Professor Jessica Owley, Environmental Law Program director, was recently named the recipient of the Excellence in Service Award from the Resilient Property Theory Research Network. The RPT recognized Owley for her years of dedicated service on the Journal of Law, Property, and Society, in addition to her service to the legal community.
Owley specializes in Environmental Law and Property Law, with a focus on Climate Change Law and Policy and oversees the Environmental Law Program. She is a leading expert on private land conservation and conservation easements. Her interdisciplinary work explores ways to mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as furthering other environmental goals in the context of drastic change. Her work is cited widely and has received multiple awards, including most recently the 2019 Morrison Prize for sustainability research. She annually participates as an observer at the annual treaty negotiations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law, Property, and Society and is one of the founding members and the current president of the Environmental Law Collaborative. She is a member of the IUCN’s World Commission on Environmental Law and the World Commission of Protected Areas.
