William Boyd

Professor of Law

UCLA School of Law

2020 - Current

Professor, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, 2018 – present; Faculty Co-Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, 2020 – present; Senior Associate Director, Institute of Environment & Sustainability, 2021 – 2023; PhD Program Chair, Institute of Environment & Sustainability, 2020 – 2023; Visiting Professor of Law, Spring 2015 | Visiting Professor Institute of Environment & Sustainability, Winter 2015.

Professor of Law and John H. Schultz Energy Law Fellow

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER

2016 - 2018

Associate Professor of Law, 2008 – 2016 (tenured in 2014); Fellow, University of Colorado and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), 2009 – 2018

Associate

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, WASHINGTON, DC

2005 - 2008

Counsel and AAAS Congressional Science Fellow

UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS (DEMOCRATIC MINORITY STAFF)

2003 - 2005

Law Clerk to Honorable Diana Gribbon Motz

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, FOURTH CIRCUIT

2002 - 2003

Law clerk, Environmental Enforcement Section

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

2000 - 2000

University of California - Berkeley

Ph.D. (2002) | Energy & Resources Group

Stanford Law School

J.D. (2002)

Honors: Distinction

Activities: Articles Editor, Stanford Law Review

University of California - Berkeley

M.A. (1994) | Energy & Resources Group

University of North Carolina

B.A. (1989) | History and Philosophy

Activities: Distinction; Phi Beta Kappa; Morehead Scholar

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Current

American Society of Environmental History

Current

Energy Bar Association

Current

Environmental Law Institute

Current

European Law Institute

Current

Law & Society Association

Current

Society for the History of Technology

Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member

Current

Maryland State Bar

Member

Current