Jody Freeman

Jody Freeman serves as the Archibald Cox Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and founding Director of the Environmental and Energy Law Program. Born in 1964 in Canada, she has established herself as one of America's leading scholars in administrative and environmental law. Her academic credentials include degrees from Stanford University (BA), University of Toronto (LLB), and Harvard Law School (LLM, SJD). During the Obama administration, she served as Counselor for Energy and Climate Change (2009-2010), where she architected groundbreaking policies including the historic agreement to double automobile fuel efficiency standards. Her scholarly impact is evidenced by her position as the second-most cited scholar in public law nationally. Freeman's expertise spans environmental regulation, climate change policy, and administrative law, with significant publications including "Global Climate Change and U.S. Law" and numerous articles in leading journals. She holds memberships in prestigious organizations including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Council on Foreign Relations. As founder of Harvard's Environmental and Energy Law Program and the school's first environmental law clinic, she has shaped environmental legal education while maintaining active involvement in policy development, including advising on the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and serving on various climate advisory boards.