Richard Lazarus – Page 15 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Professor Lazarus teaches environmental law, natural resources law, Supreme Court advocacy, and torts at Harvard Law School. He has represented the United States, state and local governments, and environmental groups in the United States Supreme Court in 40 cases and has presented oral arguments in 14 of those cases. He served as the Executive Director of the National Commission on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill as well as on the Biden Transition Team for the U.S. Justice Department.

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In the Media

Harvard Law School’s Class of 1979: The ‘Love Section’

After our article on Jan. 19 about three marriages from a Harvard Law School section, Richard J. Lazarus wrote The Times. Professor Lazarus, who also teaches first-year law students at Harvard, applauded the newlyweds and his friend and colleague Jon Hanson, the head of that featured section (1L, Section 6).

March 11, 2019

In the Media

Faced With Bad Optics, Trump Recalls Workers

“There’s nothing in the statute that I’m aware of, or any regulations that have interpreted the terms of the emergency exception, to include a ‘Really Important Things That We Think the Government Should be Doing and Would be Really Unpopular if They Don’t Do Them’ exception,” says Richard Lazarus, law professor at Harvard University. “I don’t know how that possibly fits – but they know there will be hell to pay if people don’t get their tax refunds.”

January 22, 2019

In the Media

How the courts can help in the climate change fight

Harvard law professor Richard Lazarus characterizes efforts to legislate solutions to systemic challenges such as climate risk as “super wicked problems.”

December 19, 2018

In the Media

$400K for SCOTUS Clerks: A Bonus Too Far?

December 3, 2018

In the Media

Trump says Brett Kavanaugh was ‘proven innocent’ in confirmation battle during swearing-in ceremony

October 8, 2018

In the Media

Bitter partisan battle wounded Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court he’s joined

October 7, 2018

In the Media

As Kavanaugh is all but confirmed, questions linger about his judicial temperament

October 5, 2018

In the Media

Kavanaugh’s absence could affect rare frog’s fate

September 25, 2018

In the Media

Amid Kavanaugh Clash, Law Profs Say Appearance Has No Place in Clerkship Recruiting

September 21, 2018