![]() “Maxine’s knowledge and passion have inspired and informed so many of our students, and this knowledge and passion will now be put to use on a grand scale to address one of the greatest crises of our time-climate change.” “The University of Hawaiʻi is immensely proud of Professor Burkett’s appointment and we recognize the importance of having such a gifted and experienced professional step into this critical role,” said UH Mānoa Provost Michael Bruno. “ Hawaiʻi continues to produce national leaders in the climate and energy space that are helping navigate our country and-now in the case of Professor Burkett’s appointment-the entire globe forward.”Īn expert in climate law and policy, Burkett has written extensively on climate change issues with a particular focus on climate justice-developing policy tools to address climate change impacts on frontline communities in the United States and around the world. “This is welcome news for island communities like ours and demonstrates how committed the Biden Administration is to building an extraordinary team to tackle the climate crisis,” said Sen. Burkett has taught at the Richardson School of Law since 2009, has long served as a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., and in 2015 was appointed to serve on the Federal Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment. She will be working on international climate change issues and negotiations. In the role, Burkett will be working with former Secretary of State John Kerry, who now serves as special envoy for climate. Richardson School of Law announced that Professor Maxine Burkett has been appointed to a senior position in the Biden Administration, working as a senior advisor with the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate ( SPEC). Prior to her appointment at the University of Hawai‘i, Burkett was an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law School.The University of Hawaiʻi William S. Professor Burkett is also a member scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform and the American Law Institute. Professor Burkett serves on the boards of the Global Greengrants Fund, ELAW, and the Blue Planet Foundation and is a member of the Independent Advisory Committee on Applied Climate Assessment (formerly the Federal Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment). She was a White House Intern, an Omidyar Fellow, a 2016 recipient of Pacific Business News’ 40 Under 40 award, and a 2017 awardee of Hawaii Business Magazine’s 20 for the Next 20. She served as a law clerk for The Honorable Susan Illston of the United States District Court, Northern District of California. She also attended Exeter College, Oxford University and received her law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Williams College, which awarded her the Bicentennial Medal for Distinguished Achievement in 2016. She is currently the co-founder and director of the Institute for Climate and Peace. She directed the completion of several adaptation related policy documents, outreach and education programs, and decision-maker support efforts for Hawai‘i and other Pacific Island nations. As the Director of ICAP, she led numerous projects to address climate change policy and planning for island communities globally. Burkett is the youngest recipient of the Chair.įrom 2009-2012, Professor Burkett also served as the inaugural Director of the Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy (ICAP). Other Wayne Morse Chairs include Charles Ogletree, Jr., Vandana Shiva, Barbara Ehrenreich, and former Senator Russ Feingold. In 2010, Burkett served as the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics at the Wayne Morse Center, University of Oregon, for the Center’s “Climate Ethics and Climate Equity” theme of inquiry. She has been cited in numerous news and policy outlets, including BBC Radio, the New York Times, the Washington Post, International Business Times, and Nature Climate Change. Professor Burkett has presented her research throughout the United States and in West Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the Caribbean. At Richardson, she teaches Climate Change Law and Policy, Torts, Ocean and Coastal Law, and International Law.Īn expert in the law and policy of climate change, she has written extensively in diverse areas of climate change law with a particular focus on climate justice-exploring policy responses to climate change’s impacts on vulnerable communities in the United States and globally. Richardson School of Law and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. ![]() Maxine Burkett is currently on leave as professor of law at the William S.
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