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Hari Michele Osofsky
University of Minnesota Law School
229 – 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-1038 (tel)
(612) 625-2011(fax)
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Current Academic Position
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
Professor with Tenure
2010–Present
Current Leadership Roles and Interdisciplinary Appointments
• Faculty Director, Energy Transition Lab
• Director, Joint Degree Program in Law, Science & Technology
• Faculty Member, Conservation Sciences Graduate Program (2011–Present)
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Society (2011–Present)
• Fellow, Institute on the Environment (2011–Present)
Chairs and Other Honors
• 2015 Sara Evans Faculty Woman Scholar/Leader Award, which recognizes women faculty at
the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities who have achieved significant national and
international accomplishments and honors and who contribute as leaders on campus.
• 2014–15 Julius E. Davis Chair in Law
• 2013–14 Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs
• Lampert Fesler Research Fellow (2011)
Prior Positions and Leadership Roles
• Interim Director, Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life
Sciences and Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences (2012–2013)
• Associate Director of Law, Geography & Environment, Consortium on Law and Values in
Health, Environment & the Life Sciences (2010–2012)
• Associate Professor with Tenure (2010–2013)
Teaching
• Teach Civil Rights and Social Justice Capstone, Climate Change and Clean Energy
Capstone, Energy Law, Environmental and Energy Justice Capstone, Environmental Justice
and the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Seminar, Joint Degree Program Proseminar,
Property, and Renewable Energy Seminar.
Education
University of Oregon
Ph.D., Geography, June 2013
G.P.A. 4.0
• Dissertation: Scales of Law: Rethinking Climate Change Governance
Yale Law School
J.D., June 1998
• Felix S. Cohen Prize for the best student paper relating to legal philosophy
• Khosla Memorial Fund Prize for the student who best demonstrates an active engagement in
advancing the values of human dignity in the international arena
• Yale Law Journal, Book Reviews Editor (Committee Coordinator)
• Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, Founder & Editor-in-Chief
• Environmental Protection Clinic
• Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic, Team Leader
• Lowenstein International Human Rights Project, Director
Yale College
B.A., magna cum laude, May 1993
G.P.A. 3.76; Distinction in both majors, Philosophy and Studies in the Environment
• Commendation from the President and Fellows of Yale College for outstanding leadership in
the service of the New Haven community
• 44 Public Speaking Honors including: 2nd Place National Team of the Year; National
Championships, 6th Place Speaker; North-American Championships, 12th Place Team
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Other Honors and Grant Awards
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University of North Carolina, Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation & Resources
(CLEAR) Scholar of the Month (November 2014)
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Article selected for and two articles runners up for Land Use and Environment Law Review’s
compilation of the top land use and environmental law articles
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Article awarded the Daniel B. Luten Award for the best paper by a professional geographer
by the Energy and Environment Specialty Group of the Association of American
Geographers
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Awarded Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant, Devising a Legal Blueprint
for Corporate Energy Transition (with Jacqueline Peel and Brett McDonnell for $293,052)
(2017–19).
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Awarded Department of Energy Grant, Minnesota Local Government Energy Planning
Project (as part of Energy Transition Lab team with Minnesota Department of Commerce,
Division of Energy Resources; LHB; Center for Science, Technology & Environmental
Policy, University of Minnesota; Great Plains Institute) (Energy Transition Lab share is
$52,750) (2016–18).
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Awarded Institute of Advanced Studies Research and Creative Collaborative Grant, Clean
Energy Access Collaborative (with Tom Fisher, Cameran Bailey, and Massoud Amin for
$12,000) (2016–17).
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Awarded Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant, Transition to a Clean
Energy Future: The Role of Climate Change Litigation in Shaping our Regulatory Path (with
Jacqueline Peel for $250,000) (2013–16).
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Awarded Sustainability Research Grant from the Carlson School and Wells Fargo
Foundation (with Jacqueline Peel and Brett McDonnell for $25,960).
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Awarded grant from University of Minnesota Institute for Advanced Study for Linking
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (with Bradley C. Karkkainen for $10,000).
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Awarded mini-grants from University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment to support
inter-university research team on public utility commissions’ roles in climate change and
clean energy (with Alexandra Klass and Elizabeth Wilson for $4500 total).
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Awarded fellowship with Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs for Learning
from Environmental Justice: A New Model for International Environmental Rights (2003–
04).
Scholarly Writing
Books
• AMERICAN CLASSICS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
(Hari M. Osofsky ed.) (Edited Volume in American Classics of International Law Series,
edited by W. Michael Reisman) (forthcoming 2016, Brill).
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JACQUELINE PEEL & HARI M. OSOFSKY, CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION: REGULATORY
PATHWAYS TO CLEANER ENERGY? (2015, Cambridge University Press).
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LINCOLN L. DAVIES, ALEXANDRA B. KLASS, HARI M. OSOFSKY, JOE TOMAIN &
ELIZABETH WILSON, ENERGY LAW AND POLICY (2014, West Academic Publishers).
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HARI M. OSOFSKY & LESLEY K. MCALLISTER, CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY
(Elective Series) (2012, Aspen Publishers).
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ADJUDICATING CLIMATE CHANGE: STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES
(William C.G. Burns & Hari M. Osofsky, eds.) (2009, Cambridge University Press).
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Articles in Law Reviews and Interdisciplinary Peer-Review Journals
• Hari M. Osofsky, Jessica Shadian & Sara L. Fechtelkotter, Arctic Energy Cooperation, __
U.C. DAVIS L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2016).
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Hari M. Osofsky & Hannah J. Wiseman, Regional Energy Governance and U.S. Carbon
Emissions __ ECOL. L. Q. __ (forthcoming 2016).
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Jacqueline Peel & Hari M. Osofsky, Energy Partisanship, __ EMORY L.J. __ (forthcoming
2016).
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Jacqueline Peel & Hari M. Osofsky, Sue to Adapt, 99 MINN. L. REV. 2133 (2015).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Rethinking the Geography of Local Climate Action: Multi-Level Network
Participation in Metropolitan Regions, 2015 UTAH L. REV. 173.
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Hari M. Osofsky & Hannah J. Wiseman, Hybrid Energy Governance 2014 ILL. L. REV. 1.
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Hari M. Osofsky & Jacqueline Peel, Litigation’s Regulatory Pathways and the
Administrative State: Lessons from U.S. and Australian Climate Change Governance 25
GEORGETOWN INT’L ENVTL L. REV. 207 (2013).
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Jacqueline Peel & Hari M. Osofsky, The Role of Litigation in Multilevel Climate Change
Governance: Possibilities for a Lower Carbon Future?, 30 ENVT’L & PLANNING L.J. 303
(2013) (accepted through peer review).
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Jacqueline Peel & Hari M. Osofsky, Climate Change Litigation’s Regulatory Pathways: A
Comparative Analysis of the United States and Australia, 35 L. & POL’Y 150 (2013)
(accepted through peer review).
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Hari M. Osofsky & Hannah J. Wiseman, Dynamic Energy Federalism, 72 MARYLAND L.
REV. 773 (2013).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Suburban Climate Change Efforts: Possibilities for Small and Nimble
Cities Participating in State, Regional, National, and International Networks, 22 CORNELL J.
