Jonathan H. Adler
Encyclopedia
Jonathan H. Adler is an American legal commentator and law professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law
. He contributes to the widely-read weblog "The Volokh Conspiracy
," is frequently cited in the American media
, and has been recognized as one of the most cited professors in the field of environmental law.
. He graduated from Friends' Central School
before attending Yale University
. While at Yale, Adler majored in History
, graduating magna cum laude in May 1991 with distinction in (History). After working several years at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Adler attended law school at the George Mason University School of Law
. He was the Articles Editor for the George Mason Law Review
from 1998-1999. He graduated summa cum laude in May 2000 as the class valedictorian
.
In 2001, Adler moved to Cleveland, Ohio
, where he met his wife, Christina. He currently lives in Ohio, with his wife and two daughters.
Adler is currently a tenured professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, teaches courses in environmental, regulatory, and constitutional law
. He is also Director of the law school's Center for Business Law & Regulation. In 2011 he was named the inaugural holder of the Johan Verheij Memorial Professorship at CWRU.
Adler is a contributing editor to National Review Online and a regular contributor to “The Volokh Conspiracy
," a popular legal blog founded by UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh
. Professor Adler blogged anonymously under the pseudonym "Juan Non-Volokh" at "The Volokh Conspiracy" until May 1, 2006. Professor Adler serves on the advisory board of the NFIB Legal Foundation, the academic advisory board of the Cato Supreme Court Review, and the Environmental Law Reporter and ELI Press Advisory Board of the Environmental Law Institute
.
In 2004, Adler received the Paul M. Bator Award, given annually by the Federalist Society
for Law and Policy Studies to an academic under 40 for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and commitment to students. In 2007, the Case Western Reserve University Law Alumni Association awarded Adler their annual “Distinguished Teacher Award.”
Before becoming an academic, Adler clerked for the Honorable David B. Sentelle
on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From 1991 to 2000, Adler worked at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
, a free market
research and advocacy group in Washington, D.C.
, where he directed the Institute's environmental studies
program, and worked on a wide variety of environmental policy matters.
Adler supported former Tennessee
Senator Fred Thompson in the 2008 presidential election
.
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Case Western Reserve University Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law is the law school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. It opened in 1892, making it one of the oldest law schools in the country. It was one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association and was...
. He contributes to the widely-read weblog "The Volokh Conspiracy
The Volokh Conspiracy
The Volokh Conspiracy is a blog which mostly covers United States legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian or conservative perspective. One of the most widely read legal blogs in the United States, The Volokh Conspiracy has more than one million page views each month. This group...
," is frequently cited in the American media
American Media
American Media, Inc., is a publisher of a number of major United States-based magazines and supermarket tabloids.-Company background:The modern American Media came into being after Generoso Pope, Jr., longtime owner of The National Enquirer, died in 1988, and his tabloids came under new ownership...
, and has been recognized as one of the most cited professors in the field of environmental law.
Biography
Adler was born in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. He graduated from Friends' Central School
Friends' Central School
Friends' Central School is a college-preparatory, Quaker, coeducational day school for nursery through grade 12 located in Wynnewood, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
before attending Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. While at Yale, Adler majored in History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, graduating magna cum laude in May 1991 with distinction in (History). After working several years at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Adler attended law school at the George Mason University School of Law
George Mason University School of Law
George Mason University School of Law is the law school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States...
. He was the Articles Editor for the George Mason Law Review
George Mason Law Review
- History :The George Mason University School of Law was formerly the International School of Law, whose student-run publication, the International School of Law Review began in 1976. When the school became GMUSL in 1979, the publication became the George Mason University Law Review...
from 1998-1999. He graduated summa cum laude in May 2000 as the class valedictorian
Valedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony. Usually, the valedictorian is the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution...
.
In 2001, Adler moved to Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, where he met his wife, Christina. He currently lives in Ohio, with his wife and two daughters.
Adler is currently a tenured professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, teaches courses in environmental, regulatory, and constitutional law
Constitutional law
Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....
. He is also Director of the law school's Center for Business Law & Regulation. In 2011 he was named the inaugural holder of the Johan Verheij Memorial Professorship at CWRU.
Adler is a contributing editor to National Review Online and a regular contributor to “The Volokh Conspiracy
The Volokh Conspiracy
The Volokh Conspiracy is a blog which mostly covers United States legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian or conservative perspective. One of the most widely read legal blogs in the United States, The Volokh Conspiracy has more than one million page views each month. This group...
," a popular legal blog founded by UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh
Eugene Volokh
Eugene Volokh is an American legal commentator and the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law...
