic invoked Article I, section 19 in litigation seeking to enjoin a dangerous hazardous waste incinerator. The most recent New York State Supreme Court decision interpreting Article I, section 19 characterizes it as fundamental and selfexecuting, citing to an article authored by Pace | Haub Law Faculty. And we were excited to welcome Professor Sam Bookman, an internationally recognized expert on environmental rights, as a Haub Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor to help build out the Pace New York Environmental Right Repository. We have also turned our attention to Pace | Haub Environmental Law’s physical home, our White Plains campus. We research, write, study and lecture on the ancestral homelands of the Lenapehoking. This past April, Pace | Haub students and faculty, with the founders of the Lenape Center, convened a symposium on the treaties of the Lenape Nation where the students presented a compendium of the treaties, assembled for the first time in one place, as the culmination of their work in the class Environmental Law Seminar: Indigenous People’s Treaty Rights. We express gratitude to our friends in the Lenape Nation and look forward to their partnership in addressing the environmental challenges of our shared future. We wish to take a moment to acknowledge the extraordinary contributions of Jason Czarnezki whose energy, vision, and dedication over the last decade as the Executive Director of Pace | Haub Environmental Law was instrumental for the Program’s growth and excellence. Jason has gone on to become the dean at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. We wish him well and commit to grow the program he nourished. This report shares news of environmental law through the lens of the work that we do at Pace | Haub Environmental Law. We train students, recruit faculty, support alumni, and engage with environmental law at all levels, from local land use to international policy. We do this in service of the larger goal of building a more just, more sustainable world. We recognize the importance of practicing effectively (and training our students to practice effectively) within existing doctrine while also valuing thinking big— envisioning how doctrine must evolve. Progress is rarely fast and sometimes it is two steps forward and one step back. Surveying the work of our Pace | Haub Environmental Law community evidences a march forward.
Katrina Fischer Kuh Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law; Faculty Director, Environmental Law Program | BA & JD, Yale. Specializes in climate change, sustainability, and environmental rights. Achinthi C. Vithanage Professor of Law for Designated Service in Environmental Law; Executive Director, Environmental Law Programs; Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Business Law Hub LLB/BInst, UNSW, Sydney Australia; LLM, Pace | Haub Law. Former Visiting Associate Professor at GW Law. Specializes in international environmental law, energy justice, sustainable development, High Seas biodiversity law.
* Spotlights on New Faces Lauren Roth, Associate Professor of Law, Faculty Director of Health Law and Policy Certificate Education: BA, George Washington University; JD, Harvard Law School; PhD, Columbia University Experience: Previously, Lauren was a professor with the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center at Touro University, teaching business and health law courses. She was also the Associate Director and Acting Assistant Professor at NYU School of Law Lawyering Program. At Pace | Haub Law, she teaches Health Law in America, Contracts, and Corporations and Partnerships. Research & Scholarship: Health law and policy, business law, the intersection of environment and health are among her teaching and research interests. Her scholarship focuses on the role of the government, business, and employers in American health and social welfare and how to promote equal access to health care. The Commonwealth Fund awarded her a grant to serve as Principal Investigator for a 2024-2025 research project titled State Regulation of Medicare Brokers. Recent Activity: She was selected as a Health Law Scholar by the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University and the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. She currently serves as Secretary of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care.
Michael Hamersky, Executive Director, Pace Energy and Climate Center, Adjunct Professor of Law Education: BA, Boston University; JD, Fordham University School of Law; LLM, Pace | Haub Law Experience: Michael teaches Natural Resources Law and focuses on climate change mitigation, clean energy deployment, sustainable development, international conservation, ocean governance, and renewable energy incentive structures. Michael focuses on the clean energy transition, addressing barriers to and incentives for renewable energy deployment, and has worked with NYSERDA to update New York’s battery storage, and wind energy systems model laws, as well as to develop large renewable energy project siting and permitting process resources used to educate municipalities statewide. Research & Scholarship: From protecting ocean ecosystems to renewable energy incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, Michael has published several research papers and presented at conferences on various topics, including on the impact of climate change on Indigenous people in Navajo Nation. Recent Activity:
Michael is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law and was the Climate Change and Land Use Policy Fellow at the Land Use Law Center prior to his appointment as Executive Director of the Pace Energy and Climate Center. At Pace | Haub Environmental Law: Michael appeared on behalf of the Pace Energy and Climate Center at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi and COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
Sara Gonzalez-Rothi, Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Law Education: BA, University of Florida; JD, University of Miami School of Law Experience: Sara served as Senior Director for Water at the White House Council on Environmental Quality throughout the Biden-Harris Administration. Earlier, she was Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, advising democratic members on ocean and atmospheric-related federal policy, and Legislative Counsel to a U.S. Senator on environment, energy, agriculture, and animal welfare issues. She also held the role of Senior Policy Specialist at the National Wildlife Federation. Research & Scholarship: Sara focuses on pragmatic environmentalism in her scholarship. Recent Activity: Sara published an article on offshore wind energy for the New York State Bar Association, served on the steering committee for a Coastal States Organization/National Sea Grant Law Center symposium on the public trust doctrine, presented at the National Forum of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, and joined the boards of the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation, the Dodon Center for Ecological Farming, and Green Amendments for the Generations. At Pace | Haub Environmental Law: Sara joined the faculty in August 2025 and will be teaching Administrative Law and Water Law in Spring 2026.