L. & PUB. POL’Y 35 (2012).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Kate Baxter-Kauf, Bradley Hammer, Ann Mailander, Brett Mares, Amy
Pikovsky, Andrew Whitney & Laura Wilson, Environmental Justice and the BP Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill, 20 N.Y.U. ENVT’L L.J. 99 (2012).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Multidimensional Governance and the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 63
FLORIDA L. REV 1077 (2011) (selected for Land Use and Environment Law Review’s
compilation of the top land use and environmental law articles).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Role of Climate Change Litigation in Establishing the Scale of Energy
Regulation, 101 ANNALS ASSOC. AM. GEOGRAPHERS 775 (2011) (accepted through peer
review process for special issue on Energy).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Diagonal Federalism and Climate Change: Implications for the Obama
Administration, 62 ALABAMA L. REV. 237 (2011) (winner of the Association of American
Geographers’ Climate Specialty Group’s Student Paper Competition).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Reflections on Litigation over
Oil Extraction and Rights Violations in Nigeria, 1 JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT 189 (2010) (solicited; accepted through peer review process).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Continuing Importance of Climate Change Litigation, 1 CLIMATE
LAW 3 (2010) (solicited; accepted through peer review process as lead article of inaugural
journal issue).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Is Climate Change “International”?: Litigation’s Diagonal Regulatory
Role, 49 VA. J. INT’L L. 585 (2009).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Geography of Justice Wormholes: Dilemmas from Property and
Criminal Law, 53 VILLANOVA L. REV. 117 (2008).
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Hari M Osofsky, The Geography of Climate Change Litigation Part II: Narratives of
Massachusetts v. EPA, 8 CHICAGO J. INT’L L. 573 (2008) (awarded the Daniel B.
Luten Award for the best paper by a professional geographer by the Energy and
Environment Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers) (selected
for the AALS-ASIL 2007 Joint Conference on International Law, Works-in-Progress
Session).
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Hari M. Osofsky & Janet Koven Levit, The Scale of Networks: Local Climate Change
Coalitions, 8 CHICAGO J. INT’L L. 409 (2008).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Climate Change Litigation as Pluralist Legal Dialogue?, 26 STANFORD
ENVTL. L.J. & 43 STANFORD J. INT’L L. 181 (2007) (Joint Issue) (Selected for Stanford
Climate Symposium) (runner-up for Land Use and Environment Law Review’s
compilation of the top land use and environmental law articles).
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Hari M. Osofsky, A Law and Geography Perspective on the New Haven School, 32 YALE J.
INT’L L. 421 (2007) (selected for Yale Journal of International Law Young Scholars
Conference).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Geography of Climate Change Litigation: Implications for
Transnational Regulatory Governance, 83 WASH. U. L.Q. 1789 (2005) (actual publication in
2006) (runner-up for Land Use and Environment Law Review’s compilation of the top
land use and environmental law articles).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Learning from Environmental Justice: A New Model for International
Environmental Rights, 24 STANFORD ENVTL. L.J. 71 (2005).
Book Chapters
• Hari M. Osofsky, Polycentrism and Climate Change in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Daniel Farber & Marjan Peeters, eds.) (forthcoming 2016, Edward
Elgar Publishing).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Jessica Shadian & Sara L. Fechtelkotter, Preventing and Responding to
Arctic Offshore Drilling Disasters: The Role of Hybrid Cooperation, in ROLE OF
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (Jacqueline Peel &
David Fisher, eds) (forthcoming 2016, Brill Publishers).
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Hari M. Osofsky & Hannah J. Wiseman, Federalism, Institutional Design, and
Environmental Compliance Possibilities for Hybrid Mechanisms, in NEXT GENERATION
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT (2014, Environmental Law Institute).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Complexities of Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on Indigenous
Peoples through International Law Petitions: A Case Study of the Inuit Petition to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights in CLIMATE CHANGE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND
THE SEARCH FOR LEGAL REMEDIES (Randall S. Abate and Elizabeth Kronk, eds.) (2012,
Edward Elgar Publishing).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Suburban Climate Change Efforts in Minnesota: Implications for MultiLevel Strategies, in LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE LAW: ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IN
CITIES AND OTHER LOCALITIES (Benjamin R. Richardson, ed.) (2012, Edward Elgar
Publishing).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Dispute Resolution Processes, in INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE ERA OF
CLIMATE CHANGE (Rosemary Rayfuse & Shirley V. Scott, eds.) (2012, Edward Elgar
Publishing).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Creation of the International Law of Climate Change Complexities of
Sub-State Actors, in NON STATE ACTORS, SOFT LAW AND PROTECTIVE REGIMES 355
(Cecilia M. Bailliet, ed.) (2012, Cambridge University Press).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Technology Transfer and Climate Change, in SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER: A GUIDE TO GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT (Hans Henrik Lidgard, Jeffery Atik & Tu Thanh Nguyen, eds.) (2011, Edward Elgar Publishing).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Intersection of Scale, Science, and Law in Massachusetts v. EPA, 9
OREGON R. INT’L L. 233 (2007) (actual publication 2008) (Symposium Issue) (reprinted in
ADJUDICATING CLIMATE CHANGE: STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES
(William C.G. Burns & Hari M. Osofsky, eds.) (2009, Cambridge University Press)).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Right to Frozen Water: The Institutional Spaces for Supranational
Climate Change Petitions, in PROGRESS IN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: CONFRONTING
THE 21ST CENTURY (Rebecca Bratspies and Russell Miller, eds.) (2008, Martinus Nijhoff).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Inuit Petition as a Bridge?: Beyond Dialectics of Climate Change and
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, 31 AM. INDIAN L. REV. 675 (2007) (Symposium Issue)
(reprinted in ADJUDICATING CLIMATE CHANGE: STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL
APPROACHES (William C.G. Burns & Hari M. Osofsky, eds.) (2009, Cambridge University
Press)).
Shorter Symposium Articles and Book Reviews
• Jacqueline Peel & Hari M. Osofsky, The Grass Is Not Always Greener: Congressional
Dysfunction, Executive Action, and Climate Change in Comparative Perspective, 91
CHICAGO-KENT L. REV.139 (2016) (Symposium Issue).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Complex Value Choices at the Environment-Energy Interface, 3 MICH. J.
ENVTL. & ADMIN L. 261 (2014) (Symposium Issue).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Geography of Solving “Global” Environmental Problems: Reflections
on Polycentric Efforts to Address Climate Change, 58 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. 777 (2013-14)
(Symposium Issue).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Mapping International Environmental Law: A Review of THE OXFORD
HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunée &
Ellen Hey, eds., 2007), 106 AM. J. INT’L L. 715 (2012).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Keith Aoki--Darth Remainder, Duck, and Ninja for Social Justice: A Model
of Being There for People in Moments of Vulnerability, 45 U.C. DAVIS L. REV. 1699 (2012).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Geography of Moo Ha Ha: Keith Aoki’s Contributions to Critical
Geography, 90 OR. L. REV. 1233 (2012).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Litigation’s Role in the Path of U.S. Federal Climate Change Regulation:
Implications of AEP v. Connecticut, 46 VALPARAISO U. L. REV. 447 (2012).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Climate Change and Crises of International Law: Possibilities for
Geographic Reenvisioning, 44 CASE W. RES. J. INT’L L. 423 (2011).
