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Terrence Neal

Titles

  • Parenteau Climate Action Fellow

Degrees

  • JD, Harvard Law School
  • BA, Duke University

Contact

Phone: 802-831-1205

Biography

Terrence Neal is a Parenteau Climate Action Fellow at Vermont Law and Graduate School’s (VLGS) Environmental Law Center and Environmental Justice Clinic. His research is focused on advancing climate and environmental justice both domestically and globally, and explores issues related to environmental rights, Indigenous peoples’ rights, environmental governance, and foreign relations law. His work has been published in the Lewis & Clark Law Review and Harvard Environmental Law Review (online) and by the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability.

Prior to joining VLGS, Terrence was an attorney-adviser at the United States Environmental Protection Agency. There, he advised on a range of international and domestic issues, including regarding the extraterritorial application of U.S. law, the implementation of UNDRIP, human rights treaties, and the Minamata Convention, and the mainstreaming of environmental justice, equity, and climate change considerations into EPA programs. In addition, he helped negotiate a variety of international instruments, including the United Nations plastics treaty (yet to be adopted).

Terrence has also held legal positions at the International Court of Justice and the United States District for the Middle District of Florida.

He obtained his JD from Harvard Law School and his BA in Public Policy from Duke University. His experience growing up in rural Florida informs his interest in environmental protection and addressing issues facing populations in marginalized and other vulnerable situations.

Departments

  • Environmental Justice Clinic
  • Environmental Law Center