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Adam Babich
Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Law Clinic
BA, 1977, Dickinson College; JD, 1983, Yale University
E-mail: ababich@tulane.edu
Telephone: 504.862.8800
Office: Weinmann Hall, 130-B
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Biography:
Adam Babich teaches environmental law and directs the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic. Before joining the Tulane faculty, Adam was a Chicago-based litigator whose practice emphasized environmental and insurance-related disputes. He has also served as an environmental enforcement lawyer for the Colorado Attorney General, as adjunct attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, as editor-in-chief of the Environmental Law Reporter, and as a judicial law clerk for the Colorado Supreme Court. He has taught at Georgetown University Law Center, American University, and the University of Denver. Under his leadership, the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic received the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association's 2010 Camille F. Gravel, Jr. Pro Bono Award.
Professor Babich's CV | SSRN author page
Courses:
Fall 2012 - Environmental Law Clinic; Administrative Law
Spring 2013 - Environmental Law Clinic
Other courses - Clean Air Act; Hazardous Wastes and Substances; Torts; Environmental Law: Pollution Control; State-Federal Relations in Environmental Law Seminar
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