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Hari M. Osofsky, AEP v. Connecticut’s Implications for the Future of Climate Change
Litigation, YALE L.J. ONLINE (2011).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Multiscalar Governance and Climate Change: Reflections on the Role of
States and Cities at Copenhagen, 25 MARYLAND J. INT’L L. 64 (2010).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Future of Environmental Law and Complexities of Scale: Federalism
Experiments with Climate Change under the Clean Air Act, 32 WASH. U. J.L. & POL’Y 79
(2010).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Scaling “Local”: The Implications of Greenhouse Gas Regulation in San
Bernardino County, 30 MICH. J. INT’L L. 689 (2009).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Climate Change Legislation in Context, 102 NW. U. L. REV. COLLOQUY
245 (2008).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Local Approaches to Transnational Corporate Responsibility: Mapping
the Role of Sub-National Climate Change Litigation, 20 PAC. MCGEORGE GLOBAL BUS. &
DEV. L.J. 143 (2007) (Symposium Issue).
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Hari M. Osofsky, The Geography of the North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation's Citizen Submissions Process: Mapping the State-Corporate Regulatory
Dynamic, 14 MICH. ST. J. INT’L L. 463 (2006).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Defining Sustainable Development After Earth Summit 2002, 26 LOYOLA
L.A. INT’L & COMP. 111 (2003).
Student Publications
• Hari M. Osofsky, Domesticating International Criminal Law: Providing Justice Against
Severe Human Rights Violators, 107 YALE L.J. 191 (1997) (Student Note) (reprinted in
LIBRARY OF ESSAYS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: JURISDICTION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
(1999)).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Environmental Human Rights Under the Alien Tort Claims Act: Redress
for Indigenous Victims of Multinational Corporations, 20 SUFFOLK TRANSNAT’L L. REV.
335 (1997).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Foreign Sovereign Immunity from Severe Human Rights Violations: New
Directions for Common Law Based Approaches, 11 NEW YORK INT'L L. REV. 35 (1997).
Other Writing
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HARI M. OSOFSKY, SCORPION SOUP, SOCIAL CHANGE, AND 9-11: MY YEAR OF EATING
DANGEROUSLY IN GUANGZHOU (Prospective Book) (Work in Progress).
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Guest Blogger, Opinio Juris, http://opiniojuris.org/ (2015) (on Paris climate change
negotiations).
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Blogger, IntLawGrrls, http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/ (2007–2013).
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Blogger, SALTLaw Blog, http://www.saltlaw.org/blog/ (2010–2013).
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Blogger, Environmental Law Prof Blog,
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environmental_law/ (2011–2013).
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Hari M. Osofsky, A Win for Oregon As Well As the Law, THE OREGONIAN, April 5, 2007
(Opinion-Editorial).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Transporting Climate Change: The Local Dimensions of a Global
Environmental Problem, THE NEXT AMERICAN CITY (2006).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Katrina Disaster Exposes Environmental Injustice, THE REGISTERGUARD, Sept. 7, 2005 (Opinion-Editorial).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Commentary on How to Harmonize Community Autonomy and
Administrative Responsibility in Environmental Decision-Making: Environmental Hearing
Institutions in Wuhan, 24 TEMPLE ENV. L. & TECH. J. 225 (2005).
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2 HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE 11 (Joanne Bauer & Hari M. Osofsky, eds.) (Carnegie Council
on Ethics and International Affairs, 2004).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Environmental Rights Enforcement in U.S. Courts, HUMAN RIGHTS
DIALOGUE (2004).
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Hari M. Osofsky, Understanding "Hostage Diplomacy": The Release of Wei Jingsheng and
Wang Dan, YALE HUM. RTS. & DEVEL. L.J. (1998) (New Development).
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Hari M. Osofsky, On-Site Reflections of China's Hong Kong Takeover, THE TIMESPICAYUNE, at B-7, July 17, 1997 (Opinion-Editorial).
Previous Academic Positions
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA
2008–2010
Associate Professor
• Taught Property, Climate Change Litigation Practicum, and Climate Change and
Environmental Law Seminar.
University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR
2005–2008
Assistant Professor (2006–2008); Visiting Assistant Professor (2005–06)
• Taught Property, Climate Change Litigation, Environmental Justice, International Law, and
International Trade & Investment.
Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA
2003–2006
Assistant Professor and Director, Center for International and Comparative Law
• Taught Advanced Topics in International Law, Chinese Law, Environmental Justice,
International Environmental Law, and International Law.
Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT
Summer 2003; Fall 2002
Visiting Assistant Professor; Summer Faculty
• Taught Environmental Ethics and International and Comparative Environmental Law.
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
Adjunct Professor
• Taught Chinese Law.
Spring 2003
Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University School of Law, Guangzhou, China
2001–02
Visiting Scholar; Yale-China Legal Education Fellow; China Law Center Fellow
• Taught U.S. Civil Rights Law, developed and co-taught Colloquium on Clinic Construction
and Lawyering Skills and Labor Law Clinic, and researched comparative clinical education.
Yale College of Arts and Sciences, New Haven, CT
Visiting Lecturer
• Taught Residential College Seminar, Human Rights and the Environment.
Spring 1998
Other Professional Experience
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, London, United Kingdom
Consultant
2015–Present
Center for Law in the Public Interest, Los Angeles, CA
1999–2001
Fellow engaged in public interest impact litigation, with an emphasis on environmental justice.
Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Pasadena, CA
Law Clerk
1998–99
Global Environment and Trade Study (GETS), New Haven, CT
Assistant Director for Programs
1995–97
Supportive Children’s Advocacy Network (SCAN), New York, NY
Part-time Development Assistant to Executive Director
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1994–1995
New York City Department of General Services, New York, NY
Urban Fellow working on the agency’s Quality Management Initiative
1993–1994
Professional Leadership Positions
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American Society of International Law: International Environmental Law Interest Group CoChair (2015–Present); Delegation Chair, 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (2015, Paris, France); Executive Council (2011–
14); Membership Committee, Co-Chair (2012–Present), Committee Member (2011–12);
ASIL-Midwest Interest Group, Co-Chair (2013–14); 2012 Research Forum Committee
Member (2012); ASIL Benchbook Editorial Advisory Committee (2010–Present); Book
Awards Committee (2011–12); 2010 Annual Meeting, Co-Chair; 2008 Annual Meeting,
Program Committee Member; Rights of Indigenous Peoples Interest Group, Co-Chair (2006–
2008)
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Association of American Law Schools: Planning Committee for 2017 Workshop for New
Law School Teachers; Section on International Law: Executive Committee (2009–2014);
Section on Property Law: Chair (2013–14), Chair-Elect, (2012–13), Executive Committee
(2006, 2010–12; 2014–Present); Section on Natural Resources and Energy Law, Executive
Advisory Committee (2015–Present)
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Society of American Law Teachers (SALT), Board of Governors (2010–Present); Chair,
Pipeline Committee (2011, 2014–Present).
