Professor Powers elected to the Governing Board of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law

Associate Professor Melissa Powers was elected to the 2014 Governing Board of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, an international body of academics and environmental lawyers, as the 2014 regional representative for North America and the Caribbean.

The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Governing Board is made up of 10 elected representatives from around the world and they decide what projects the Academy will focus on throughout the year.  The Academy’s goal is to increase environmental law eduction and the development and implementation of environmental law.