As the Emmett/Frankel Fellow, Megan Herzog researches law and policy solutions to the climate change crisis and other environmental issues for the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Herzog also teaches “Coastal and Ocean Law and Policy” and works closely with UCLA Law’s Frank G. Wells Environmental Clinic. Her research interests include coasts and oceans, climate, energy, and the intersection of natural resources and human rights. Her ongoing projects include supporting California local governments in sea-level rise adaptation planning, advancing national climate change policy, mitigating marine plastic pollution, promoting environmental sustainability in Los Angeles, and examining the role of regulators in clean energy innovation.
Prior to joining the UCLA Law faculty, Herzog served as a Public Interest Law Fellow at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C. She worked with the Institute’s Ocean Program on restoration, litigation, and penalties following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Pacific Ocean ecosystem-based management, and other domestic and international environmental law issues. Herzog is a 2011 graduate of Stanford Law School, and received her M.S. from Stanford’s Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. During law school, she served as Co-Editor in Chief of the Stanford Journal of Law, Science & Policy. She has interned domestically at the Center for Biological Diversity, California Coastal Commission, and Center for Ocean Solutions, as well as internationally at the Water & Energy Users’ Federation of Nepal and the University of Cape Town’s Law, Race & Gender Unit. Herzog received her BA Magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College.
