Professor Gabe Pacyniak
University of New Mexico School of Law
The EU Just Transition Mechanism
University of New Mexico School of Law
The EU Just Transition Mechanism
Professor Gabe Pacyniak: Gabe Pacyniak is the primary faculty supervisor of the natural resources and environmental law (NREL) clinic and also teaches doctrinal courses in the NREL program. The clinic provides law and policy representation to low-income and underserved communities on a broad range of NREL issues. Gabe has also taught or will be teaching environmental law, public utility regulation, and a climate change writing seminar. In addition, Gabe’s scholarship and policy work focuses on climate change and energy issues, particularly with an equity focus. Gabe’s recent work has focused on ensuring that energy is affordable to everyone in the clean energy transition and on identifying the mechanisms being used to address equity in administrative rulemakings related to climate change. He and his clinic students also provide legal and policy support in the development of New Mexico’s Community Energy Efficiency Development Block Grant Act, and Gabe was a coauthor of New Mexico’s Grid Modernization Baseline Report. Prior to joining the UNM faculty in August 2017, Gabe managed the climate change mitigation program at the Georgetown Climate Center and co-taught a climate change law and policy practicum course as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law. Gabe is a graduate of Georgetown Law and the New College of Florida. While in law school, he interned at the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change and on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee while the committee was drafting comprehensive climate change litigation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Gabe worked as a community journalist in Washington, D.C. |
Lecture: The lecture is available for download here. The List: Professor Pacyniak will join the discussion list for the Guest Speaker Program from March 9-15. You can access the list here. Links:
Tune In: Schedule of Speakers for Spring 2026 |