•
Climate Law (peer-reviewed journal published by Brill Press), Editorial Board Member
(2009-Present)
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International Bar Association’s Model Statute on Climate Change Remedies Working Group
(2015–Present)
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International Law Association: Committee on the Legal Principles Relating to Climate
Change, Member (2009–2014); American Branch—International Law Weekend, Conference
Co-Chair (2007 Conference), Organizing Committee Member (2006 Conference);
International Law Weekend – West, Conference Co-Chair (2005 Conference); Organizing
Committee Member (2007 Conference, 2003 Conference)
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Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation: National Advisory Board member (2009–
Present)
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Association for Law, Property, and Society: President (2012–2013); President-Elect (2011–
12); Inaugural Treasurer (2010–2011)
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Junior International Law Scholars Association: Co-Organizer (2005–2007)
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Reviewer for Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Aspen Publishers,
Cambridge University Press, Environment and Planning A, Environmental Politics,
Geografiska Annaler B, International Journal of Human Rights, MIT Press, National Science
Foundation, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Professional Geographer,
Progress in Human Geography, Routledge, RFF Press, Sinauer Associates, Stanford Journal
of Law, Science, and Policy, Stanford Law Review, Stanford University Press, Transnational
Environmental Law, and World Resources Institute
•
Tenure and Promotion Reviewer for Arizona State University College of Law, Brooklyn Law
School, FIU College of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Hofstra Law School,
Loyola Law School – Los Angeles, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Rutgers
University Department of Human Ecology, SUNY Buffalo Law School, University of
Colorado Law School, University of Connecticut School of Law, University of Denver Sturm
College of Law, University of Hawai’i School of Law, University of Hong Kong Faculty of
Law, University of Houston Law Center, University of New Mexico Department of
Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Oregon School of Law, Vermont Law
School, and West Virginia University College of Law
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Editorial Board Member for Vulnerable Populations and Economic Realities (2011 Carolina
Academic Press)
Other Professional Affiliations and Service
Affiliations
• Admitted to practice before the State Courts of California, the U.S. District Court of the
Central District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Memberships in American Society of International Law, Association of American
Geographers, International Law Association–American Branch, Law and Society
Association, Society of American Law Teachers
Public Service
• Supervisor of Class Contributions by Civil Rights and Social Justice Capstone to
Neighborhoods Organizing for Change and Clean Energy Access Collaborative (2016–
Present)
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Climate Legacy Initiative, Consultants Working Group (2008–Present)
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Saint Paul Academy Annual Fund, Lower School Division Co-Chair (2015–16); New Parent
Co-Chair (2014–15); Grade Level Volunteer (2010–14)
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Saint Paul Academy Lower School Parents Association, Committee Co-Chair for Volunteers
and Outreach (2015–Present); Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion (2012–2015); Asst.
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion (2011–2012)
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Supervisor of Class Contributions by Environmental and Energy Justice Capstone to the
Metropolitan Design Lab, Northwest Arctic Borough, and Twin Cities Metropolitan Council,
(2015)
•
Supervisor of Class Contributions by Climate Change and Clean Energy Capstone to the
American Great Plains Institute, Hennepin County, and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency,
(2014)
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Supervisor of Class Contributions by Climate Change and Clean Energy Capstone to the
American Wind Energy Association, Great Plains Institute, Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency, Minnesota Public Utility Commission, and National Research Regulatory Institute
(2011)
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Supervisor of Class Contributions by Renewable Energy Seminar to the University of
Minnesota and to the Phillips Community (2011)
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Supervisor of Class Contributions by Environmental Justice and the BP Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Seminar to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and
Offshore Drilling (2010)
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Supervisor of Class Contributions by Climate Change Litigation Practicum and Climate
Change and Environmental Law Seminar to Southern Environmental Law Center (2008–
2010)
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Woods Creek Montessori Board of Directors (2009–present)
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Advisor to the Western Environmental Law Center on Climate Change Litigation and
Supervisor of Class Contributions by Climate Change Litigation seminar to them (2007–
2008)
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Lead Counsel on Amicus Curiae Brief of International Law Professors and Other
International Law Experts in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants in Sahu v. Union Carbide
Corp. (with Co-Counsel, Martin Wagner of Earthjustice & Daniel B. Magraw, Jr. of The
Center for International Environmental Law)
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Contributor to petition on behalf of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference to the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights regarding climate change
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Supervisor of Environmental Justice class contribution to Earthjustice’s Annual Submission
to the U.N. Human Rights Commission on Environmental Human Rights (2004–2006)
Law School and University Service
• University of Minnesota Grand Challenges Working Group, Enhancing Individual and
Community Capacity for a Change World (2016–Present)
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University of Minnesota Law School Dean Search Committee (2016–Present)
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Chair, University of Minnesota Law School Interdisciplinary and Joint Degree Committee
(2011–Present)
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University of Minnesota Law School Workshops/Faculty Works-in-Progress Committee
(2011–Present)
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University of Minnesota Faculty Senate (Spring 2011)
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University of Minnesota Law School Admissions Committee (2010–2011)
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Washington and Lee University Sustainability Committee (2008–2010)
•
Educational Planning and Curriculum Committee, Washington and Lee University School of
Law (2008–2010)
•
Faculty Advisor, Environmental Law Society, Washington and Lee University School of
Law (2008–2010)
•
Faculty Advisor, Journal of Energy, Climate, and Environment, Washington and Lee
University School of Law (2008–2010)
•
Faculty Advisor, Jewish Law Students Society, Washington and Lee University School of
Law (2009–2010)
•
Ad Hoc International Programs Committee, Washington and Lee University School of Law
(2008–09)
•
Task Force on Law School LL.M. Program, Washington and Lee University School of Law
(Spring 2008)
•
Curriculum Committee, University of Oregon School of Law (2006–2008)
•
Co-Chair, Legal Theory Workshop, University of Oregon School of Law (2006–2008)
•
Faculty Advisor, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team (2006–2008)
•
Faculty Advisor, Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation (2007–2008)
•
Faculty Advisor, Oregon Review of International Law (2005–2008)
•
Faculty Advisor, Minority Law Students Association (2006–2007)
•
Chair, LLM Committee, Whittier Law School (2004–05)
•
Curriculum Committee, Whittier Law School (2004–05)
•
Chair, Center for Int’l and Comparative Law Committee, Whittier Law School (2003–05)
•
Library and Technology Committee, Whittier Law School (2003–04)
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Public Speaking
Scholarly Presentations
• University of Utah S.J. Quinney School of Law, Presenter, 21st Annual Wallace Stegner
Center Symposium, Green Infrastructure, Resilient Cities: New Challenges, New Solutions
(Salt Lake City, UT 2016).
•
American Society of International Law 2016 Annual Meeting, Moderator (Washington, D.C.
2013).
•
George Washington University School of Law, Presenter, 2016 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro
Environmental Law Symposium, The Electricity Mix of the Future: Environment,
Economics, and Governance (Washington, DC 2016).
•
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Environmental Law Colloquium (Chicago, IL 2016).
•
AALS 2015 Annual Meeting, Presenter, Organizer, and Moderator for Hot Topic Program on
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Roundtable on Its Significance and Implications
for the Future (New York, NY 2016) (transcript being published in Environmental Law
Reporter).
•
Duke University School of Law, Conference on The Present and Future of Civil Rights
Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America, Presenter and Moderator (Durham,
NC 2015).
•
University of San Diego School of Law, 2015 Climate and Energy Law Symposium,
California to Paris: Linking Climate and Energy Policy at the State, National, and
International Levels, Presenter (San Diego, CA 2015).
