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MARK Mark Joseph Ricardo Ortega
LL.M. in Environmental Law
Teaching Assistant
Primary Research Interests
- Corporate environmental responsibility
- International environmental law
- Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
Secondary Research Interests
- Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
- Enforcement & compliance issues
Selected Publications
Mark received his LL.M. in Environmental Law from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law in May 2023. He has also been a Visiting Researcher with APCEL since June 2021. Mark has written in Private Environmental Governance, Sustainable Business Law, International Environmental Law, and Climate Justice. One of these articles will be published in Fall 2023. Mark received his LL.B. from NUS and is admitted to the Singapore Bar. He has practiced law in a leading law firm and as in-house counsel in the public service. Mark hopes to advance scholarship in environmental law (and related legal and non-legal fields, taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach), and contribute the development of new ideas, frameworks, and approaches, in re-imagining futures where today’s environmental and human crises can be effectively combated and transformed in advancing environmental and social justice.