SJD Candidates
SJD in Environmental Law
Candidates for the SJD work under close faculty supervision to research, write and defend a publishable doctoral dissertation that creates original knowledge about their chosen topics in environmental law. This is a process which requires at least one academic year in residence at Pace Law, although it may take two to three years or even longer.
Admission to the SJD program is competitive and highly selective. Ordinarily, only one new candidate is admitted each year. A primary consideration in the admission of each new SJD candidate is whether a suitable faculty supervisor is available to supervise that particular candidate for the duration of his or her SJD program.
Before enrolling, SJD candidates should have completed substantial graduate coursework in environmental law, and ideally a full LLM degree in environmental law, either at Pace Law or at a comparable institution. A candidate who does not hold an LLM in environmental law may be admitted on condition that he or she complete 24 credits in environmental law subjects, with at least a 3.0 GPA, before progressing to the dissertation stage of the SJD program.
Huishihan (Vivian) Wang
Huishihan (Vivian) Wang, LLM '18, SJD Candidate
Education:
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, S.J.D. Candidate, 2018-Present
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, LL.M, 2017-2018 (Cum Laude)
China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), LL.B 2014
Dissertation:
A Comparative study on Plaintiff of Environmental citizen suits in United States and China.
Huishihan’s dissertation aims to the comparison between the plaintiffs in environmental citizen suits, environmental NGOs in United States and China, including the evolutionary history, current situation, and strategies in the lawsuits. Further to discuss how Chinese procuratorates, a new type of plaintiff of environmental citizen suits in China, fill gaps in lacking effects in Chinese environmental NGOs citizen suits.
Additional Research Interests: International Environmental Law, Comparative Environmental Law, Climate Justice.
Academic Appointments and Fellowships:
S.J.D. Merit Award (2018-2019)
Ph.D. scholarship from China Scholarship Council (2018-2021)
LL.M. Merit Award (2017-2018)
Supreme People’s Court of the P.R.C Environmental Protection Essay Competition, 1st Place (2016).Huishihan Wang (王惠诗涵), Zhichi Shehuizuzhi Tiqi Huanjing Gongyisusongde Shehuizhilijizhiji Zhengcejianyi (支持社会组织提起环境公益诉讼的社会治理机制及政策建议) 2016, “The Social Governance Mechanisms and Policy Recommendations of Supporting Social Organizations Bring up Environmental Public Interest Litigation.” Journal of China Trial, People Court Press. (Accepted in the press, in Chinese.)
PUBLICATIONS:
- 2019 Huishihan Wang, The Suggestion for Improving the legislation of Beijing Local Wetlands, under peer review by George Washington Journal of Energy & Environmental Law.
- 2019 Huishihan Wang (王惠诗涵), Tongguo Liyixiangguanfang Juesebanyanmoshi Peiyang Huanjing falvrencai de Shijianjineng (通过利益相关方角色扮演模式培养环境法律人才的实践技能——以佩斯大学法学院Environmental skills课程为借鉴) [Teaching Substantive Environmental Law And Practice Skills Through Interest Group Roleplaying-- Take pace university law school's Environmental skills course for example] Huanjingfa Jiaoxue Yu Rencai Peiyang Lunwenji (环境法教学与人才培养论文集) (2019) at 241-256
- 2016 Li Dun, Ge Feng, & Huishihan Wang ed. (李楯主编、葛枫、王惠诗涵副主编), Huanjing Gongyisusong Guanchabaogao (2015环境公益诉讼观察报告) [Review of Public Interest Litigation In Environmental Protection In 2015], (Law Press• China 2016)
- 2016 Ge Feng, Huishihan Wang: 2015 Xin Huanjingbaohufaxiade Huanjing Gongyisusong Zongshu (新环境保护法下2015年环境公益诉讼综述) [A Summary of Civil Environmental Public Interest Litigation under the New Environmental Protection Law Amendment in 2015] [Review Of Public Interest Litigation In Environmental Protection In 2015], (Law Press• China 2016)
- 2016 Huishihan Wang (王惠诗涵), Zhichi Shehuizuzhi Tiqi Huanjing Gongyisusongde Shehuizhilijizhiji Zhengcejianyi (支持社会组织提起环境公益诉讼的社会治理机制及政策建议) 2016, “The Social Governance Mechanisms and Policy Recommendations of Supporting Social Organizations Bring up Environmental Public Interest Litigation.” Journal of China Trial, People Court Press. (Accepted in the press, in Chinese.
- Honors: Supreme People’s Court of the P.R.C Environmental Protection Essay Competition, 1st Place (2016).
Maria Antonia Tigre
Maria Antonia Tigre, LLM '14, SJD Candidate
Maria Antonia Tigre is the Deputy Director for Latin America for the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) and an S.JD. student at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. She is the author and co-author of publications on themes related to Latin American, regional, and international environmental law. Ms. Tigre has previously worked in the private sector and at the World Resources Institute (WRI). She was previously a senior attorney at the Environment Program of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, where she provided pro bono legal services to NGOs across the globe, especially in issues related to protected areas and the interface between human rights and the environment. Ms. Tigre is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Academic Appointments and Fellowships:
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, S.J.D. Candidate,
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, LL.M, 2017-2018 (Cum Laude)
The Pontifícia Universidade Católica , LL.B.
