The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that Karl Coplan, Professor of Law Emeritus and Director of Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic at Haub Law, along with Achinthi Vithanage, Associate Director of Environmental Law Programs & Professor at Haub Law, were named to the 2023 Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law. Haub Law Adjunct Professor Steven Solow, Partner, Baker Botts, former Director of the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic and founder of the DC Summer Externship Program at Haub Law was also recognized.
The prestigious list is comprised of 500 lawyers carefully selected and based on journalistic reporting, nominations, and vetting with peers and experts in environmental law. Also included on the list are Haub Law alumni, Anne Carpenter ’09, Partner, Baker Botts, Samuel Brown ‘07, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, and James May ’91 (LLM), Distinguished Professor of Law, Founder of the Global Environmental Rights Institute, and co-Founder and co-Director of the Dignity Rights Project and the Environmental Rights Institute at Widener University Delaware Law School and current Haub Visiting Scholar at Haub Law.
“We are so proud of the impact that Karl, Achinthi, Steve and our distinguished graduates continue to have on the field of environmental law and congratulate them on this recognition,” said Dean Horace E. Anderson Jr., Dean of the Law School. “As the #1 ranked environmental law program, Haub Law remains committed to advancing environmental law and policies that lead us toward a greener future with the bold leadership of our past and present faculty, alumni, and colleagues.”
The 2023 Lawdragon Green 500 list also included other Haub Law affiliates, including: Former Director of Haub Law’s Environmental Law Program, Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Partner, Baker Botts, and 2021 Haub Law Environmental Law Distinguished Junior Scholar and 2022 Lloyd. K Garrison Lecturer on Environmental Law, Sharmila Murthy, Senior Counsel in the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that Samuel Carvalho has been selected to serve as the new Pace Energy and Climate Center Graduate Fellow. This position is reserved for outstanding Pace Haub Law students who demonstrate exceptional academic and research skills, as well as a strong commitment to climate change and energy law.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University welcomed Tyler Maulsby, Deputy Managing Partner of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein and Selz PC, to deliver the 2026 Philip B. Blank Memorial Lecture on Attorney Ethics speaking on, “Legal Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Held virtually on Monday, January 26, Tyler examined how the expanding use of generative AI is reshaping the legal profession and raising critical ethical questions for lawyers, clients, courts, and the public.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that Achinthi Vithanage, Executive Director of the Environmental Law Program and Professor of Law for Designated Service in Environmental Law at Pace Haub Law, was named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers: The Green 500. Professor Vithanage has been recognized on this list five times since the publication of the inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental & Energy Lawyers list in 2021.