Erika Lennon
Program Coordinator
Erika Lennon is the Program Coordinator for the Program on International and Comparative Environmental Law. She also coordinates the Environmental Law Summer Session. As program coordinator, Erika engages in research on a variety of topics, but primarily related to strengthening environmental and social standards at the international financial institutions and other topics related to sustainable finance and climate finance. Erika also works with both J.D. and LL.M. students interested in environmental law. Prior to working at WCL, Erika worked as a temporary Staff Attorney at Greenpeace US. Erika received her J.D. from the Washington College of Law in 2008, where she focused on environmental law, was on the Senior Editorial Board of the Sustainable Development Law and Policy publication (SDLP), for which she also wrote articles, externed at Greenpeace US, and was a Dean's Fellow in the Legal Rhetoric Program. Prior to law school, she was an AmeriCorps member and worked at the Alameda County Community Food Bank (Oakland, CA) as the Hunger Education and Research Assistant in the Policy and Services Department. Erika graduated with a B.A. in history from the University of California, Berkeley (2004). She is a member of the State Bar of California.
Contact Erika at elennon@wcl.american.edu
