David E. Adelman

David E. Adelman is Associate Professor of law at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona

Professor Adelman is an expert in the area of environmental law and policy. In addition to a law degree from Stanford Law School, he holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Stanford University.

From 1998 to 2001, Professor Adelman was a staff attorney and scientist in the nuclear and public health programs of the Natural Resources Defense Council. There he litigated complex environmental cases, presented congressional testimony, and lobbied, advocating on issues related to regulation of toxic substances (e.g., pesticides) and radioactive wastes, developing a program on agricultural biotechnology, and working with industry to promote environmentally sound practices. He was appointed to the Department of Energy's Environmental Management Advisory Board, two National Academy of Sciences committees, and a committee advising the Gerber Products Company on biotechnology issues. Before joining NRDC, he was an associate at Covington and Burling in Washington, DC, where he focused on intellectual property litigation, environmental regulatory compliance matters, and proposed international regulation under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Previously, he clerked for the Honorable Samuel Conti of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

Professor Adelman has authored numerous legal and scientific articles, including "The False Promise of the Genomics Revolution for Environmental Law," Harvard Environmental Law Review, January 2005, "Scientific Activism and Restraint: The Interplay of Statistics, Judgment, and Procedure in Environmental Law," 71 Notre Dame L. Rev.; "Harmonizing Methods of Scientific Inference with the Precautionary Principle: Opportunities and Constraints," 34 Envl. L. Rptr. 10131 (2004); "Environmental Regulation for Agriculture," (with John H. Barton) 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 3 (2002).

David Adelman
University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law
Tucson, AZ 
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