Elizabeth Andrews is a Distinguished Law & Policy Fellow at the University of Virginia Institute for Engagement & Negotiation. Prior to that, she was appointed as the inaugural Practitioner Fellow for the UVA Environmental Institute, after serving for many years as a Professor of the Practice and the Director of William & Mary Law School's Virginia Coastal Policy Center. Before that, she served as Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Environmental Section of the Virginia Office of the Attorney General, where she oversaw a team of attorneys representing and providing counsel to the Secretary of Natural Resources and the natural resources agencies of the Commonwealth. She also served as the Water Policy Manager for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, where she worked closely with the legislature, the regulated community and environmental organizations to address the water quality and quantity challenges facing Virginia, particularly its coastal areas. Elizabeth is a graduate of the College of William & Mary and received her Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude, from the Washington College of Law at American University. While in law school, she co-founded The Journal of Gender & the Law.
Email:
eaa6m@virginia.edu
EPA Region:
Region 3 – (DE, MD, PA, VA, WV & 7 federally recognized tribes)
Year of induction:
2021
Degrees:
BA, College of William & Mary, 1984
JD, Washington College of Law, American University, 1993
Admissions:
Virginia
Court Admissions:
US District Court, Eastern District of VA
Professional Societies and Organizations:
- Member, VA State Bar
- Member, Virginia Forever
Other Environmental Career Experience:
Inaugural Environmental Sustainability & Resilience Fellow, UVA Environmental Institute
Professor of the Practice and Director, VA Coastal Policy Center
William & Mary Law School
Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Environmental Section of the Virginia Office of the Attorney General
Water Policy Manager, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Representative Publications:
-Member of the Expert Study Board convened by the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine (VASEM) to research and draft the 2021 report, The Impact of Climate Change on Virginia's Coastal Areas, which was submitted to the Virginia General Assembly's Joint Commission on Technology & Science pursuant to House and Senate Joint Resolution 47 (2020).
- Reflections on Rural Resilience - As the Climate Changes, Will Rural Areas Become the Urban Backyard, 44 Wm. & Mary Evtl. L. & Pol'y Rev. 745 (2020) (with Jesse Reiblich).
-Legal and Policy Challenges for Future Marsh Preservation in the Chesapeake Bay Region, Wetlands 1-12 (2020).
-Institutionalizing Resilience in U.S. Universities Prospects, Opportunities, and Models, 522 Marine Technology and Science Journal 106 (with Morris Foster et al.) (March-April 2018).
-Review of Boat Wake Wave Impact on Shoreline Erosion and Potential Solutions for the Chesapeake Bay, 17-002 STAC Publication (2017) (with Donna M. Bilkovic et al.).
Illustrative Projects:
-Served as the Virginia representative on the Chesapeake Bay Program's Climate Resiliency Workgroup
-Appointed by Speaker of the VA House of Delegates as a member of the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation Board of Trustees
- Served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Technical Advisory Committee charged with developing Virginia's first Coastal Resilience Master Plan, and also served as Chair of the TAC's Finance Subcommittee
- Served as an invited member of the Expert Study Board convened by the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering & Medicine to research and draft the report, The Impact of Climate Change on Virginias Coastal Areas, for the Virginia General Assembly.
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-Cofounder, Journal of Gender & the Law, Washington College of Law, American University