Sam Bookman, Visiting Assistant Professor and Haub Visiting Scholar Education: BA/LLB, University of Auckland; LLM and SJD, Harvard Law School Experience: Sam has held postdoctoral positions at Harvard Law School and NYU Law School. He is also Senior Staff Attorney in the Environment Program at the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, where he has advised environmental NGOs across the world,
and represented clients before international courts and tribunals. Before coming to the U.S., Sam practiced as a lawyer in Aotearoa/New Zealand and was a clerk to the country’s Chief District Court Judge. Research & Scholarship: Sam’s research spans constitutional design, climate litigation, social movements, and environmental human and nonhuman rights. His work is widely published in prominent national and international law reviews and has been cited by the International Court of Justice and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He has also authored many book chapters, blog posts, and contributed to numerous research reports and collaborations. Recent Activity: Sam’s recent publications include a book chapter on Indigenous Peoples, climate change, and private law; an empirical study of the U.S. “Rights of Nature” movement; and a comparative analysis of constitutional climate cases in Germany, the U.S., and Mexico. At Pace | Haub Environmental Law: Sam joined the Pace faculty in August 2025 and taught Climate Change Law and Constitutional Law in Fall 2025. He will also be working with Professor Katrina Kuh to update Pace Law School’s “Environmental Right Repository” on New York’s recently enacted “green amendment.”
Maria Jovita Lambert, Associate Director of Graduate Admissions and International Affairs, Adjunct Professor of Law Education: BBA LLB, Jindal Global Law School; LLM in Environmental Law, Pace | Haub Law Experience: Maria teaches Introduction to the American Legal System and works closely with international and graduate students. She oversees Haub Law’s international partnerships and programs. Her work focuses on climate change, human rights, sustainability, and the role of private actors in global climate governance. She has contributed to international environmental initiatives across academic institutions, international organizations, and grassroots climate platforms. Research & Scholarship: Maria’s scholarship focuses on international climate law, climate adaptation, business and human rights, and the legacy of colonialism in environmental governance. She has participated in multi-institutional environmental research teams, including a Fulbright-funded Sustainability Action Lab, and has worked on projects examining ecocide, climate litigation, and intersectional legal frameworks. Through the UN Academic Impact Millennium Fellowship, she founded the student-led Sustainability Consultancy Clinic. She has presented research on climate justice, business and human rights, and state responsibility for climate harms. Recent Activity: Maria’s motion, Strengthening Business Engagement in Climate Adaptation for the Preservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystems, was adopted at the 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC). She also spoke on “Countering the Colonial Legacies of Conservation” at the IUCN WCC, presenting research on climate adaptation as colonial reparation and Indigenouscentered climate action.
Rhea N. Mallett, Land Use Law Center Teaching Fellow Education: BA, Amherst College; JD, Columbia University School of Law; LLM, Pace | Haub Law Experience: An alumna of the Land Use Law Center, and formerly mentored by Professor John R. Nolon, Rhea focuses on the power of local government to promote sustainable development, green infrastructure, and climate resiliency. As a Partner at McCarthy Fingar LLP, Rhea brings to her practice an expertise in land use, SEQRA, and municipal law, helping private clients and municipalities reach their land use goals. Research & Scholarship: Rhea has published on equity-based comprehensive plans as local governments throughout the country create policies addressing former land use practices that contributed to existing income, wealth, and health inequities. Recent Activity: Rhea leads trainings throughout New York State of municipal officials and board members on SEQRA, land use, open meetings law, and ethics. Since 2022, Rhea has also served as a Trustee for the Village of Briarcliff Manor, contributing to her own local government. At Pace | Haub Environmental Law: Rhea earned her LLM at Pace Haub Law, concentrating in Land Use and Sustainable Development. She regularly supervises Haub Law students serving internships with the Federated Conservationists of Westchester and will be expanding her connection with Pace | Haub Law by becoming a Land Use Law Center Teaching Fellow.
† Spotlight on Graduate Research Fellows Our fellows work part-time in one of our programs while earning an LLM or SJD in Environmental Law, with opportunities to work with our faculty and staff on innovative projects throughout the year. Past fellows have gone on to work at Riverkeeper, NRDC, AIG, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, the IUCN, and law firms. Applications for 2026-27 open in January 2026. Keep an eye on our website for more information. This year, the Pace | Haub Environmental Law program welcomes: Kiran Chahal, Environmental Law Fellow Education: BA, University of California, Berkeley; JD, Georgetown University Law Center; LLM specializing in Global Environmental Law, Pace | Haub Law Experience: Kiran has served in various international and domestic legal and policy roles, including Durable Solutions Officer
with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Bangladesh and Associate Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Officer with UNHCR in Washington, D.C. She has also worked as Assistant Attorney General for New York State, Graduate Admissions Officer at Fordham Law, and Legal Officer with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Thailand. Recent Activity: At UNHCR, Kiran led regional refugee resettlement strategy and casework oversight across the Caribbean and Bangladesh. She has developed and implemented legal and durable solutions for displaced populations in diverse humanitarian and international contexts.
Samuel Carvalho, Pace Energy & Climate Fellow Education: LL.B., Federal University of Ceará; LL.M. in Environmental Law, specializing in Energy and Climate Change Law and LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies, Pace | Haub Law Experience: Samuel is a Brazilian attorney and legal consultant who recently passed the NY Bar Exam. He serves as the Written Content Vice Chair for both the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (ABA SEER) Climate Change Committee and ESG & Sustainability Committee. He has worked with the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) on sustainability standards and climate policy, and as an associate at Dantas Tax Law Firm in Brazil. Recent Activity: At IRMA, Samuel conducted legal and policy analysis in the mining industry, with a focus on the European Union Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Additionally, he contributed to the development of a mining remedy framework to address human rights and environmental harms in the sector.