•
2015 ASIL Research Forum, American University Washington College of Law, Presenter
(Washington, DC, 2015).
•
Arctic Energy Summit, Panelist (Fairbanks, AK, 2015).
•
Polar Law Symposium, Virtual Panelist (Anchorage, AK, 2015).
•
Center for New American Security (CNAS) Climate Security Challenges Working Group,
Panelist (Washington, DC, 2015).
•
Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Presenter (Boca Raton, FL,
2015).
•
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Panelist (Seattle, WA 2015).
•
Stanford Law School, Conference on How Can International Environmental Law Reduce
Disaster Risk?, Panelist (Palo Alto, CA 2015).
•
Association for Law, Property and Society 2015 Annual Meeting, University of Georgia Law
School, Panelist and Moderator (Athens, GA 2015).
•
University of Tulsa College of Law, Presenter, Faculty Colloquy (Tulsa, OK 2015).
•
AALS 2015 Annual Meeting, Presenter at Academic Symposium on Congressional
Dysfunction and Executive Lawmaking (Washington, DC 2015) (broadcast on CSPAN).
•
Florida State University College of Law, Presenter, Faculty Workshop (Tallahassee, FL
2014).
•
University of Denver College of Law, Presenter, Faculty Workshop (Denver, CO 2014).
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•
University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Law Review Symposium, North to the Future:
Opportunities and Change in Alaska’s Emerging Frontiers, Presenter (Anchorage, AK
2014).
•
American Society of International Law, Midwest Interest Group Workshop, Co-Organizer,
Presenter, Discussant (Minnesota, MN 2014).
•
Northwestern University School of Law, Searle Center Research Roundtable on Climate
Change and Natural Preservation, Panelist on Arctic Melting and Unconventional Energy
(Chicago, IL 2014).
•
Durham University, Ice Law Workshop, Presenter on Arctic Melting and Unconventional
Energy and on Arctic Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples (Durham, United Kingdom
2014).
•
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, University of Minnesota Law School, Panelist
(Minneapolis, MN 2014).
•
Association for Law, Property and Society 2014 Annual Meeting, UBC Law School, Panelist
and Moderator (Vancouver, BC 2014).
•
University of Arizona College of Law, Presenter, Faculty Workshop (Tucson, AZ 2014).
•
AALS 2014 Annual Meeting, Moderator (New York, NY 2014).
•
2013 ASIL Research Forum, New York University Law School, Presenter (New York, NY,
2013).
•
International Law Weekend, Midwest, Washington University School of Law, Moderator
and Organizing Committee Member (St. Louis, MO, 2013).
•
University of Minnesota Department of Geography, Presenter in Fall 2013 Coffee Series
(Minneapolis, MN 2013).
•
Association for Law, Property and Society 2013 Annual Meeting, University of Minnesota
Law School, Panelist, Moderator, and Conference Organizer (Minneapolis, MN 2013).
•
University of Minnesota’s Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the
Life Sciences’ Conference on Legal & Policy Pathways for Energy Innovation, University of
Minnesota Law School, Presenter, Moderator, and Conference Organizer (Minneapolis, MN
2013).
•
New York Law School Conference on Solving Global Problems, Presenter (New York, NY,
2013).
•
American Society of International Law 2013 Annual Meeting, Panelist (Washington, D.C.
2013).
•
UCLA Climate and Energy Law Workshop, Presenter (Los Angeles, CA, 2013).
•
2013 Australian National Environmental Law Association Conference on Delivering a Low
Carbon Future, Keynote Presenter, The Role of Litigation in Multi-Level Climate Change
Governance (Melbourne, Australia, 2013).
•
Next Generation Compliance Workshop (co-sponsored by the US Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; The George Washington
University Law School; University of California, Berkeley Law, Center for Law, Energy and
the Environment; University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy,
Center for Environmental Public Policy; The Environmental Law Institute), Presenter
(Washington, DC, 2012).
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•
2012 Canadian Council on International Law Annual Meeting, Panel on Crisis and
Resilience and the International Law of Sustainable Development, Presenter (Ottawa, ON,
Canada, 2012).
•
Arizona State University College of Law, Center for Law and Global Affairs, Think Locally,
Act Globally Workshop in Honor of Elinor Ostrom, Workshop Participant (Tempe, AZ,
2012).
•
2012 ASIL Research Forum, Discussant for Panel on Environmental and Other Disasters:
Framing and Institutions (Athens, GA, 2012).
•
Northwestern University School of Law, Searle Center Conference on Natural Preservation
of a Rapidly Changing Climate, Moderator of Session on Adaptation and Mitigation
Linkages (Chicago, IL 2012).
•
2012 AALS Mid-Year Meeting, Workshop on Torts, Environment, and Disaster, Presenter
on Plenary Panel on Generations of Environmental Law (Berkeley, CA, 2012).
•
Fordham Law School 2012 Property Works in Progress Conference, Presenter (New York,
NY, 2012).
•
British Academy, Climate Change Litigation, Policy and Mobilization, Presenter (London,
United Kingdom, 2012).
•
University of Minnesota Law School, New Directions in Environmental and Energy Law,
Policy, and Geography, Workshop Organizer and Presenter (Minneapolis, MN, 2012)
(supported by $5000 grant from Consortium on Law and Values in Health,
Environment, and the Life Sciences; $3000 grant from the Institute on the
Environment; and $500 grant by a private donor).
•
University at Buffalo, Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, Where Now? Moving Beyond
Traditional Legal Geographies, Presenter (Buffalo, NY, 2012).
•
Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (SETAC)– Midwest Chapter 2012
Annual Meeting, St. Thomas University, Keynote Presenter (Minneapolis, MN 2012).
•
Association for Law, Property and Society 2012 Annual Meeting, Georgetown University
School of Law, Panelist, Moderator, and Co-Organizer (Washington, DC 2012).
•
Northwestern University School of Law, Searle Center Conference on Federalism and
Energy in the United States, Presenter (Chicago, IL 2012).
•
University of Minnesota, Faculty Works in Progress Workshop, Presenter (Minneapolis, MN
2012).
•
New York Law School, Global Law and Justice Colloquium, Presenter (New York, NY
2012).
•
Washington University School of Law, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, International
Law and Theory Roundtable, Presenter (St. Louis, MO 2011).
•
Florida Coastal School of Law, 13th Annual Northeast Florida Environmental Summit,
Economics, Ethics, and the Environment (Virtual Presentation 2011).
•
Emory Center on Federalism and Intersystemic Governance Roundtable, Progress Without
Agreement: Climate and Other Regulatory Challenges in a Time of Dissensus, Presenter
(Atlanta, GA 2011).
•
UBC Law and IUCN Conference, Local Climate Change Law: The Role of Local
Governments, Presenter (Vancouver, Canada 2011).
•
LatCrit XVI, Panel Member, Energy Justice (San Diego, CA 2011).
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•
University of Oregon School of Law & Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics,
(un)bound By Law: Keith Aoki Memorial Symposium and Celebration of Life, Presenter, The
Geography of “Moo Ha Ha”: A Tribute to Keith Aoki’s Role in Developing Critical Legal
Geography (Eugene, OR 2011).
•
Loyola Law School, Faculty Workshop Presentation, Scales of Law: Rethinking Climate
Change, Terrorism, and the Financial Crisis (Los Angeles, CA 2011).
