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Michael Gerrard

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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

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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

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  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.