Dr. Camille Pannu

Biography

Camille Pannu is an Associate Clinical Professor at Columbia Law School, where she serves as the founder and director of the Environmental Climate Justice Clinic. Her academic and professional focus is on environmental justice, economic justice, and water justice, particularly within low-income and rural communities. Pannu's research delves into issues of structural racism, poverty, and environmental inequality, examining how marginalized groups can leverage corporate and local governmental law to assert control over environmental resources necessary for sustainable living. Prior to her role at Columbia, she was a visiting assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, where she led the Community Economic Development Clinic. She established the Aoki Water Justice Clinic at the University of California, Davis School of Law, which partnered with disadvantaged rural communities to prevent drinking water crises. Following her graduation from law school, Pannu received the Equal Justice Works Fellowship to provide legal services focused on environmental justice in California. She has also clerked for judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

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