Experts Guide
Welcome to ELI’s directory of environmental law and policy experts. We are committed to delivering timely, insightful, impartial analysis to opinion makers, including government officials, environmental and business leaders, and journalists. The Institute is fortunate to have staff members with deep expertise in many fields of environmental law and governance both in the United States and internationally. Their general areas of expertise are noted below. Please click on their name or photo for more information about their work and their areas of expertise.
President, Environmental Law Institute
Expertise: Air, Chemical Regulation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, International Law, Pollution Control, Water
Senior Attorney; Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Law Reporter®
Jay Austin has been at ELI since 1992. He is editor-in-chief of ELI’s flagship journal, the Environmental Law Reporter, and directs the Institute’s Program on the Constitution, Courts, and Legislation, which focuses on the intersection of U.S. constitutional and environmental law and trends in the federal courts.
Senior Attorney; Director of the Center for State, Tribal, and Local Environmental Programs
Senior Attorney; Director, International Programs
Carl Bruch’s research focuses on making environmental law work. He has helped countries across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia develop and implement laws, policies, and institutional frameworks to effectively manage water resources, biodiversity, forests, and other natural resources. He is an authority on the means to manage natural resources to support post-conflict peacebuilding, on environmental governance and institutions, and on ways to prevent, reduce, mitigate, and compensate for damage to the environment during armed conflict.
Associate Vice President, Research & Policy; Director, Judicial Education Program
