Degrees

J.D., 1989, Harvard Law School (cum laude); A.B., 1986, Stanford University (with honors and distinction)

Short Bio

Rob Verchick, a nationally recognized expert in environmental law, heads Loyola's Center for Environmental Law and Land Use. He is a graduate of Stanford University and of Harvard Law School, where he served as Articles Editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Before coming to Loyola, he taught on the law faculty at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) for 11 years and, before that, practiced environmental law at Riddell Williams P.S. in Seattle. He has been a visiting professor at Peking University, Aarhus University (Denmark), Lewis & Clark College, and Seattle University. He has received teaching awards at Loyola University, UMKC, Seattle University, and Harvard University.

Verchick served for five years on the board of the Center for Progressive Reform, a policy institute dedicated to making a positive case for health, safety, and environmental protection. Verchick's scholarship focuses on environmental policy as it relates to constitutional law, environmental justice, risk management, and natural disaster. His work has appeared in, among other places, the California Law Review, the Southern California Law Review, and the Harvard Environmental Law Review. He is author or co-author of three books, including Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 2010).
Verchick is currently on leave from Loyola University and serving in the Obama administration. He is Deputy Associate Administrator at E.P.A.’s Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation in Washington, D.C.
 

Courses Taught

• Environmental Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Environmental Justice
• Disaster Law and Policy
   

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