Pace Environmental Law Alumni Association (PELAA): The Pace Environmental Law Alumni Association (PELAA) offers exclusive access to a vibrant community for Pace | Haub Environmental law graduates. Through PELAA, alumni can engage in a variety of social and professional events, fostering lifelong connections with fellow environmental law professionals. Members benefit from career assistance and guidance, helping them navigate and advance in the field of environmental law. This year, PELAA expanded its Board and created a Mentorship Program, designed to connect alumni with a wealth of experience in the environmental sector with current students eager to explore the field. The Mentorship Program matched 32 alumni with 33 students and hosted virtual workshops on resume building and interviewing skills. @p.e.l.a.a
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News! Student Leadership Pace Environmental Law Review (PELR): Established in 1982, PELR was one of the first scholarly journals established in the then-new field of environmental law. Affiliated with the highest-ranked Environmental Law Program in the nation, PELR is committed to publishing the most influential and innovative scholarship in the field of environmental law. In the 2024–2025 academic year, PELR published Volume 42, featuring three issues and 14 articles. The most downloaded article, “Strange Bedfellows: Guardians for Fetuses and Future Generations,” explores novel links between legal guardianship in the context of climate and abortion litigation. Volume 42, Issue 1 grew out of the 2024 Spring Sustainable Business Law Symposium, uniting leading experts on environmental law and sustainable business practices. Since January 2025, PELR’s blog, Greenlaw, has published 18 posts, with new content every two weeks. In March, PELR hosted the Spring Symposium, “American Tax Policy Institute and PELR Conference on Tax Law, the Environment, and Climate Change” in New York City, featuring distinguished panelists with expertise in tax and environmental law. Several of these panelists contributed to PELR’s Volume 43, Issue 1, Tax Law, the Environment and Climate Change. @PaceEnvtLRev
Pace Environmental Law Review
Pace Environmental Law Society (ELS): As the largest student club on campus, ELS exposes students to the environmental offerings of the Pace community, raises awareness of environmental issues, and fosters involvement in local environmental initiatives. ELS had the privilege of hosting renowned speakers like Filipa Costa, who shared the inspiring story of community-led transformation unfolding in Portugal’s Cova de Beira region, where local organizers have created a promising model for rebuilding local food systems from the ground up. ELS’s newest initiative, Fill-It-Forward, is dedicated to tracking reusable water bottle usage, where every use contributes to charitable environmental and social projects around the world and updates users on projects as they are completed. Additionally, ELS planted 13 new trees on campus, utilizing native species to enhance biodiversity on our campus. Learn more about their activities in the ELS Annual Report. @envirolawsociety
Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF): SALDF advances animal interests through the legal system and fosters the growth of the next generation of animal law attorneys. In 2024, seven Executive Board members attended the Animal Conference in Portland, Oregon, participating in impactful panels on numerous pressing issues in animal law and networking with leaders in the field. On campus, SALDF hosted several events such as the “Cruelty Free Beauty & Hygiene Event,” “Representation vs. Reality: Legal Protections for Misunderstood Species,” and, in collaboration with the ELS, “Exploring Food Policy Careers & Pathways.” Additional initiatives included an animal costume contest benefiting a local animal law cause, a shelter supply drive, and a “pet toy” crafting event using donated T-shirts for a local shelter.
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New Directions in Environmental Law Conference (NDEL): Pace | Haub Environmental Law was again at the forefront of the annual NDEL Conference hosted at Yale University. Pace | Haub Law student Frances Gothard (2L) was a conference co-chair along with Stephanie Prufer, a Yale Law School student. The keynote speaker was Ali Zaidi, Former White House National Climate Advisor, Assistant to the President of the United States, and Head of White House Climate Policy Office. Additional speakers included Connecticut Attorney General, William Tong, and Professors Nicholas A. Robinson and Camila Bustos. Professor Joshua Galperin was the faculty advisor and delivered closing remarks. The next NDEL conference will be held in February 2026.
Clinics / Centers / Experiential Learning The Pace Food Law Center supports legal services and advocacy, faculty scholarship, and student learning in the field of food law. Highlights: Over the course of the year, the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic provided pro bono legal representation to 46 clients and provided brief consultations to 25 others. / The Clinic’s clients include small farm businesses, artisan food manufacturers, craft beverage entrepreneurs, and related nonprofit organizations. Its work most often involved assisting clients form Jonathan Brown Director, Food business entities and and Farm Business Law Clinic; nonprofits, negotiating Professor of Law | BA, UPenn; long-term land leases, JD, NYU. Specializes in food and and advising on land agricultural law and use, conservation, and business law. farm succession matters. Other key projects included researching the intellectual property Jack Hornickel Staff of plant genetics, supporting Attorney, Food and Indigenous land rematriation, and Beverage Law Clinic; Adjunct drafting novel ground leases. / The Professor of Law | JD & MA Clinic hosted 16 student interns, Environmental Law and Policy, as well as one legal fellow, over Vermont. Represents small farm the course of the year. The Clinic and food businesses. Expertise in farm collaborated with five regional succession, conservation, land access, agricultural education nonprofits to direct-market business practices and present legal training workshops agricultural real estate. for farmers. @pacefoodlaw Jessica A. Bacher Executive Director, Land Use Law Center; Adjunct Professor of Law | BS, Florida; JD, Pace | Haub. Specializes in Land Use Law, Advanced Land Use Law, and Sustainable Development Law.
