- Faculty
John Echeverria
Titles
- Professor of Law
Degrees
- MFS, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 1981
- JD, Yale Law School, 1981
- BA, Yale College, 1976
Biography
John Echeverria is a Professor of Law at Vermont Law School where he teaches Property, Water Resources, and other environmental and natural resource law courses. Prior to joining the Vermont Law School faculty in 2009, he served for 12 years as Executive Director of the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute at Georgetown University Law Center. He also was General Counsel of the National Audubon Society and General Counsel and Conservation Director of American Rivers, Inc., and was an Associate for four years in the Washington, D.C. office of Hughes, Hubbard & Reed. He served for one year as law clerk to the Honorable Gerhard A. Gesell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia immediately after graduating from law school.
Professor Echeverria has written several books and numerous scholarly articles on environmental and natural resource law topics. He has published pieces for more general audiences in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. He has represented state and local governments, environmental organizations, and planning groups in a variety of legal matters at all levels of the federal and state court systems. Professor Echeverria received the Jefferson Fordham Advocacy Award from the American Planning Association as well as a lifetime achievement award from the American Bar Association to recognize outstanding excellence within the area of state and local government law. In addition to teaching at Vermont Law School, he has served as a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School and Georgetown University Law Center.
Professor Echeverria received a JD degree from the Yale Law School. He received a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies as well as a BA degree from Yale College (summa cum laude).
Expertise
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Land Use Planning and Regulation
- Property Law
- Regulatory Takings
- Water Rights and Allocation
Departments
- Environmental Law Center
Courses Taught
- Federal Courts
- Legal Adaptation to Global Warming
- LLM Seminar
- Natural Resources Law
- Property
- Public Law
- Water Resources Law
- Watershed Management and Protection