Alisa E. White

Alisa White (she/her) is a joint Juris Doctor and Master of Environmental Science candidate at Yale Law School and Yale School of the Environment. Alisa is passionate about climate and environmental justice in the United States and abroad. During law school, she has worked with Earthjustice on a community environmental pollution case in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, assisted Kanji & Katzen with litigation to stop the Line 5 pipeline, supported Green New Deal legislation in Rhode Island, and drafted an amicus brief for the City of Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies. For her master’s research, Alisa is focusing on community-led environmental protection and community land trusts. She is excited to be working with the Community Resource Lab to support community-led decision-making in New Haven. In her free time, Alisa enjoys playing guitar, biking on the Farmington Canal Trail, and walking along the Mill River.