Nicholas A. Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement

The Nicholas Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement was established in 2005 to recognize Pace alumni who have made significant contributions to environmental law. In 2007, Professor Robinson requested that the Pace Environmental Law Alumni Association (formerly the Pace Environmental Alumni Council (PEAC)) take over bestowal of this annual honor.

(Pictured above, Marla Weider, J.D. '93, received the 2009 Robinson Award for her outstanding work with the EPA cleaning up major hazardous waste sites in New York and the Caribbean.)

Past Recipients
Pace Law is proud of the following recipients of the Robinson Award for their significant contributions to environmental law:

2022
Jessica Steinberg Albin, JD, '07
NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY)

Samuel J. Capasso III, JD'10; LLM'12
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Jeshica Patel, JD, ‘17
New York State Executive Chamber

2019
Janice Dean, JD, '05
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

2018
Laura Jensen JD ’11, LLM ’12
Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maine 

2017
Marc Yaggi, JD ’97
Waterkeeper Alliance 

Dan Estrin, JD ‘93 
Waterkeeper Alliance 

2015
Robyn Hanson, JD '06
Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ)

2014
Emily Collins, JD '04
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services

2012
Basil B. Seggos, JD '01
New York State Governor's Office

2011
William J. Cahill, JD '95
W.J. Cahill & Associates

2010
James R. May, LLM '91
Widener University School of Law

2009
Marla Wieder, JD '93
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

2008
Robert J. Goldstein, LLM '92, SJD '01
United States Military Academy

2007
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., LLM '87
Waterkeeper Alliance

2006
Brendan O’Neill, JD '85
The Vineyard Conservation Society

2005
Maya van Rossum, JD '92
Delaware Riverkeeper