Julie E. Steiner joined the law faculty in 2005. Prior to
entering academia, Professor Steiner practiced environmental law
for approximately ten years at Dewey Ballantine LLP (currently
Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP), and at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Preston Gates Ellis, LLP.
Professor Steiner’s scholarship focuses on environmental ethics and
the impact of interest groups on environmental law and
policy. Her article, The Illegality of Contingency-Fee
Arrangements When Prosecuting Natural Resource Damage Claims and
the Need for Legislative Reform, published in the William and Mary
Environmental Law and Policy Review, and was selected for
republication in the November 2008 Environmental Law Reporter.
Professor Steiner is an Associate Professor of Legal Writing.
She graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law, where
she was an Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholar and a Paul J.
Liacos Scholar. She was a Visiting Student of International
and Comparative Law at Oxford University, St. Catherine’s
College. She received her B.A, summa cum laude, Phi Beta
Kappa, in English and Political Science from Syracuse
University.
Professor Steiner teaches Legal Writing, Legal Research and
Writing, and, beginning in 2009, Environmental Law and
Torts.