Irma Russell became Dean of The University
of Montana School of Law on July 1, 2009. Prior to
coming to Montana, Dean Russell was the NELPI Professor
and Director of the National Energy-Environment Law & Policy
Institute at the University of Tulsa College of Law.
Among the courses she has taught are Environmental
Law, International Environmental Law, Natural Resources
Law, Professional Responsibility, Administrative Law,
Contracts, Environmental Law Seminar, International
Environmental Law Seminar, Environmental Justice Seminar,
Appellate Practice and Procedure, Sales and Leasing,
Commercial Transactions, Legal Research and Writing,
Appellate Advocacy, International Human Rights, International
Business Transactions, Agency & Partnership,
and Remedies.
Her recent publications include: The Power Structure:
Energy, Politics, and the Public Interest in the
LNG Debate, 2 Envtl. & Energy L. & Policy
J. 49 (2007); chapter, Issues of Legal Ethics in
Environmental Justice Matters (co-author:
Joanne Sum-Ping) in The Law of Environmental Justice (Michael
B. Gerrard & Sheila
R. Foster eds., 2nd ed., ABA 2008); Measure for
Measure: Professor Sunstein’s
Use of Cost Benefit Analysis (Tulsa Law Review)
(forthcoming); The Evolving
Regulation of the Legal Profession: The Costs of
Indeterminacy and Certainty,
2008 Prof. Law. 137 (A Centennial Celebration of the
ABA Legacy of Lawyer Ethics). Her publications also
include a book, Issues of Legal Ethics in the
Practice of Environmental Law (ABA 2003). Dean
Russell's publications may be accessed on the Social
Science Research Network (SSRN) at http://ssrn.com/author=14559.
Dean Russell is vice chair of the ABA Section of Environment,
Energy and Resources. She
is the chair of the Professionalism Committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education
and Admission to the Bar and a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism.
She also currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee and Secretary
of the AALS Natural Resources Section. Dean Russell has served as chair of the
Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Professional Responsibility and as
a member of the Publications Committee of the Center for Professional Responsibility.
Dean Russell earned two undergraduate degrees (liberal
arts and education), a master’s degree in English literature, and her law degree at the University
of Kansas. She clerked for The Honorable James K. Logan, United States Court
of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Russell engaged in private practice for several
years.
In practice, Russell represented potentially responsible parties, government
entities, lenders, and other clients on issues arising under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), wetlands designation, site mitigation, and other
environmental issues. She served as the Liaison of the ABA Environmental Section
to the Association of American Law Schools and Chair of the Strategic Response
Committee of the ABA Environmental Section. She also served as the Chair and
Vice-Chair of the Ethics Committee, and as Section Liaison to the ABA Standing
Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. She was founding Chair of
the Memphis Bar Association Environmental Law Section and served as Chair of
the Tennessee Bar Association Environmental Section. Dean Russell is an elected
member of the American Law Institute, Phi Kappa Phi, the Judicial Conference
for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, and the American Bar Association. |
