Michael Gerrard

Michael Gerrard
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Michael Burr Gerrard[1] is an American legal scholar. He is the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School.

Biography

Gerrard was born in New York City, where his parents were graduate students at Columbia University, and grew up in Charleston, West Virginia.[2] His father, Nathan L. Gerrard, was a professor of sociology at the University of Charleston, and his mother, Louise B. Gerrard, was the executive director of the West Virginia Council on Aging.[1][3]

He received his B.A. from Columbia in 1972, followed by a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1978 as a Root-Tilden Scholar.[4]

From 1979 to 2008, he was a lawyer at Arnold & Porter and served as the partner in charge of its New York City office.[5] He was known for his environmental practice before departing the partnership to join the faculty of Columbia Law School.[6] His specialty includes environmental law, regulation, and climate change policy.[7]

Gerrard founded and directed the law school's Center for Climate Change Law.[8][9][10] He also chaired the faculty of The Earth Institute from 2015 to 2018.[11]

He is the author of Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, co-edited with Harvard Law School professor Jody Freeman.

References

  1. ^ a b "Barbara Seuling Wed to M. B. Gerrard". The New York Times. 1976-08-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ "An Environmental Lawyer's Fraught Quest for Legal Tools to Hold Back the Seas". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  3. ^ "TALKS ON ELDERLY ROILED BY DISPUTE". The New York Times. 1971-12-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  4. ^ "Michael Gerrard". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  5. ^ "Michael Gerrard, Veteran Arnold & Porter Environmental Attorney, Named Head of New York Office | News". Arnold & Porter. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. ^ "Lawyer Limelight: Michael Gerrard". Lawdragon. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  7. ^ "The Carbon Brief Interview: Michael Gerrard". Carbon Brief. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  8. ^ "UN Climate Report Expected to Drive U.S. Regulation, Litigation". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  9. ^ "Climate change is increasingly going to court". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  10. ^ "Michael Gerrard Leads New Center for Climate Change Law". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  11. ^ "Professor Michael Gerrard - Staff Profiles - Columbia Climate School". people.climate.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

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