Teresa B. Clemmer

Professor Clemmer specializes in environmental and natural resources law. She has expertise in air quality, water quality, wetlands, oil spill prevention and response, contaminated site cleanup, solid and hazardous waste management, and community right-to-know obligations. In addition, she has extensive experience with laws relating to public lands and natural resource management, such as the National Environmental Policy Act, National Forest Management Act, and Endangered Species Act. As Associate Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, she works closely with students on real-world cases in the federal courts. Her goal is to help them improve their litigation skills while addressing important environmental issues.

Professor Clemmer received her AB degree in 1994 from Princeton University, cum laude, and her JD degree in 1999 from Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude. Before joining the faculty of Vermont Law School in 2008, she practiced with Trustees for Alaska, a non-profit environmental law firm based in Anchorage, Alaska, as well as with the Environmental Practice Groups of Perkins Coie LLP in Anchorage, and Cooper, White and Cooper LLP in San Francisco, California.