The Land Use Law Center (LULC) fosters the development of sustainable communities by promoting innovative land use strategies and dispute resolution techniques. Highlights: The LULC held the 23rd Annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference with the theme “Fostering the Development of Sustainable Communities through Innovative Strategies.” / The LULC also hosted the 8th annual Hudson Valley Affordable Housing Summit highlighting the work of affordable housing practitioners integrating community culture and sustainability, reviewing practices and finance structures for affordable homeownership and showcasing innovations to meet housing needs. The
Summit brought together leaders across sectors to envision and advance a housing future for all. / Following the IPCC’s recognition of the role of land use law in implementing Climate Resilient Development (CRD), student volunteers at the LULC tested a CRD Framework Law developed by Professor John R. Nolon and the Center which outlines eight components of local land Tiffany use law through which local governments can Zezula implement CRD. After examining ordinances Deputy and plans from 35 states across six U.S. regions Director, and compiling 47 Land municipal examples Shelby D. Use Law of varying sizes, the Green Center; students concluded Associate Adjunct that the existing Professor Professor of Law | BS, Tulane; structure of U.S. of Law; JD, Pace | Haub. Land Use Law local land use law CoCenter’s trainer of local officials, is largely consistent Counsel, environmentalists, and planners. with the CRD Land Use Law Coordinates the national framework. Larger Center | BS, Towson; Land Use Leadership municipalities JD, Georgetown. Alliance Training were more likely to Specializes in real Program. incorporate all eight estate, historic core components. preservation, and Students continue property law. to publish their work on the CRD project on GreenLaw. @LandUseLC
Land Use Law Center
Students represent public interest groups as part of our award-winning, pioneering Environmental Litigation Clinic. Notable Cases / SEQRA Suit: Two significant State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) victories marked the Clinic’s past year. First, the Appellate Division, Third Department, reversed a lower court’s holding that a development in the last green space along the Hudson River in Troy, New York complied with SEQRA. The Court agreed with the Clinic that the City failed to adequately assess significant environmental impacts and impacts on Indigenous Peoples’ historic archeological sites. Likewise, the Todd Ommen same Court reversed another lower court approval Executive of a negative declaration under SEQRA, concurring Director, Pace with the Clinic that a new industrial facility planning Environmental to burn sewage sludge in Saratoga could not be Litigation approved without further environmental review. / Clinic and SLAPP Suit: The Clinic secured a victory defending John Jay Legal Adirondack Wild in a defamation suit brought by a Services; Professor marina owner seeking to expand a marina after the of Law | BA, Tulane; nonprofit published an advertisement highlighting JD, Villanova. Joined Pace environmental concerns with the expansion. The Court in 2016 after serving as found that the lawsuit had no basis, dismissed the Assistant Attorney General case, and awarded attorney’s fees, characterizing it for New York State. as a Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) suit. @PaceEnvClinic
Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic
Thomas G. Bourgeois Director for Policy Research Land Use Law Center MA Regional Planning, North Carolina Chapel Hill. Specializes in energy market conditions, microgrids, CHP, distributed generation, demand response, and renewable energy. Jennie Nolon Blanchard Senior Staff Attorney, Land Use Law Center; Adjunct Professor of Law BS, Cornell; JD, Pace | Haub; MEM, Yale. Focuses on the growth of urban centers and addressing obstacles to redevelopment and sustainability.
Karl S. Coplan Professor of Law Emeritus | BA, Middlebury; JD, Columbia. Expert on constitu-tional and environ-mental law. Litigated many successful public interest environmental lawsuits.
A member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies (GCELS) engages in innovative projects addressing global environmental challenges. Highlights: As one of only two law schools that are voting members of the IUCN, GCELS students prepared to participate in the 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Under the guidance of Professors Achinthi C. Vithanage, Nicholas A. Robinson, and Dean Emeritus Richard Ottinger, students and alumni drafted motions on topics including climate adaptation, gender equality in conservation projects, grassland conservation, and Indigenous language protection, among others. Haub Law students and faculty joined the Congress virtually and in person to Richard L. Ottinger Dean negotiate their motions and promote Emeritus; Co-Director, Global youth engagement in international Center for Environmental Legal environmental law and policy. / Studies; Founder & Faculty GCELS faculty continued to shape Supervisor, Pace Energy & environmental law and policy on Climate Center | BA, Cornell; the local and global stage. LLB, Harvard. Previously a US Professor Nicholas A. Nicholas A. Congressman (chaired Energy Robinson addressed Robinson Conservation & Power Subcommittee) a “Pax Natura” University and a Peace conference in Madrid Professor Corps and was a panelist for the Smita Narula founder. at a Columbia Law Environment; Haub event on ecocide. Founder, Distinguished Professor Smita Global Center Professor of Narula spoke on a panel for Environmental International organized by ClientEarth and Legal Studies; Law; CoGlobal Commons Alliance on how law and Gilbert & Sarah Kerlin Director, science drive action for a safe and just future Distinguished Professor Global Center and delivered a lecture at Utah Law’s Wallace of Environmental for Environmental Legal Stegner Center on food sovereignty and global Law Emeritus | BA, Studies | BA, Brown; food systems. Professor Camila Bustos lectured Brown; JD, Columbia. MA, Brown; JD, Harvard. on climate migration governance at Cornell, Developed the field of Specializes in international Columbia Law, and the Universidad del Externado environmental law since human rights, right to de Colombia, and served as guest lecturer at the 1969. Served as legal food, environmental International School on Climate Migration and advisor, White House justice. at a symposium in Germany on just transition. Council on Environmental / GCELS also deepened its international Quality; general counsel, partnerships, co-hosting a Virtual Symposium on Technology & Environmental NYS Department Justice with BITS Law School (India) and Newcastle Law School (UK), and of Environmental welcoming students and faculty from O.P. Jindal Global University for a three-week Conservation; and legal immersive program on corporate law and sustainability. advisor and chairman, World Commission on @GlobalCELS Environmental Law, IUCN.