•
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cox Center War Crimes Research
Symposium: International Law in Crisis, Presenter (Cleveland, OH 2011).
•
University of Melbourne Law School, Conference on Beyond a Carbon Price? A Framework
for Climate Change Regulation in Australia, Presenter (Melbourne, Australia 2011).
•
Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Presenter and Mentor (Hilton
Head, NC 2011).
•
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Panelist (San Francisco, CA 2011).
•
Association of American Geographers 2011 Annual Meeting, Panel Member, (Seattle,
Washington 2011).
•
UC Irvine School of Law, Climate Change Law Conference, Panelist (Irvine, CA 2011).
•
American Society of International Law 2011 Annual Meeting, Panelist (Washington, D.C.
2011).
•
George Washington University School of Law Symposium: Environmental Governance at
the Leading Edge of Technology (Washington, DC 2011).
•
University of Florida School of Law, Environmental Speaker Series, Presenter (Gainesville,
FL 2011).
•
Association for Law, Property and Society 2011 Annual Meeting, Georgetown University
School of Law, Panelist and Moderator (Washington, DC 2011).
•
Valparaiso School of Law Conference, Civil Litigation as a Tool for Regulating Climate
Change, Key Panelist (Valparaiso, IN 2011).
•
University of Minnesota Department of Geography, Presenter in Spring 2011 Coffee Series
(Minneapolis, MN 2011).
•
University of Minnesota Law School, Presenter in Spring 2011 Public Law Workshop
(Minneapolis, MN 2011).
•
University of Georgia School of Law, International Law Colloquium Presentation (Athens,
GA 2011).
•
Wayne State University School of Law, Faculty Workshop Presentation (Detroit, MI 2011).
•
AALS 2011 Annual Meeting, Panelist (San Francisco, CA 2011).
•
University of Wisconsin Human Rights Institute Sawyer Seminar: Vulnerability and
Resilience: Rethinking Human Rights for the 21st Century, Session on Environmental Human
Rights, Panelist (Madison, WI 2010).
•
ASIL Biennial Conference in International Economic Law: International Economic Law in a
Time of Change, Panelist (Minneapolis, MN 2010).
•
University of South Carolina Conference: Three Degrees of Separation: Exploring Linkages
Between International, National & Regional Climate Policy, Panelist (Columbia, SC 2010).
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•
Ho Chi Min City University School of Law, Conference on Sustainable Technology
Transfer, Virtual Panelist (Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam 2010).
•
University of Oregon Conference: Ocean Impacts of Climate Change, Panelist (Eugene, OR
2010).
•
Research Group on the Internationalisation of Law and Department of Public and
International Law, University of Oslo Faculty of Law, The Creation of International Law: An
Exploration of Normative Innovation, Contextual Application, and Interpretation in a Time
of Flux, Invited Speaker (Oslo, Norway 2010).
•
AALS Mid-Year Meeting, Property Law, Plenary Panelist, The Global Warming Crisis:
Property Law (New York, NY 2010).
•
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Panelist, Multi-Level Environmental
Governance (Chicago, IL 2010).
•
Chapman University School of Law, Panel Member, Beyond Copenhagen Conference
(Orange, CA 2010).
•
Association of American Geographers 2010 Annual Meeting, Panel Member, (Washington,
DC 2010).
•
Association for Law, Property and Society 2010 Annual Meeting, Georgetown University
School of Law, Panelist and Moderator (Washington, DC 2010).
•
Workshop, Public International Law & Legal Theory, Washington University School of Law,
Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies (St. Louis, MO 2010).
•
Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Meeting, Panelist, (New Orleans, LA 2010).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation, UNC School of Law (Chapel Hill, NC 2009).
•
Europa Institute Seminar, Climate Change in the Courts, University of Edinburgh School of
Law, Presenter (Edinburgh, UK 2009).
•
Brodies Environmental Law Lecture, Presenter, University of Edinburgh School of Law,
Presenter (Edinburgh, UK 2009).
•
UC Davis School of Law, Clean Tech in the New “Environmental Environment”
Symposium, Presenter (Davis, CA 2009).
•
International Law Weekend, Presenter (New York, NY 2009).
•
University of Maryland School of Law, Global Law and Multilateral Law: Evolving
Conceptions of International Law and Governance Conference, Presenter (Baltimore, MD
2009).
•
Yale Law School, 2009 Alumni Weekend, The Regulatory Debate: Whether, What, and
How? Presenter, Does Clean and Green Require Mean? New Directions in Energy and
Environmental Regulation (New Haven, CT 2009).
•
The ESIL-ASIL Research Forum, Changing Futures: Science and International Law,
University of Helsinki, Presenter (Helsinki, Finland 2009).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation, Boston College Law School (Boston, MA 2009).
•
Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, Symposium, Advocating for an Environment
of Equality: Legal and Ethical Duties in a Changing Climate, Presenter (Eugene, OR 2007)
(remote presentation).
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•
George Washington University Law School, International and Comparative Law
Colloquium, Presenter (Washington, DC 2009).
•
Distinguished Lecture Series, Human Rights and National Security Law Program, William
and Mary Law School, Presenter (Williamsburg, VA 2009).
•
University of Colorado, New Thinking about Climate Change Law and Policy Works-inProgress Symposium, Presenter (Boulder, CO 2009).
•
Southeastern Association of Law Schools 61st Annual Meeting, Climate Policy in a New
Administration, Presenter (Palm Beach, FL 2009).
•
University of Colorado Property Works in Progress Conference, Presenter (Boulder, CO
2009).
•
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Panelist, Rethinking Transnational
Environmental Governance (Denver, CO 2009).
•
Speaker Series, Whittier Law School, Presenter (Costa Mesa, CA 2009).
•
American Society of International Law 2009 Annual Meeting, New Voices Presentation
(Washington, D.C. 2009).
•
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, Symposium on New Directions in
Environmental Law, Presenter (St. Louis, MO 2009).
•
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Journal of Energy, Climate, and
Environment, Symposium, Climate Policy for the Obama Administration, Presenter and
Symposium Advisor (Lexington, VA 2009).
•
Junior International Law Scholars Conference, Temple Law School, Presenter (Philadelphia,
PA 2009).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation, Villanova University School of Law (Villanova, PA 2009).
•
Michigan Journal of International Law, Symposium on Territory Without Boundaries,
Presenter (Ann Arbor, MI 2009).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation and Student Certificate Program Presentation, Florida State
University College of Law (Tallahassee, FL 2009).
•
Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, Environmental Law Workshop, Presenter (Tel Aviv,
Israel 2009).
•
Georgetown University School of Law and the Center on Property, Citizenship, and Social
Entrepreneurism at Syracuse University College of Law, Workshop on the Public Nature of
Private Property, Presenter (Washington, DC 2008).
•
Georgetown University School of Law, International Legal Theory Colloquium, Presenter
(Washington, DC 2008).
•
Washington University School of Law, Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies,
International Climate Change: Post-Kyoto Challenges, Presenter (St. Louis, MO 2008).
•
Southeastern Association of Law Schools 61st Annual Meeting, Climate Change Litigation,
Presenter (Palm Beach, FL 2008).
•
University of Colorado Property Works in Progress Conference, Presenter (Boulder, CO
2008).
