James Salzman
Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Visiting Professor of LawFall 2025
Donald Bren Distinguished Professor at UCLA Law School and the UCSB School of the Environment. Professor Salzman’s broad-ranging scholarship has addressed topics spanning water law and policy, instrument design, the clean energy transition, and the legal and institutional issues in creating markets for ecosystem services. One of the most widely read scholars in the field, his work has been translated into ten languages with over 115,000 downloads. He has served on the boards of environmental groups and EPA advisory committees. Among other honors, he has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (UK) and the American College of Environmental Lawyers. A popular teacher, students have twice voted him Professor of the Year and he has lectured on every continent (though not yet all seven seas).
Education
- B.A. History Yale College, 1985
- J.D. Harvard Law School, 1989
- M.Sc. Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1990
Representative Publications
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