Asha Brundage-Moore

Brundage-Moore joins YCEJ from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she served as a Christopher N. Lasch Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Environmental Law Clinic. There, she supervised students in state and federal litigation, administrative proceedings, and community lawyering, while forging partnerships with environmental justice organizations across Colorado. Her work focused on strengthening nonprofit capacity, securing environmental protections, and advancing legal strategies rooted in community empowerment.

A graduate of Stanford University and the New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholar, Brundage-Moore has built an impressive career spanning environmental litigation, public interest law, and policy advocacy. She has held roles with the Animal Legal Defense Fund and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, where she developed and litigated cases addressing environmental harms in frontline communities. She has authored amicus briefs in landmark climate litigation, including cases focused on children’s environmental rights and state constitutional protections.

Raised in Hawaii and Oakland, California, Brundage-Moore’s passion for environmental justice is deeply personal, shaped by firsthand experiences with environmental inequities and community resilience in the face of systemic disinvestment and threats from climate change. Her career reflects a steadfast commitment to defending the rights of marginalized communities, fostering nonprofit sustainability, and preparing the next generation of public interest lawyers to tackle pressing environmental challenges.