Richard J. Finkmoore

Professor of Law

Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, San Diego, while at California
Western

J.D. Stanford Law School
B.A. Stanford University
(with Distinction; Phi Beta Kappa)

Courses Taught: Property I & II, Environmental Law (U.S.), International Environmental Law, The Environmental Law of NAFTA, Environmental Law Seminar.

Professor Finkmoore's interest in environmental issues began in law school, where he was publications director of the Stanford Environmental Law Society and interned with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. He later clerked for a justice of the Washington Supreme Court and was an assistant attorney general for the State of Washington. Finkmoore practiced law for 10 years, including seven years as partner in a law firm handling a variety of civil matters with an emphasis in real estate and land-use law.

Since joining the California Western faculty in 1988, Finkmoore has served as faculty adviser to the Environmental Law Society, performed pro bono work for the Defenders of Wildlife, and taught at the National Judicial College. He also has taught regularly at the University of California, San Diego.

Selected Publications

• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND THE VALUES OF NATURE (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming late 2009). 
• "The State of the Natural Resources Literature, Recent Books on the National Wildlife Refuge System and Its Uncertain Future," 44 Natural Resources Journal 1239 (Fall 2004).
• "The National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act," in Major Acts of Congress (Brian K. Landsberg, ed., 2003).
• "Visualizing the Consequences of Environmental Law," in Techniques for Teaching Law (Gerald Hess & Steven Friedland, eds., 1999). 
• Contributor, Science-based Stewardship: Recommendations for Implementing the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act, (Defenders of Wildlife, 1998).

Links

• California Western Environmental Law Society
  Our student environmental organization which promotes awareness and understanding of environmental issues and assists California Western students who wish to pursue careers in environmental law.
• Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter 
• Earthjustice
  A nonprofit law firm for the environment, representing hundreds of public interest clients without charge.
• Defenders of Wildlife
  A national environmental organization founded more than 50 years ago; dedicated to the conservation of all forms of wildlife, biological diversity, and entire ecosystems.

Class Web Pages -- Spring 2010

• Property I
• International Environmental Law

rjf@cwsl.edu            
619-525-1494
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101

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