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Elizabeth C. Black

Associate
Member, Associate Development Committee; Member, Green Committee

Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
black@clm.com
phone: 212-238-8758
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card

Practice Areas

Litigation, Environmental

Education

  • B.A., 2001 Middlebury College (Highest Honors) 
  • M.A., 2005 Yale University (Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship; Certificate in Latin American Studies)
  • J.D., 2008 Georgetown University Law Center (Dean’s List; Global Law Scholar, Law Center Scholar; Georgetown International Environmental Law Review

Admissions

  • 2009 New York
  • 2009 U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Affiliations

  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Secretary, International Human Rights Committee, 2009-Present)
  • Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (Board of Directors)

Publications

"Climate Change Adaptation: Local Solutions for a Global Problem," 22 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 359, Spring 2010; “The High Cost of Conservation: Can Enhancement of Survival Permits Save Foreign Endangered Species?,” 20 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 397, Spring 2008; “Litigation as a Tool for Development: The Environment, Human Rights, and the Case of Texaco in Ecuador,” 15 Journal of Public and International Affairs 142, Spring 2004

Prior Experience

2001-2003 Environmental Consultant, ICF International

Languages

Working knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese