Joel B. Eisen
Professor of Law
Biographical Profile
Office: Room 220
Tel. (804) 287-6511
Fax (804) 289-8683
jeisen@richmond.edu
Courses Taught: Environmental Law; International Environmental Law; Property; Energy Law and Policy
Education
J.D., Stanford Law School (1985)
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981)
Civil Engineering, Concentration in Urban Transportation Planning and Policy
Professional Experience
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
Professor of Law, 2000-present;
Associate Professor of Law, 1997 - 2000;
Assistant Professor of Law, 1994-97;
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 1993-94;
Director, Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Center of Environmental Law, 1993-2005.
University of the District of Columbia School of Law
Adjunct Professor, 1992
George Washington Univ. Law School
Lecturer, 1989
U.S. House of Representatives
Counsel, 1987-93
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CA
Associate Attorney, 1985-87
Publications
Law Review and Other Periodical Articles
Brownfields and BRAC, ___ William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review ___ (forthcoming 2007) (symposium issue).
Brownfields at 20, A Critical Reevaluation, __ Fordham Urban Law Journal __ (forthcoming 2006) (symposium issue).
Rapanos, Carabell, and the Isolated Man, 40 University of Richmond Law Review 1099 (2006)(symposium issue).
The Environmental Responsibility of the Regionalizing Electric Utility Industry, 15 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 295 (2005) (symposium issue).
Regulatory Linearity, Commerce Clause Brinksmanship, and Retrenchment in Electric Utility Deregulation, 40 Wake Forest Law Review 545 (2005) (invited article in dedicated issue on “Realizing the Promise of Electricity Deregulation”).
The Blackout of 2003: What Is Next?, 39 University of Richmond Law Review 709 (2005)(symposium remarks).
A Critique of the Regulations Revising the U.S. Clean Air Act’s New Source Review Program, in Proceedings of the 13th World Clean Air and Environmental Protection Congress, London, England, August 2004.
The Trajectory of "Normal" After 9/11: Trauma, Recovery and Post-Traumatic Societal Adaptation, 14 Fordham Environmental Law Journal 499 (2003) (symposium issue)
A Case Study of Sustainable Development: Brownfields, 32 Environmental Law Reporter 10,420 (2002).
Practice, Policy, and Pedagogy in a Mandatory Environmental Law Course, 123 Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 409 (2000).
Brownfields Policies For Sustainable Cities, 9 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 187 (1999).
From Stockholm to Kyoto and Back to the U.S.: International Environmental Law's Effect on Domestic Law, 32 University of Richmond Law Review 1435 (1999).
Are We Ready For Mediation in Cyberspace?, 1998 Brigham Young University Law Review 1305.
"Brownfields of Dreams?": Challenges and Limits of Voluntary Cleanup Programs and Incentives, 1996 University of Illinois Law Review 883.
Toward a Sustainable Urbanism: Lessons from Federal Regulation of Urban Stormwater Runoff, 48 Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law 1 (1995).
Introduction: Policy in the Wake of the Kepone Incident, 29 University of Richmond Law Review 521 (1995).
Antitrust Reform For Joint Production Ventures, 30 Jurimetrics Journal 253 (1990).
Federal Preemption of Due-On Sale Clause Prohibitions, 15 The Urban Lawyer 858 (1983).
Books and Book Chapters
Energy, Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials (2d ed. 2006)(co-authored with Fred Bosselman, Jim Rossi, David Spence, and Jacqueline Lang Weaver).
A Case Study of Sustainable Development: Brownfields, in Stumbling Toward Sustainability, Ch. 40 (Environmental Law Institute, 2002).
Tenancy in Common, Tenancy in Partnership, and Tenancy in Coparcenary, in Powell on Real Property, Ch. 50 (2000).
Practice, Policy, and Pedagogy in a Mandatory Environmental Law Course, in Environmental Challenges (Shimshon Belkin and Shoshana Gabbay eds. 2000) (with Michael Allan Wolf).
Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Environmental Protection Agency, in Federal Administrative Dispute Resolution Deskbook for Practitioners, Ch. 13 (ABA Section of Admin. Law and Regulatory Practice, Marshall J. Breger et al. eds., 2000).
Structuring Commercial Real Estate Workouts: Alternatives to Foreclosure (2d ed. 1999)(Author, with W. Wade Berryhill and Michael J. Herbert).
Alternative Dispute Resolution In American Environmental Conflicts: A Framework For Analysis And Application To Environmental Protection In Israel, in VI(A) Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference, at 321 (Israel Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences, 1996).
Other Publications
Newsletter articles, including International Environmental Law and the Allen Chair Visiting Scholars Series, Education & Practice, Va. State Bar (Winter 1998); International Environmental Law: From Stockholm to Richmond, Richmond Law (Spring 1998).
Conferences and Presentations
Mission Impossible?, The Compatibility of Military and Environmental Goals, William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, February 2007 (invited).
Preserving the Chesapeake: Law, Ecology, and the Bay, University of Richmond School of Law, October 2006 (panel moderator).
Jepson Leadership Forum, University of Richmond, October 2006 (panelist for discussion of "An Inconvenient Truth").
The End of Oil: How Will the U.S. Power the Future?, University of Richmond VOICES public panel discussion, October 2005.
Realizing the Promise of Electricity Deregulation,Wake Forest Law Review, Summer 2005 (invited to contribute to dedicated issue).
Recent Supreme Court Cases, 5400 Men’s Club, Weinstein JCC, Richmond, VA, April 2005.
Environmental Regulation, Energy, and Market Entry, Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, Duke Law School, Durham, NC, November 2004.
13th World Clean Air and Environmental Protection Congress, London, England, August 2004.
The Blackout of 2003: What’s Next?: Transmission Investment, Restructuring, and the Future of the Electric Utility Industry, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA, April 2004 (symposium organizer, leader, and panelist).
Terror in the Air: Environmental Fallout from 9/11, Fordham Environmental Law Journal, Fordham Law School, New York, NY, March 2003.
Richmond Bar Association, Environmental Law, November 2000 (moderator and speaker).
Seventh International Conference on Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1999.
National Town Meeting on Sustainable Development, Detroit, MI, May 1999.
Sixth International Conference on Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1996.
Law School & University Service Activities
Law School
Faculty Leader, George E. Allen Chair in Law Visiting Scholars Series (1998) (theme: "Resolving International Environmental Disputes in the 1990s and Beyond").
Chair, Search Committee for Director of the Law Library (1996).
Co-Chair, Committee on Student and Alumni Affairs (2002-present).
Member, Admissions and Financial Aid Committee (1995-present).
Member, Library and Technology Committee (1995-2001).
Member, Faculty Colloquy Committee (1993-1995).
Faculty Secretary (1994-1995).
Faculty Representative, American Association of Law Schools House of Representatives
(1994-95).
Faculty Advisor, Robert R. Merhige, Jr. National Environmental Negotiation Competition (1994-present)
University of Richmond
Member, University Faculty Council (2001-2005)
Member, Committee on Honorary Degrees (2002-present)
Activities as Director of the Merhige Center
Direction of the Robert R. Merhige, Jr. National Environmental Negotiation Competition (annual competition for students from law schools throughout the nation) and the Merhige Summer Stipend Program (program awarding stipends for summer placements in federal government agencies and public interest organizations)
Memberships/Miscellaneous
American Bar Association, Section on Natural Resources and
Environmental Law
Member, Advisory Committee, Virginia Housing for the Environment
Member, Advisory Board, Legal Information Network for Cancer (1998-2002)
Member, Board of Trustees, Richmond Shakespeare
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia; California