Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Professor Burleson has an LL.M. in International Law from the London School of Economics (LSE), a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law, and is a Fulbright Senior Specialist. Focusing on emerging International Law, she has been an advisor to UNICEF's Senior Advisor for the Environment and to the New York Director of UNEP. She has also written reports for UNESCO and UNDP. She participated in the drafting process for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Agenda 21, and the Rio Declaration. She was a member of the UNICEF delegation to the Bali Climate Conference; worked with the NWF and UNEP delegations to the Copenhagen Climate Conference and with the IUCN and ASIL delegations to the Cancun and Durban Climate Conferences. Professor Burleson is on the National Wildlife Federation President's Advisory Council and has conducted legal research for Amnesty International's London-based International Secretariat and New York-based research division. She joined the Pace Law School environmental faculty in 2011 from USD School of law where she taught since 2007. She has taught Public International Law, Energy Law, International Environmental Law, UN Law, Human Rights and Environmental Law, International Law and China, Property Law, Water Law, and Environmental Law.
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Director, Public Interest Network: Professor Burleson launched the Public Interest Network (PIN) by swimming 3 hours (4 miles) across the Missouri River to fund law student public interest grants. [More Info]
