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Jason J. Czarnezki Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law and Executive Director of Environmental Law Programs Pace Law School
“I came to the University to help to continue to build and strengthen the world-class and top-ranked Pace Environmental Law program.”
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noted environmental law scholar, Jason J. Czarnezki was invested as Kerlin Chair in 2013 and appointed executive director of environmental law programs earlier this year. Czarnezki says he came to the University for several reasons: “To help to continue to build and strengthen the world-class and top-ranked Pace Environmental Law program, to be surrounded by exceptional environmental law faculty like Nick Robinson, John Nolon, David Cassuto, and Karl Coplan, and to live in the intellectual and cultural hub that is New York City.” In his executive director role, Czarnezki coordinates the work of programs such as the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies, the Energy and Climate Center, the Land Use Center for Sustainable Development, the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, the Brazil-American Institute for Law and Environment, and the China Program. He also works with the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and the Environmental Studies Department and oversees several of the University’s degree and certificate programs. As a teacher, Czarnezki’s courses include Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, and Property Law, among others. Before joining the Pace faculty, Czarnezki was a professor in the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School, faculty director of the US-China Partnership for Environmental Law, and a faculty fellow in the Vermont Law Center for Agriculture and Food Systems. He has also held academic appointments at Marquette University Law School and the DePaul University College of Law. He received his BA from the University of Chicago and his JD from the University of Chicago Law School. Czarnezki’s articles have been published in the law journals of Boston College, Boston University, Stanford University, the University of Chicago, University of Colorado, University of Maryland, and University of Virginia. He has also written books, including Everyday Environmentalism: Law, Nature and Individual Behavior and Food, Agriculture and Environmental Law. His outside interests include music, travel, food, and politics.