Housed jointly at Pace | Haub Environmental Law and the Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazil American Institute for Law and Environment (BAILE) advances environmental protection and sustainable development in the US and Brazil. Highlights: BAILE hosts the Brazil Comparative Environmental Law course, led by Professor David N. Cassuto, which takes Pace | Haub Law students to Brazil to compare U.S. and Brazilian environmental law through field study. Students
explore the unique ecosystems of Brazil and attend legal meetings in Rio de Janeiro and other regions. / Professor Cassuto, Director of BAILE, spent the 2024-25 academic year on sabbatical as a visiting researcher at the Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law. While there he taught a short course on American Environmental Law; delivered lectures at the Rio Bar Association, UNIVALI School of Law, and the Brazilian Bar Association on topics ranging from developments in environmental and international law to animal law; spoke at a wildlife refuge on wildlife trafficking; and served as keynote speaker at a congress sponsored by the Attorney General’s Office, State of Rio de Janeiro on wildlife trafficking, animal law, and public health. / BAILE collaborated with Pace | Haub Environmental Law alumni based in Brazil to prepare for COP30 in Belém, Brazil. @PaceBAILE
The Pace Energy and Climate Center (PECC) is dedicated to protecting the earth’s environment by transforming the ways society supplies and consumes energy. The Center continues to focus on advancing New York State’s decarbonization goals, as well as working nationally and internationally to promote clean energy. Highlights: This past year, PECC solidified its leadership on thermal energy networks (“TENs”) in downstate New York, by issuing the forthcoming Municipal Reference Manual on Thermal Energy Networks, developed through a statewide NYSERDA-sponsored charrette, and the Expanding Municipal Options for Thermal Energy Networks report developed in partnership with the City of Mount Vernon and Emma Lagle New York Community Trust. / Currently, PECC Regional Affairs is conducting a monthly training program on Manager and Legal TENs for several disadvantaged communities Policy Advisor, in Westchester County in collaboration with Pace Energy & Sustainable Westchester. / PECC has also been Climate Center active globally with its submission to the Secretariat BA, SUNY New of the UNFCCC on the impacts of climate mitigation Paltz; JD & LLM, Pace response measures. / Adjunct Professor Joseph Haub; MEM, Yale. Promotes Siegel served as Interim Director of the PECC, until clean energy among the Michael Hamersky assumed the helm as Executive Center’s advocacy networks. Director of the PECC. @EnergyPace
Pace Energy and Climate Center
The Sustainable Business Law Hub is an incubator, studenttraining program, research center, and think tank tackling global sustainability challenges through policy and research projects, relationships and ESG consulting with the business community, and capacity building in private environmental governance and sustainability strategies. Highlights: Professor Joshua Galperin assumed leadership of the Sustainable Business Law Hub (Hub) in June 2025 and plans to maintain its current focus and increase funding to further support its outstanding programming. / The Hub co-hosted the annual ‘Profit and Purpose’ Sustainable Business Conference with the Westchester County Association and launched the first Profit and Purpose Award for Sustainable Business Solutions, recognizing three student papers offering realistic and actionable solutions to private governance and business
Barbara L. Atwell Associate Professor of Law | BA, Smith; JD, Columbia. Specializes in Bioethics and Medical Malpractice, Health Law, and Public Health Law.
David N. Dorfman Professor of Law IBA, CUNY Queens; MA, Chicago; JD, Chicago-Kent. Specializes in criminal law and public interest law. Defender of fossil fuel pipeline protesters.
sustainability challenges. Finalists will present their work at the conference where a panel of expert judges will select a grand prize winner. / The Hub welcomed its fourth cohort of Sustainable Business Law Hub Scholars. The Hub Scholars program is a curricular, scholarship, and mentorship program for students pursuing careers in sustainable business law. Sustainable Business Law Hub
The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) hosted by Pace | Haub Environmental Law and organized by its students, draws together hundreds of law students and attorney judges for one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious interschool moot court competitions.
Jeffrey G. Miller Professor of Law Emeritus | BA, Princeton; LLB, Harvard. Joined the faculty in 1987 after heading the US EPA’s national enforcement program and beginning the agency’s hazardous waste enforcement program.
Alexander K. A. Greenawalt Professor of Law; Stevens Family Faculty Scholar AB, Princeton; MA, Yale; JD, Columbia. Teaches international and administrative law. Researches international humanitarian law.
Highlights: The 37th Jeffrey G. Miller NELMCC brought together over 300 law students and 100 attorney judges to the Pace | Haub Law campus. / Amid tough competition from 48 schools nationwide, Lewis & Clark Law School emerged as the 2025 NELMCC Champions. Finalists also included the University of California, Davis School of Law and Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center. / The final round was presided over by three distinguished judges: the Hon. Malachy E. Mannion, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Hon. Joseph A. Marutollo, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New York, and the Hon. Sarah A. L. Merriam, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. / Pace | Haub Law student Francesca Gugino served as Chair. She was supported by a Haub Law student team and a group of Bailiff volunteers, while Assistant Director of Pace | Haub Environmental Law, Lorraine Rubich, oversaw the competition’s successful delivery. @PaceLawNELMCC The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC)
The United Nations Environmental Diplomacy Practicum – a program unique to Pace | Haub Environmental Law – places students in internships with Permanent Missions to the United Nations. Highlights: The Practicum placed student interns at the UN Missions of Costa Rica and Tajikistan, and with the Permanent Observer Mission of IUCN. / The UN experience offered opportunities to engage in various negotiations and consultations for the adoption of UN General Assembly Resolutions relating to climate, environmental, human rights and sustainable development matters, including the UN Pact for the Future and the UN Declaration on Future Generations, adopted in September 2024. / Student interns supported the organization of the UN World Water Day 2025 high-level event on “Glacier Preservation” at UN Headquarters, marking the inaugural World Day for Glaciers coordinated by UNESCO and the WMO and launching the Decade of Action on Cryospheric Science (2025–2034). They also supported the UN High-Level Meeting on Harmony with Nature and Living Well, followed by a workshop and expert panel at Pace Haub Law on April 24, 2025.
The Washington, DC and New York Environmental Externship Programs give students the chance to gain crucial skills and knowledge while studying with experienced, dedicated practicing professors.
