Jason J. Czarnezki
- Professor of Law
- Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, Associate Dean and Executive Director of Environmental Law Programs
Education
BA, University of Chicago
JD, University of Chicago Law School
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Professor Jason J. Czarnezki holds the Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law Chair and is Associate Dean and Executive Director of Environmental Law Programs at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.
Professor Czarnezki was invested as Kerlin Chair in 2013 to take on a senior leadership role in determining the strategic vision and initiatives of the Haub School of Law's top-ranked environmental program, and, in 2014, was appointed Executive Director of Environmental Law Programs at Haub Law to take on senior management and administrative responsibilities including developing program fundraising strategy; overseeing program staff; evaluating environmental faculty hiring needs; analyzing and managing program budget; assessing branding, communications and marketing needs; external and alumni relations; developing program offerings and activities; strengthening connections between the law school and environmental practitioners; and expanding career experiential opportunities for Program graduates. As Executive Director, he coordinates the work of Haub Law's Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies, Energy and Climate Center, Land Use Center for Sustainable Development, Environmental Litigation Clinic, and Brazil-American Institute for Law and Environment, as well as work with the University’s Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and Environmental Studies Department. Professor Czarnezki also oversees Haub Law's JD Certificate in Environmental Law; LLM degree in Environmental Law with specializations in Climate Change, Global Law, and Land Use and Sustainable Development; SJD degree in Environmental Law; Haub Law's joint degree graduate environmental programs with Yale, Bard, Dyson College, and Lubin School of Business; Haub Law's Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Law Program; Future Environmental Law Professors Workshop; National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition; and Distinguished Environmental Law Scholar Award process.
Prior to joining the Haub School of Law faculty, Professor Czarnezki was Professor of Law in the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School, Faculty Director of the U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law, and a Faculty Fellow in the Vermont Law Center for Agriculture and Food Systems. He has also held academic appointments at Marquette University Law School and the DePaul University College of Law. Pursuing interests in comparative and global environmental law and politics, Professor Czarnezki served as a Guest Researcher and Uppsala Forum Visiting Fellow at Uppsala University in Sweden and as a J. William Fulbright Scholar at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. He is also currently an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute, and a Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He has presented his work on environmentalism, natural resources law, food policy, and global climate policy at universities, public interest organizations, government institutions, and conferences throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable D. Brock Hornby of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine and as a law clerk for the Bureau of Legal Services at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. His articles have been published in the law journals of Boston College, Boston University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Colorado, University of Maryland, and University of Virginia. His books include "Everyday Environmentalism: Law, Nature and Individual Behavior" (2011) and "Food, Agriculture and Environmental Law" (2013). Professor Czarnezki received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Chicago.