Julie E. Steiner
joined the law faculty in 2005. Prior to entering academia,
Professor Steiner practiced environmental law for approximately ten
years at Dewey Ballantine LLP (currently Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP),
and at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis,
LLP.
Professor Steiner’s
scholarship focuses on environmental ethics and the impact of
interest groups on environmental law and policy. Her article,
The Illegality of Contingency-Fee Arrangements When Prosecuting
Natural Resource Damage Claims and the Need for Legislative Reform,
published in the William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy
Review, and was selected for republication in the November 2008
Environmental Law Reporter.
Professor Steiner
is an Associate Professor of Legal Writing. She graduated cum
laude from Boston University School of Law, where she was an Edward
F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholar and a Paul J. Liacos
Scholar. She was a Visiting Student of International and
Comparative Law at Oxford University, St. Catherine’s
College. She received her B.A, summa cum laude, Phi Beta
Kappa, in English and Political Science from Syracuse
University.
Professor Steiner
teaches Legal Writing, Legal Research and Writing, and, beginning
in 2009, Environmental Law and Torts.