Past Placements / Washington: U.S. Department of Justice (Land Acquisitions Unit; Environment and Natural Resources Division); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Office of Enforcement Compliance and Assurance, Environmental Appeals Board, Office of Civil Enforcement); U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Department of Energy; Federal Emergency Management Agency; D.C. Department of Energy & Environment; D.C. Attorney General’s Office (Housing and Environmental Justice Section); American Clean Power Association; Animal Welfare Institute; Potomac Riverkeeper Network, Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Sierra Club; Center for Biological Diversity; the International Bar Association; and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network. / New York: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 2); NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission; NYC Department of Environmental Protection; New York Environmental Law & Justice Project; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Region 2); Waterkeeper Alliance; Earthjustice; Natural Resources Defense Council; Riverkeeper; Environmental Law Institute; New York City Mayor’s Office for Climate and Environmental Justice; New York Lawyer’s for the Public Interest; and Con Edison.
In 2020, the Pace | Haub Environmental Law Program launched the Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition, an annual inter-law school problem-solving competition designed to orient students toward developing practicable environmental policy solutions. Highlights: In its fifth year, the 2024 Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition challenged teams to reimagine how capital can be directed toward resilient urban infrastructure while integrating equity, environmental justice, and practical implementation considerations. / The competition drew international teams for the first time, and three finalist teams from Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law, were selected from a competitive pool of applicants. / The University of Pittsburgh won with a proposal to convert underutilized vacant land into bioretentive green infrastructure, funded by a newly enacted stormwater fee and piloted through the University’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. The winning team received $2,000 to begin implementing their proposal. / Teams were evaluated for innovation, feasibility, and impact by a distinguished panel of judges: Anya Freeman, Founder & CEO of Kind Designs; Professor Keith Hirokawa, Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School; Professor Eugenie Birch, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Chair of Urban Research and Education at the University of Pennsylvania; and Professor Caroline Bradley, Associate Dean for International and Graduate Programs at the University of Miami.
Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop: Every fall, the Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop brings together visiting assistant professors, fellows, researchers, law clerks, and practitioners together to learn about the environmental law teaching market. The Workshop covers a wide array of subtopics within the field, from animal law to energy law, along with the history and development of environmental law and is designed to give advice, insider perspectives, and feedback on the hiring process, along with opportunities for mock interviews and job talk presentations. Many participants have successfully secured tenure track positions nationwide. This year’s Workshop showcased a panel of professors providing insight on the topic of “Navigating the Environmental Law Professor Job Market Post Pandemic.”
E. Melanie DuPuis Professor of Environmental Studies & Science BA, Radcliffe; PhD, Cornell. Specializes in food systems and agriculture.
Jill Gross Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Law Operations; Professor of Law AB, Cornell; JD, Harvard. Specializes in dispute resolution and green arbitration, ethics, and securities law.
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Joshua Galperin Assistant Professor of Law, Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Business Law Hub; Co-Faculty Advisor to the New Directions in Environmental Law Conference BA, University of Delaware; MEM, Yale; JD, Vermont. Specializes in environmental law, administrative law, food and agriculture law, and private environmental governance. (c)
(a) Inaugural Early Environmental Law Scholars (EELS) Conference, designed to foster community, exchange ideas, and support professional development for emerging scholars in the field. (b) Second annual Private ESG and Sustainable Business Law Scholarship Workshop brought together leading scholars. (c) Three Haub Visiting Scholars joined Pace | Haub Law during the 2024-2025 academic year: Professor Oscar Sumar, Universidad Cientifica Del Sur; Professor Anthony Moffa, University of Maine School of Law; and Professor Maciej Nyka, University of Gdansk. (d) The symposium “Obligations for Perpetual Peace and Friendship: The Treaties of the Lenape Nation,” was a historic event marking the first comprehensive study and collection of the treaties between the Lenape and the U.S. (e) Students of OP Jindal Global University’s Jindal Global Law School participated in a three-week academic summer program titled Corporate Law & Sustainability: Reimagining Corporate Regulations in the Age of ESG, organized by Professors Joshua Galperin and Maria Lambert. (f) Pace | Haub Law joins the American Tax Policy Institute to host the Pace Environmental Law Review Symposium on Tax Law, the Environment, and Climate Change. (g) Field Trip at the Jay Heritage Center: students learned about architectural & agricultural preservation with Suzanne Clary, President of the JHC Board of Trustees. (h) Professor David Cassuto traveled to Peru, serving as a judge for the Moot Court competition and visited the Amazon. (i) Professor Camila Bustos presenting at the “The Law and the Amazon: Challenges for a Sustainable Future” conference organized at the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg, Germany. (j) Students visit Baltimore for the Pace-Maryland Colloquium in Fall 2024. In Spring 2025, Maryland Law students were welcomed to the Hudson Valley campus for the Spring edition of the Colloquium. (k) A coalition of students from Pace Haub Environmental Law, Yale Law, Yale School of the Environment, and Vermont Law, with the support of Professors Camila Bustos & Joshua Galperin, organized the 2025 New Directions in Environmental Law Conference which analyzed changes and emerging issues in environmental law. (l) Students in the Summer 2025 DC Externship Program go on a field trip to DC Water. (m) The 37th Annual Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition featuring the final round judges and the winning team from Lewis & Clark Law School. (n) The Earth Day Jam celebrates the fantastic work of Pace’s Environmental Law Society (featured here) and the environmental law program. Grooving to the The Recess Appointments, Pace | Haub Law’s student-faculty band, is a requirement of attendance! (o) Professor Katrina Kuh co-edited the newly released book, Adapting to High-Level Warming: Law, Governance, and Equity, analyzing the challenges of warming beyond 2°C (p) Students from the Pace Food Law Center and the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic visit Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center. Led by Farm Director Adam Choper, students explored sustainable agriculture practices on this 400-year-old historic farm. (q) The winning team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law at the 2024 Environmental Law & Policy Hack Competition final held at the University of Miami School of Law. (r) Bidding farewell to Prof. Jason Czarnezki, who directed the environmental law program for over a decade. (a)
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¶ Distinction Awards & Achievements #1 Environmental Law Program: Pace | Haub Environmental Law is once again ranked number one in the country for Environmental Law by the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings. This is our fifth consecutive year, and the sixth time in seven years that Pace | Haub Law has received the number one ranking in Environmental Law. The continued number one ranking is a testament to the program’s unmatched focus on scholarship, innovation, and advocacy for the environment.