. Professor Adler blogged anonymously under the pseudonym "Juan Non-Volokh" at "The Volokh Conspiracy" until May 1, 2006. Professor Adler serves on the advisory board of the NFIB Legal Foundation, the academic advisory board of the Cato Supreme Court Review, and the Environmental Law Reporter and ELI Press Advisory Board of the Environmental Law Institute
Environmental Law Institute
The Environmental Law Institute is a non-profit, non-advocacy environmental group, which specializes in producing publications and research that target legal practitioners, business leaders, land managers, land use planners, environmentalists, journalists, and lawmakers...
.
In 2004, Adler received the Paul M. Bator Award, given annually by the Federalist Society
Federalist Society
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, is an organization of conservatives seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist and/or originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution...
for Law and Policy Studies to an academic under 40 for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and commitment to students. In 2007, the Case Western Reserve University Law Alumni Association awarded Adler their annual “Distinguished Teacher Award.”
Before becoming an academic, Adler clerked for the Honorable David B. Sentelle
David B. Sentelle
Judge David Bryan Sentelle is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.- Early life and education :...
on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From 1991 to 2000, Adler worked at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
Competitive Enterprise Institute
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit think tank founded on March 9, 1984 in Washington, D.C. by lobbyist Fred L. Smith, Jr to advance economic liberty and fight over-regulation by big government...
, a free market
Free market
A free market is a competitive market where prices are determined by supply and demand. However, the term is also commonly used for markets in which economic intervention and regulation by the state is limited to tax collection, and enforcement of private ownership and contracts...
research and advocacy group in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, where he directed the Institute's environmental studies
Environmental studies
Environmental studies is the academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. It is a broad interdisciplinary field of study that includes the natural environment, built environment, and the sets of relationships between them...
program, and worked on a wide variety of environmental policy matters.
Adler supported former Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
Senator Fred Thompson in the 2008 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
.
Books
- Ecology, Liberty & Property: A Free Market Environmental Reader, Editor (2000).
- The Costs of Kyoto: Climate Change Policy and Its Implications, Editor (1997).
- Environmentalism at the Crossroads: Green Activism in America (1995).
Articles
- When Is Two a Crowd: The Impact of Federal Action on State Environmental Regulation, 31 Harvard Environmental Law Review 67 (2007)
- The Green Costs of Kelo: Economic Development Takings and Environmental Protection (with Ilya Somin), 84 Washington University Law Review (2006)
- Reckoning with Rapanos: Revisiting “Waters of the United States” and the Limits of Federal Wetland Regulation, 14 Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review 1 (2006)
- Back to the Future of Conservation: Changing Perceptions of Property Rights & Environmental Protection, 1 NYU Journal of Law & Liberty 987 (2005).
- Jurisdictional Mismatch in Environmental Federalism, 14 NYU Environmental Law Journal 130 (2005).
- Is Morrison Dead? Assessing a Supreme Drug (Law) Overdose, 9 Lewis & Clark Law Review 751 (2005).
- Judicial Federalism and the Future of Federal Environmental Regulation, 90 Iowa Law Review 377 (2005).
- Conservation through Collusion: Antitrust as an Obstacle to Marine Resource Conservation, 61 Washington and Lee Law Review 3 (2004).
- Fables of the Cuyahoga: Reconstructing a History of Environmental Protection, 14 Fordham Environmental Law Journal 89 (2002).
- Legal Obstacles to Private Ordering in Marine Fisheries, 8 Roger Williams University Law Review 9 (2002).
- Let 50 Flowers Bloom: Transforming the States into Laboratories of Environmental Policy, 31 Environmental Law Reporter 11284 (2001).
- The Ducks Stop Here? The Environmental Challenge to Federalism, 9 Supreme Court Economic Review 205 (2001). (Selected as a finalist for inclusion in Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, as one of the ten best articles on land use or environmental law in 2001.)
- Free and Green: A New Approach to Environmental Protection, 24 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 653 (2001). (Selected as a finalist for inclusion in Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, as one of the ten best articles on land use or environmental law in 2001.)
- Stand or Deliver: Citizen Suits, Standing, and Environmental Protection, 12 Duke Environmental Law & Public Policy Forum DUKE 39 (2001).
- The Cartagena Protocol and Biological Diversity: Biosafe or Bio-Sorry? 12 Georgetown University International Environmental Law Review 761 (2000).
- More Sorry than Safe: Assessing the Precautionary Principle and the Proposed International Biosafety Protocol, 35 Texas International Law Journal 173 (2000).
- Wetlands, Waterfowl, and the Menace of Mr. Wilson: Commerce Clause Jurisprudence and the Limits of Federal Wetlands Regulation, 29 Environmental Law 1 (1999).
- The Green Aspects of Printz: The Revival of Federalism at Its Implications for Environmental Law, 6 George Mason Law Review 573 (1998).
External links
- Jonathan H. Adler's Homepage
- The Volokh Conspiracy website
- Jonathan H. Adler at Case Western University School of Law