Gerald Torres

Gerald Torres

Professor of Environmental Justice
Professor of Law
Faculty Director
Yale Center for Environmental Justice

Yale School of the Environment, Yale Law School

Gerald Torres is Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of the Environment and Professor at Yale Law School. He is former President of the Association of American Law Schools and has taught at Stanford and Harvard Law Schools. Professor Torres served as Counsel to the Attorney General on environmental matters and Indian affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Torres served on the Board of the Environmental Law Institute, the EPA’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, and was the founding chairman of the Advancement Project. He is board chair of EarthDay Network and a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He was a consultant to the United Nations on environmental matters. Torres is a life member of the American Law Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations.