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Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop
13th annual Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop
Join us for our 13th annual Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop on Friday, September 18. This workshop is designed for law students and graduates considering or planning careers as legal academics in environmental law broadly defined. The workshop will include a panel on navigating the hiring process, mock interviews, and practice job talks.
As part of this year’s workshop, we will begin with a virtual panel discussion on Wednesday, May 6, from 1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. This session will offer practical guidance on navigating the academic hiring process, including fellowship pathways, the entry-level market, and developing a scholarly agenda. See panel registration details in the tab below.
- Receive advice on the environmental law teaching market
- Obtain an insider’s view of the appointments process from faculty with extensive hiring experience
- Learn about the history and future of environmental law in law schools
- Participate in a mock AALS interview and gain feedback from environmental law professors
- Present your work to future colleagues in the environmental law academy through mock job talks
To be considered for participation in mock interviews and job talks, participants must be registered by noon on Friday, August 21, 2026. Priority will be given to registrants that are on the job market this fall and in the AALS FAR.
In preparation for the conference, participants are encourage to visit and review the information on Becoming a Law Teacher compiled by the American Association of Law Schools.
Register for the 13th Annual Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop
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Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Time: 12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. EST
Location: ZoomJoin us for the 13th Annual Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop. This program is designed for law students and graduates who are considering or planning careers in environmental law academia, broadly defined.
As part of this year’s workshop, we will begin with a virtual panel discussion on Wednesday, May 6, from 1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. This session will offer practical guidance on navigating the academic hiring process, including fellowship pathways, the entry-level market, and developing a scholarly agenda.
A separate in-person workshop will follow on Friday, September 18, and will include mock interviews and job talks. Please save the date.
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Rachel Rothschild, September 5, 2025
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan Law SchoolSonja Ziaja, September 6, 2024
Assistant Professor
University of Baltimore School of Law
Keynote Address: "A qualitative empirical assessment of whether and how environmental constitutional rights matter to state natural resource managers"Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner, September 9, 2022
Dean and Professor of Law
The University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
Keynote Address: "Cutting Sign to a Career in Environmental Law within the Legal Academy”Sarah Krakoff, September 13, 2019
Moses Lasky Professor of Law
University of Colorado Law School
Keynote Address: "A few Thoughts for Future Environmental Law Professors"Katrina M. Wyman, September 14, 2018
Sarah Herring Sorin Professor of Law
Director, Environmental and Energy Law LLM Program
Keynote Address: "The Return of the City"Hari Osofsky, October 13, 2017
Dean, Penn State Law School
Keynote Address: "Pathways Forward for Cross-Cutting Environmental Law Scholarship"Pat Parenteau, September 16, 2016
Senior Counsel and Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
Keynote Address: "Nature Deficit Disorder: A Reply to the Eco-Pragmatists"Douglas Kysar, September 15, 2015
Joseph M. Field '55 Professor, Yale Law School
Keynote Address: "Making a Contribution in Environmental Law"Richard Lazarus, September 26, 2014
Howard and Katherine Abel Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Inaugural Keynote Address: "Environmental Law Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities"