Professor Justin Pidot
University of Arizona Law School
Environmental Justice
University of Arizona Law School
Environmental Justice
Professor Justin Pidot: Justin Pidot holds the Ashby Lohse Chair in Water & Natural Resources at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, where he also co-directs the Environmental Law, Science and Policy Program. Professor Pidot’s teaching and scholarship focus on environmental and natural resources law, administrative law, and related fields. He is a co-author of Practicing Environmental Law, the first environmental law casebook to use a problems-based approach to the subject. His scholarship has appeared in leading general interest law reviews, including the Stanford Law Review, and specialty journals, including the Harvard Environmental Law Journal. During the Biden Administration, Professor Pidot served as General Counsel for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, a political appointment within the Executive Office of the President. He previously held a political appointment as the Deputy Solicitor for Land Resources at the Department of the Interior during the Obama Administration and served as an appellate lawyer in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, which he joined through the Attorney General’s Honors program. Professor Pidot brings insights from his diverse government service to his research and teaching. Before joining the faculty at the University of Arizona, Professor Pidot taught at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He also clerked for Judge Judith W. Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and completed a fellowship at the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute. Professor Pidot received his J.D. with distinction from the Stanford Law School, where he was editor in chief of the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. He received his B.A. with high honors from Wesleyan University. |
Lecture: The lecture is available here. The List: Professor Pidot will join the discussion list for the Guest Speaker Program from February 24-28. You can access the list here. Tune In: Schedule of Speakers for Spring 2025 |