Adam D. Orford will join the University of Georgia School of Law in the fall of 2021 as an assistant professor teaching Environmental Law, Renewal Energy Law and Policy, and a Climate Law seminar.

Orford comes to UGA from the University of California, Berkeley, where he recently received his Ph.D. from the Energy & Resources Group.

His research interests include environmental law and policy, climate change law and policy, renewable energy law and policy, and U.S. political history. While at Berkeley, he conducted research for the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission. His recent scholarship has appeared, or is forthcoming, in the Journal of Environmental Sciences and Studies, the Hastings Environmental Law Journal and the Georgetown Environmental Law Review.

Prior to returning to the academy, Orford practiced law in New York City and Portland, Oregon, specializing in environmental litigation. While in law school he served as editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law.