Pace | Haub Law Adjunct Faculty, Alumnus, & Students Recognized at the Founder’s Award Reception: At the 23rd Annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference, Geraldine Tortella, Co-Founder and Partner, Hocherman Tortorella & Wekstein, LLP, was honored with the Founder’s Award for her distinguished career as a land use attorney protecting private property rights, advancing affordable housing and essential services, and promoting solution-oriented land use practices. Anne Kline, Associate, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP and a Pace | Haub Law alum, received the Distinguished Young Attorney Award for her rising status in land use law and her dedication to advancing the Land Use Law Center’s mission. Additionally, Pace | Haub Law student Sophie Coassin received the Professor John R. Nolon Student Achievement Award for her exceptional contributions to the Land Use Law Center.
Margot Pollans Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Pace Food Law Center; Shamik and Adrienne Trivedi Faculty Scholar BA, Columbia; JD, NYU; LLM, Georgetown. Focuses on environmental, food, and administrative law.
Environmental Law Leaders who made the 2025 Lawdragon 500 List: Professor Achinthi C. Vithanage, Executive Director of Environmental Law Programs, was named to the 2025 Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law. Since being initially featured on the inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental & Energy Lawyers list in 2021, Professor Vithanage has been recognized on the list for four consecutive years. Pace Haub Law alumni Anne Carpenter ’09, Samuel Brown ‘07, Kirstin Etela ’04, along with former Haub Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor at Haub Law, Professor James May ’91, also earned spots on the list. Additional Haub Law affiliates recognized include: 2021 Haub Law Environmental Law Distinguished Junior Scholar and 2022 Lloyd. K Garrison Lecturer on Environmental Law, Sharmila Murthy, and 2022 Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecturer on Environmental Law, Roger Martella.
James D. Hopkins Professor of Law for 2023-2025: Professor Margot J. Pollans has been appointed as James D. Hopkins Professor of Law for 20232025, in acknowledgment of her exceptional contributions to scholarship, teaching, and directing of the Pace Food Law Center. The title is awarded to a faculty member for a two-year term in recognition of outstanding scholarship and teaching and is considered one of the most significant faculty honors
at Pace | Haub Law. Professor Margot Pollans delivered the 2025 James D. Hopkins Memorial Lecture at Pace | Haub Law on “Inundations: Pain, Bodies, and the Law,” examining legal responses to physical inundations such as toxic exposure and noise.
Hudson Valley Hispanic Bar Association’s Trailblazer Award: Professor Camila Bustos received the “Trailblazer Award” in September 2024 from the Hudson Valley Hispanic Bar Association (HVHBA) as an honoree in academia. The award ceremony honored several attorneys of Hispanic descent working in various fields.
Feng-Shan Ho Prize for International Human Rights Scholarship: Fall 2024 Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Law, Paul Rink, received the Feng-Shan Ho Prize for international human rights scholarship at the Asia-Pacific Research Forum held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2025 for an upcoming publication about the correct judicial standards and remedies for climate rights litigation.
Riverkeeper’s Big Fish Award: Pace | Haub Law alum, Basil Seggos, was honored with Riverkeeper’s 2025 Big Fish Award for his leadership in protecting New York’s environment and advancing bold climate and clean water initiatives. As the longest-serving Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Basil helped shape landmark environmental policies including the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the $5.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act, and the nation’s strongest water quality standards.
Sustainable Business Law Hub Student Scholars: The Hub Scholars Program was launched in 2023 as an integral part of the Sustainable Business Law Hub in fostering the next generation of legal leaders in sustainable business and ESG. The 2024-2025 class of Hub Scholars includes six outstanding Pace | Haub Law students: Karina Krul, Morgan Martin, Samuel Fonseca de Carvalho, Lauren Lynam, Harrison Bench and Haoting Guo.
Camila Bustos Assistant Professor of Law; Co-Faculty Advisor to the New Directions in Environmental Law Conference BA, Brown; JD, Yale. Specializes in climate displacement, human rights, climate law, climate ethics, and environmental justice.
Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law: Professor Justin Pidot, Ashby Lohse Chair in Water and Natural Resources and Co-director of the Environmental Law Program at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, delivered the annual 2024 Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law at Pace | Haub Law. His lecture, “Environmental Justice at the White House,” focused on potential shifts in federal environmental policies impacting disadvantaged communities. He was also presented with the Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law medal, honoring the distinguished history of Pace | Haub Law’s nationally renowned Environmental Law Program.
Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture on Environmental Law: Professor Anthony Moffa, Associate Dean for Innovation at the University of Maine School of Law and a Haub Visiting Scholar, delivered the annual 2025 Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture on Environmental Law at Pace | Haub Law. His lecture, “Back to the Future for Climate Liability,” explored pressing questions on climate state superfund laws. He was also presented with the Garrison Award and Medal recognizing individuals who have made significant contributions to environmental law.
American Bar Association’s Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) Student Leader: Pace | Haub Law student Tenney Kapellusch (3L) was selected as SEER’s Environmental Law Society Network (ELSN) Student Co-Chair, marking the second consecutive Student Co-Chair from Pace Haub Law.