•
May Gathering, University of Virginia Law School, Presenter (Charlottesville, VA 2008).
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•
University of California Hastings College of the Law, Monterey Institute of International
Studies, Surviving Climate Change: Adaptation and Innovation, Presenter (San Francisco,
CA 2008).
•
Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Panelist, Imagining Rights in
the Era of Globalization; Presenter, Justice and the Geographical Imagination I (San
Francisco, CA 2008).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation, Chapman University School of Law FIRST Series (Orange,
CA 2008).
•
Oregon Review of International Law, Symposium, Multi-Scalar Civil Society?: Legal
Pluralism and Inequality, Presenter and Symposium Advisor (Eugene, OR 2008).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation, University of Iowa College of Law (Iowa City, IA 2008).
•
Workshop, Public International Law & Legal Theory, Washington University School of Law,
Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies (St. Louis, MO 2008).
•
Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Meeting, Panelist, Section on Women
Concurrent Session: Globalization (New York, NY 2008).
•
Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum Symposium, A Charged Atmosphere: The
Future of US Policy on Global Warming, Presenter (Durham, North Carolina 2007).
•
New York University’s Environmental Law Society and Law Students for Human Rights
Symposium, A Climate for Justice: Equity Imperatives in the Legal Responses to Climate
Change, Presenter (New York, New York 2007).
•
International Law Weekend, Moderator, Plenary Panel, The Appropriate Role of
International Law in Addressing Climate Change; Participant, Roundtable on
Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Law (New York, NY 2007).
•
Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, Symposium, Combating Climate Change on
the Regional Level: West Coast Policy and Litigation, Presenter and Symposium Advisor
(Eugene, OR 2007).
•
Faculty Colloquium Presentation, Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland, OR 2007).
•
LatCrit XII, Panel Member, Appearances and Realities of Power Across Scales: Dilemmas of
Categorization (Miami, FL 2007).
•
Faculty Colloquium Presentation, Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington
(Bloomington, ID 2007).
•
•
Willamette Valley Junior Scholars Workshop, Presenter, Commentator, and Co-Organizer
(Eugene, OR 2007).
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Panelist, Framing Regulatory Problems as
Human Rights Issues and International and Comparative Law Approaches to Indigenous
Peoples’ Rights (Berlin, Germany 2007).
•
American Association of Law Schools and American Society of International Law, Joint
Meeting on International Law, Work-in-Progress Presentation (Vancouver, BC 2007).
•
University of Colorado Property Works in Progress Conference, Presenter (Boulder, CO
2007).
•
The Third World and International Law Conference, Albany Law School, Presenter (Albany,
NY 2007).
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•
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Panel Member, Questioning Scale—
Politics and the Pursuit of Energy Sustainability at the State and Local Levels: Options,
Politics, and Results (San Francisco, CA 2007).
•
American Society of International Law 2007 Annual Meeting, Panel Member, Feeling the
Heat?: Climate Change Litigation in the 21st Century (Washington, D.C. 2007).
•
Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Moderator and Panelist,
Roundtable on Law, Geography, and Culture: Perspectives on Place, Space, and Scale
(Washington, D.C. 2007).
•
Oregon Review of International Law, Symposium, Complexities of Scale: The Role of the
Subnational in International Law, Presenter and Symposium Advisor (Eugene, OR 2007).
•
Yale Journal of International Law Young Scholars Conference, Presenter, A Law and
Geography Perspective on the New Haven School (New Haven, CT 2007).
•
Work-in-Progress Presentation, Junior International Law Scholars Roundtable at Yale Law
School (New Haven, CT 2007).
•
University of Idaho College of Law, International Law Symposium, Free Trade or Fair: The
Softwood Lumber Dispute and Beyond, Panel Member (Coeur d’Alene, ID 2007).
•
UC Davis School of Law, Journal of International Law & Policy Symposium, The Evolution
of Colonialism in a Global Economy, Panelist, Neocolonialism (Davis, CA 2007).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation, UC Davis School of Law (Davis, CA 2007).
•
Stanford Climate Symposium, Panelist, Climate Change and International Human Rights
(Palo Alto, CA 2007).
•
Willamette Valley Junior Scholars Workshop, Presenter (Salem, OR 2007).
•
International Law Weekend – West, Panel Chair and Participant, Law, Geography, and
Sovereignty (Santa Clara, CA 2007).
•
Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Meeting, Hot Topics Panel, The Significance
of Climate Change Litigation: Massachusetts v. EPA and Other New Developments,
Moderator and Panelist (Washington, DC 2007).
•
2006 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change,
Resource Policies: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity, Presenter (Berlin, Germany 2006).
•
Northwest Tribal Water Rights Annual Conference, Panelist, International Advocacy
Initiatives from the Grass Roots (Eugene, OR 2006).
•
International Law Weekend, Panel Member, State Courts and Transnational DecisionMaking: The Road Ahead; Roundtable Moderator and Participant, Roundtable on
International Law and Geography: Cross-Cutting Issues of Sovereignty, Identity, and Equity
(New York, NY 2006).
•
LatCrit XI, Panel Member, Globalization and Indigenous Peoples, Part 2: Possibilities for
Progress (Las Vegas, NV 2006).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation, Arizona State University College of Law (Tempe, AZ
2006).
•
Faculty Workshop Presentation, University of Houston Law Center (Houston, TX 2006).
•
American Society of International Law 2006 Annual Meeting, Rights of Indigenous Peoples
and International Environmental Law Interest Groups, Panel Member, Adjudicating Climate
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Change: International Approaches and Its Implications for the Interests of Indigenous
Peoples (Washington, D.C. 2006).
•
Work-in-Progress Presentation, Junior International Law Scholars Roundtable (Washington,
D.C. 2006).
•
University of Idaho College of Law, International Law Symposium, Indigenous Peoples and
International Human Rights Law: Lands, Liberties, and Legacies, Panel Member, Legacies
and Cultural Resources (Coeur d’Alene, ID 2006).
•
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Panel Member, Nature, Science and
Law: Legal Geographies of Nature (Chicago, IL 2006).
•
Pacific/McGeorge Center for Global Business and Development, The Business of Climate
Change: Post-Gleneagles, Post-Vientiane, and Post-Kyoto Challenges and Opportunities for
Multinational Business Enterprises, Presenter (Sacramento, CA 2006).
•
Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Meeting, Workshop on Integrating
Transnational Legal Perspectives Into the First Year Curriculum, Panel Member, Property
Session (Washington, DC 2006).
•
International Law Weekend, Panel Member, Adjudicative Approaches to Climate Change
(New York, NY 2005).
•
LatCrit X, Panel Member, Human Rights, Sovereignty, Violence & Religion (Puerto Rico
2005).
•
Michigan State University College of Law, Conference on Trade and Foreign Investment in
the Americas: The Impact on Indigenous Peoples and the Environment, Panel Member, FTAs
Within the Hemisphere and Their Environment and Investment Chapters–Impact on the
Environment (East Lansing, MI 2005).
•
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Panelist, Corporate Environmental
Responsibility in the Age of Globalization (Las Vegas, NV 2005).
•
University of Idaho College of Law, International Law Symposium, Panel Member, The
Challenge of International Human Rights (Coeur d’Alene, ID 2005).
