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Nick Robinson is the Gilbert & Sarah Kerlin Professor of Environmental Law at Pace University where he has been teaching since 1978. He was a pioneer in the study and development of environmental law, and instrumental in encouraging institutional developments in mooting, in clinical legal education, in international environmental law exchange teaching and long-distance learning. Professor Robinson was founder and first Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law (2004-2008). He has contributed his extensive knowledge and expertise at the state, national and international levels in such forms as legal
advisory or board member services to governments (Legal Advisory Committee to the U.S. President's Council on Environmental Quality), international agencies (FAO, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, American Council for UNESCO) and ENGOs (Environmental Law Institute); provision of congressional testimony; and participation in delegations to global fora such as the 1972 Stockholm Conference, the UNCED at Rio in 1992 and the Johannesburg Summit in 2002.
Mr. Mehta is a renowned environmental litigator who has been the driving force behind some of the most famous and influential judicial decisions in environmental law. He is, among other things, accorded considerable credit in saving the Taj Mahal from slow destruction through airborne pollution and with helping to clean up the Ganges River from pollution by toxic chemicals manufactured by various industries. The cases he has been involved in have not only re-defined the field of environmental law in India, but have also influenced the development of environmental jurisprudence in other countries and at the international level.