Visiting scholar at the Delaware Law School at Widener University and the Maurice A. Dean Law School at Hofstra University
Research Interests:
Her current research specifically focuses on issues concerning environmental rights and the reshaping of the existing framework of international environmental law. Her book, 'Gaps in International Environmental Law: Toward a Global Pact for the Environment,' was recently published by ELI press. Originally from Brazil, she also researches environmental protection of the Amazon ecosystem, with an emphasis on regional cooperation. Her first book, ‘Regional Cooperation in Amazonia: A Comparative Environmental Law Analysis,’ was published in 2017. She also gave a TEDx talk on the subject.
Publications:
* Book will release in January 2019
Gaps in International Environmental Law: Toward a Global Pact for the Environment
‘Cooperation for Climate Mitigation in Amazonia: Brazil’s Emerging Role as a Regional Leader’ in the Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) journal published by Cambridge University Press, Cooperation for Climate Mitigation in Amazonia: Brazil's Emerging Role as a Regional Reader
Leonardo Munhoz
Leondardo Munhoz, LLM' 14, SJD Candidate
Attorney in São Paulo/Brazil, Doctor of Juridical Science candidate (SJD) and Master of Laws in Environmental Law (LL.M) at Elisabeth Haub School of Law from Pace University, Master of Law in Business Law at Escola de Direito de São Paulo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and Law Graduate (J.D.) at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP).
Academic Appointments and Fellowships-
Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) in Environmental Law candidate at Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law - attending
Master of Laws in Business Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) – 2020.
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Environmental Law at Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law (New York) -2014.
Post-Graduation in Contracts at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) – 2014.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) in Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) - Faculdade Paulista de Direito -2011.
List of Awards/Fellowships-
- Assistant in Constitutional Law course the of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGVLaw) Law Graduation (2019)
- Assistant Professor in Brazilian Environmental Law course of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) Law Graduation (2012 – 2016
- Assistant in Negotiations Techniques course of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGVLaw) Post-Graduation lato -sensu (2013)
Research Interests-
International Environmental Law focusing on biotechnology and its implications on the Convention on Biological Diversity and its protocols of Cartagena and Nagoya. Also, the interlinkages of these issues with the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement.
Comparative Environmental Law aiming forest regulations (e.g. Brazilian Forest Code and United States Farm Bill Conservation Programs) in order to identify positive and negative lessons learned to create and implement feasible low carbon policies in farmlands.
Disertation Background-
The dissertation concerns the socio-economic considerations of living modified organisms (LMOs) as a voluntary instrument of the Cartagena Protocol and its impacts on trade. Given that socio-economic considerations of LMOs, stated on article 26 of Cartagena Protocol, currently presents conceptual vagueness, its application to international public and private trade relations and rules, which require precision, can generate legal uncertainty and disagreement. In this analysis, I argue whether the enactment of SEC legal international or national requirements, based on today’s negotiations within the scope of the Convention on Biological Diversity, conflicts or not with World Trade Organization rules and how it can successfully provide environmental protection and social justice, avoiding its use for just discriminatory green protectionism.
Publications-
- Article "The Brazilian Brumadinho Mining Disaster: Environmental Regulation on Debate", 2019, published at American Bar Association - Natural Resources & Environment Magazine (NR&E), volume 34, issue 2 http://bit.ly/2sr12NM
- Article “Comparative Legal environmental analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing between the United States and Brazil”, 2018, published at Revista de Direito Ambiental (Revista dos Tribunais), year 23, issue 91
-Article “Hydraulic Fracturing: Brazilian Environmental Legal Aspects and Current Scenario”, 2015, published at the Energy and Natural Resources Litigation Committee Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2 of the American Bar Association (ABA) (http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/nr_newsletters/enrl/201503_enrl.authcheckdam.pdf)
-Coauthor of Chapter 12 of the book “Contemporaneidade do Direito Ambiental e do Direito Minerário em Debate – Estudos em Homenagem à Professora Consuelo Yatsuda Moromizato Yoshida”, Editora Jurismestre, 2017. http://bit.ly/2FT7YX2
- LL.M. Thesis “The Environmental Limitations to Property Rights in Brazil and the United States of America” (Prof. David N. Cassuto PhD), 2014, published at Pace University Library. http://bit.ly/2FUnUbH
- Article “Brazilian Agriculture perspectives according COP13”, 2017, published at AgroAnalysis, FGV Agribusiness’’ Magazine (February Edition) http://bit.ly/2tj6O4o
-Guide for the Brazilian Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) “PROGRAMAS DE REGULARIZAÇÃO AMBIENTAL PRA - Um guia para orientar e impulsionar o processo de regulamentação dos PRAs nos estados brasileiros”. São Paulo: Agroicone, 2016 (Guia de Regularização Ambiental) (2016). http://bit.ly/2Tqb4tC
- Manual for the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) and Licensing in Pará State/Brazil (Governo do Estado do Pará, Programa Municípios Verdes, The Nature Conservancy – TNC, Cargill e Agroicone) (2018) http://bit.ly/2Txum0p
-Manual of the Environmental Regularization Program in Mato Grosso do Sul State/Brazil, SojaPlus MS (ABIOVE, APROSOJA, FAMASUL e Agroicone) (2017) http://bit.ly/2tcfWrM
- Co-Author of the Brazilian Preliminary Draft of the National Strategy for the Nationally Determined Contribution's Implementation (Co-Author), published by the Ministry of Environment (2017) http://bit.ly/30livDZ