James Gustave Speth

Professor of Law

JD, Yale Law School, 1969;
MLitt, Oxford University, 1966;
BA, Yale College, 1964

Phone: 802-831-1192
Email: gspeth@vermontlaw.edu

Awards and Affiliations

Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. 2008.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. 2007
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT. 2005
Honorary Master of Philosophy. College of the Atlantic. Bar Harbor, ME. 2001.
Honorary Doctor of Laws. Clark University. Worcester, MA. 1995.
Resource Defense Award. National Wildlife Federation. 1975.
Global 500 Honor Role. UN Environment Programme. 1988.
National Leadership Award. Keystone Center. 1991.
Barbara Swain Award. National Resources Council of America. 1992.
Special Recognition Award. Society for International Development. 1997.
Special Leadership Award. Alliance for United Nations Sustainable Development Programs. 1998.
Ordre National du Lion of Senegal. 1998.
Grand Cordon du Wissam Alaouite of Morocco. 1999.
Lifetime Achievement Award. Environmental Law Institute. 1999.
Blue Planet Prize, 2002.
Global Environmental Award. International Association for Impact Assessment. 2005.
Connecticut Book Award, Best Nonfiction Book, 2005 (for Red Sky at Morning).
DeVane Lecturer, Yale University, 2007.
Straus Innovator Award, 2008.
Lifetime Achievement Award, League of Conservation Voters, 2008.
A "Best Book" of the Year, Washington Post Book World, 2008 (for The Bridge at the Edge of the World).