Pace | Haub Environmental Law Distinguished Junior Scholar Award: Professor Sonya Ziaja, University of Baltimore School of Law, received the 2024-25 Distinguished Junior Scholar Award, recognizing emerging junior environmental law professors for scholarly excellence and promise. Her research focuses on the overlapping areas of environmental governance, law, technology and society. At the 11th Annual Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop at Pace Haub Law in Fall 2024, she delivered the keynote address on “A qualitative empirical assessment of whether and how environmental constitutional rights matter to state natural resource managers.”
Alfred B. DelBello Visionary Award: In November 2024, distinguished Professor Emeritus John R. Nolon, founder of the Pace Land Use Law Center, received the Alfred B. DelBello Visionary Award for his pioneering contributions to sustainable land use and smart growth policies that have profoundly shaped the field and the region. The award honors Alfred DelBello’s legacy of public service by recognizing leaders whose vision and dedication shape a more sustainable future.
Nicholson Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement: Pace | Haub Law alum Pete Casper received the 2025 Nicholas Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement, recognizing alumni who have made significant contributions to environmental law. Pete has dedicated his career to environmental governance and sustainability and is currently serving as Assistant General Counsel for Relicensing and Implementation at the New York Power Authority.
Elisabeth Haub Awards for Environmental Law and Diplomacy: On October 24, 2024, Pace Haub Law conferred the 2024 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy on Singapore’s Ambassador for Oceans and Law of the Sea Issues and Special Envoy of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Rena Lee, and Senior High Seas Adviser to the IUCN, Kristina Maria Gjerde, for their unwavering commitment to ocean conservation and their instrumental roles in the 2023 UN Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction. A recording of the ceremony, which included a panel discussion with the laureates and Dr. David Freestone, Executive Director of the Sargasso Sea Commission, can be found on YouTube. The 2025 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy is jointly awarded to Professor John H. Knox and Dr. David R. Boyd for their groundbreaking efforts as successive UN Special Rapporteurs on the human right to a healthy environment. Together, they have profoundly shaped the field of international environmental law by laying the foundation for the recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Their work as Special Rapporteur, Professor Knox from 2012 to 2018 and Dr. Boyd from 2018 to 2024, has been instrumental in inspiring legislative, diplomatic, and judicial support for environmental rights around the globe. Their lifelong commitment to advancing environmental law and human rights has had lasting impacts from international legal frameworks to community-level empowerment.
John R. Nolon Professor of Law Emeritus; Founder, Land Use Law Center BA, Nebraska; JD, University of Michigan. Expert on land use, property, and sustainable development law.
The Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy was established in 1997 to honor the legacy of Elisabeth Haub (1899-1977), a noted philanthropist and advocate for strong laws for the conservation of nature. The Award was established to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations Stockholm Conference and the 5th anniversary of the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit. Through this award, Pace | Haub Environmental Law has recognized the diplomats, policymakers, lawyers and activists who have sought to protect our environment through the rule of law, the cooperation of world governments and advocacy efforts across the globe. @HaubLawatPace
Deborah Heller Assistant Dean of the Pace Law Library; Adjunct Professor of Law | BS, Pace; MA, John Jay College; JD, Pace Haub; MLS, St. John’s. Specializes in environmental legal research. Kapila Juthani Assistant Dean, Careers / Professional Development | BA American Studies, Yale; JD, NYU Law. Specializes in public and private sector career and professional development, including environmental legal careers.
Ann Powers Professor of Law Emerita BA, Indiana University; JD, Georgetown. Specializes in ocean and coastal law and international environmental law.
Michelle Land Clinical Associate Professor, Dyson College of Arts & Sciences | BS, Guelph; JD, Pace Haub. Specializes in environmental law and policy, wildlife biology, interdisciplinary education, and campus sustainability. Leads the Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities.
Curriculum:
Administrative Law
Human Rights and the Environment
Advanced International Environmental Law
International Environmental Law
Advanced Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Advanced Research Skills for Environmental Law Agriculture Law and the Environment
Land Use Law Legislative and Regulatory Process Natural Resources Law Ocean and Coastal Law
Animal Law
Pace Environmental Law Review Editorship
Bioethics and Medical Malpractice
Public Health Law
Climate Adaptation and the Law
Renewable Energy Law
Climate Change Law
Science for Environmental Lawyers
Climate Migration Law
Sustainable Business and the Environment
Comparative Environmental Law Comparative Environmental Law – Brazil Field Course Conservation Law Current Challenges in Environment Law Disaster Law and Emergency Preparedness Energy Law Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts Environmental Law in Commercial Transactions Environmental Dispute Resolution Environmental Justice Environmental Litigation Clinic Environmental Skills and Practice: Clean Water Act Environmental Law Survey Externship – D.C. Environmental Law Externship – NYS Environmental Law Externship – Corporate (ESG)
Sustainable Development Law Survey United Nations Environmental Diplomacy Practicum Water Rights Law
Degree Programs:
JD with Certificate in Environmental Law (can be combined with Certificates in International Law and/or Health Law) LLM in Environmental Law LLM, Energy & Climate Change Specialization LLM, Land Use & Sustainable Development Specialization LLM, Global Environmental Law Specialization SJD in Environmental Law
Joint Degree Programs:
JD/Master of Environmental Management with Yale School of the Environment
Externship – Social Justice (EJ)
JD/MS in Environmental Policy with Bard Center for Environmental Policy
Externship – Legal Services (Environmental)
JD/LLM in Environmental Law
Externship – Guided (Environmental)
JD/MBA with Lubin School of Business JD/MEP with Pace University
Food and Farm Business Law Clinic Food and Farm Law Seminar Food Systems Law Guided Research Hazardous Waste Health and the Environment Historic Preservation
JD/MPA with Pace University JD/MA with Sarah Lawrence College JD/MA with University of Peace, Costa Rica
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