•
International Law Weekend – West, Panel Chair, Corporate Compliance with International
Law (Costa Mesa, CA 2005).
•
Junior International Law Scholars Roundtable, Moderator, Is the Public/Private Divide
Meaningless? (Washington, D.C. 2004).
•
Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2004 U.S.-China Environmental Law Scholars
Roundtable, Commentator (Philadelphia, PA 2004).
•
Carnegie Council Fellows Presentation, Learning from Environmental Justice: A New Model
for International Environmental Rights (New York, NY 2004).
•
Junior International Law Scholars Roundtable, Moderator, Emerging Issues in Public
International Law (Washington, D.C. 2003).
•
International Law Weekend, Panel Member, Environmental Human Rights Claims under the
Alien Tort Statute: Understanding Recent Setbacks (New York, NY 2003).
•
International Law Weekend – West, Panel Chair, Sustainable Development After Earth
Summit 2002 (Los Angeles, CA 2003).
•
Annual Colloquium of the International Association of Legal Sciences, International Keynote
Speaker, Report on International Criminal Law: Court Enforcement of Minimum Standards
(Melbourne, Australia 2000).
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Other Conference Presentations and Lectures
• University of Minnesota Super CLE Presentation, Hot Topics in the Energy Law
(Minneapolis, MN 2013).
•
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy Annual Women’s Breakfast, Featured
Speaker on “Transitioning to Cleaner Energy: Lessons from the Twin Cities’ Suburbs”
(Minneapolis, MN 2013).
•
University of Minnesota Super CLE Presentation, Litigation over Climate Change: Key
Developments and Regulatory Impacts (Minneapolis, MN 2013).
•
University of Minnesota Super CLE Presentation, Hot Topics in the Transition to Cleaner
Energy (Minneapolis, MN 2012).
•
University of Minnesota Super CLE Presentation, New Frontiers in Responding to Climate
Change: From Local Action to Litigation to Geoengineering (Minneapolis, MN 2012).
•
Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest, Sustainability Lecture Series Presentation,
Litigating Climate Change: The Role of Courts in Shaping Our Regulatory Path (Lillydale,
MN 2011).
•
University of Minnesota Super CLE Presentation, Regulating Climate Change: Local, State,
National, and International Developments (Minneapolis, MN 2011).
•
University of Minnesota Alumni Weekend, CLE Presentation on Environmental Justice and
Governance Issues Arising from the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Minneapolis, MN
2011)
•
Hennepin County Bar Association Environmental Law CLE, Multidimensional Governance,
Environmental Justice, and the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Minneapolis, MN 2011)
•
University of Minnesota Super CLE Presentation, Legal Issues Arising from the BP
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Minneapolis, MN 2011).
•
Minnesota State Bar Association’s Public Utilities Law and Environmental, Natural
Resources, and Energy Law Sections, CLE Presentation on Clean Air Act Regulation
following Massachusetts v. EPA (Saint Paul, MN 2011)
•
Hamline University School of Law, Forum on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Presenter
(Saint Paul, MN 2010).
•
Arizona State University College of Law, Sustainability Summit, Participant (Tempe, AZ
2010).
•
2008 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference: Compelling a Climate of Change,
Panel Member, Climate Change + Environmental Justice = Climate Justice (Eugene, OR
2008).
•
Fireside Presentation, Climate Change and the Alien Tort Claims Act, University of Oregon
School of Law, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program (Eugene, OR, 2007).
•
Public Forum Discussing the Supreme Court's Ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA, University of
Oregon School of Law, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program and
International Law Society (Eugene, OR, 2007).
•
Fireside Presentation, The Geography of Climate Change Litigation, University of Oregon
School of Law, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program (Eugene, OR, 2006).
•
Coalition Against Environmental Racism’s 11th Annual Environmental Justice Conference,
Keynote Lunch Speaker (Eugene, OR, 2006).
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•
2006 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference: Toward A Global Public Trust, Panel
Member, Katrina and Environmental Justice & Moderator, Environmental Rights in
National Constitutions (Eugene, OR 2006).
•
Business Innovation and Law 2005: Business Lawyering in the Pacific Rim Economy, Panel
Member, Overview of the Pacific Rim Business Markets and Legal Systems (Portland, OR
2005).
•
Virtual Environmental Law Guest Speaker Series, Learning from Environmental Justice: A
New Model for International Environmental Rights (2005).
•
Orange County Bar Association – International Law Section, Speaker, New Developments in
International Environmental Rights: Implications for Multinational Corporations (Orange
County, CA 2005).
•
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., California State Bar Association Mandatory
Continuing Legal Education Session, Learning from Environmental Justice: A New Model
for International Environmental Rights (Los Angeles, CA 2004).
•
Orange County Bar Association – International Law Section, Speaker, Aftermath of the War
in Iraq: Prosecution of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (Orange County, CA
2003).
•
Vermont Law School, Faculty Speaker Series, Learning from Environmental Justice: A New
Model for International Environmental Rights (South Royalton, VT 2002).
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Vermont Law School, Panel Member, Remarks, Reflections, and Perspectives on September
11 Anniversary (South Royalton, VT 2002).
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Yale Alumni Association of Hong Kong, Social Change Through Legal Education: Teaching
U.S. Civil Rights and Launching a Labor Law Clinic in China (Hong Kong 2002).
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Zhongshan University, Zhuhai Campus, Chinese Clinical Legal Education (co-lectured with
Chinese colleagues) (Zhuhai, China 2002).
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Zhongshan University, Zhuhai Campus, American Legal Education and Clinical Legal
Education (Zhuhai, China 2002).
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Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., California State Bar Association Mandatory
Continuing Legal Education Session, Social Change Through Active, Reflective Learning?:
Clinical Legal Education in China and the United States (Los Angeles, CA 2002).
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Guangzhou Professional Women’s Association, Social Change Through Active, Reflective
Learning?: Clinical Legal Education in China and the United States (Guangzhou, China
2002).
Radio and Television Appearances
• Access Minnesota, Commentator on Climate Change Initiatives and the Supreme Court,
Mar. 16, 2016, http://www.accessminnesotaonline.com/2016/03/16/climate-changeinitiatives-and-the-supreme-court/
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Access Minnesota, Commentator on The Role of Litigation in Fighting Climate Change,
Mar. 4, 2015, http://www.accessminnesotaonline.com/2015/03/04/the-role-of-litigation-infighting-climate-change/.
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Daily Circuit, Minnesota Public Radio, Jan. 22, 2015, Guest Commentator on Will BP oil
spill change how companies drill?, http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/01/22/daily-circuitbp-oil.
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The Obama Presidency and Federalism, CSPAN, Jan. 5. 2015, Presentation on President
Obama’s Use of Executive Authority to Address Climate Change and Energy Transition,
http://www.c-span.org/video/?323544-2/discussion-executive-action-federalism.
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WTIP, Grand Marais, Guest Commentator on Energy Transition Lab Focuses on Renewable
Energy, Dec. 23, 2014, https://beta.prx.org/stories/139149.
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Breakfast with Nancy, KOPT 1600, Monthly Program on Global Justice (2005–2006) (with
Ibrahim Gassama).
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Odyssey, WBEZ/Chicago Public Radio, Guest Commentator on Human Rights and the
Environmental Movement (2004).
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