- Faculty
- U.S.-Asia Staff
Siu Tip Lam
Titles
- Director, U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law
- Professor of Law
Degrees
- JD, Northeastern University Law School
- BA, Harvard Radcliffe
Biography
Professor Siu Tip Lam came to Vermont Law and Graduate School from the Massachusetts Attorney General Office, where she was an assistant attorney general in the Environmental Protection Division for 11 years. During her tenure there, she enforced state environmental laws and litigated throughout the Massachusetts court system, including the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Prior to that, she practiced law with the Boston firm of Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer as a litigation associate. She graduated from Harvard-Radcliffe College with a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies and received her JD from Northeastern University Law School. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese and came to the United States from Hong Kong as a child.
Expertise
- China and the Environment
Departments
- Administration
- Environmental Law Center
- U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law
Courses Taught
- China and the Environment
- Environmental Issues in Business Transactions
- Transnational Environmental Law Practicum