Q: What is your current position?
A: Currently, I am pursuing a legal clerkship in Frankfurt, Germany, preparing for the Second State Exam – the bar exam.
Q: What did you study in your Energy and Environmental Law LL.M. and what made this program so special to you?
A: At GW, I was able to delve deep into the intricacies of regulated industries, energy markets, and different fields of U.S. environmental and energy law. Working with professors in and out of class was always enriching. While GW has an impressive faculty of highly qualified law professors and staff, there are also many highly qualified environmental and energy law practitioners in the program’s part-time faculty who add further value by providing first-hand insights into the “real world”. They work for the most prestigious environmental and energy law employers in the government, the private sector, and the public interest community in Washington, D.C. This is a clear advantage that GW has over other law schools in the US and a reason why I chose to come to GW in the first place.
Furthermore, I worked with the former Assistant Dean for Energy Law, Donna Attanasio, on the challenges of getting more electric vehicles on the road. Our goal was to promote equal access to this emerging technology. This work resulted in an article that I published in the GW Environmental and Energy Law program’s blog, The GW Point Source. All students in the GW Environmental and Energy Law program are encouraged to submit contributions to this blog, and work with program faculty to submit law review articles to journals across the country, which helps further distinguish GW Law students in this program
Q: What about the social side of the LL.M. program at GW? Are there any opportunities to engage with the community apart from the classes?
A: The Environmental and Energy Law LL.M. program hosts a number of exciting events throughout the year. They convene interested students, practitioners, academics, and the public to learn about recent developments in environmental law, climate change law and justice, and the energy transition. I also had the pleasure of being the LL.M. Representative for the Environmental & Energy Law Association, which is a student organization.
Q: What is your most valuable take-away from the GW Environmental and Energy Law program?
A: The Environmental and Energy Law program at GW has given me the opportunity to develop a global network of environmental and energy lawyers. Knowing that many lawyers around the world are fighting for energy transition and combating climate change feels empowering and is a daily motivation for me.
