Josh Galperin ’00

“When I started college and had to write papers, I realized I could do it, and do it well, and do it without a lot of stress. I watched my friends agonizing over an assignment, and it was obvious to me that all the time we’d spent writing, critiquing, and editing at WFS set me off on the right foot. And as a law professor, a huge portion of my job is writing. I probably gravitated to this because it was something I was confident I could do well.” 

Josh graduated from the University of Delaware in 2004, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Wildlife Conservation. Following his graduation from Delaware–and sensing a need for more people to work at the intersection of science and policy– Josh enrolled at Vermont Law and Graduate School to earn his JD and the Yale School of Environment to pursue his Master’s in Environmental Management. He completed both, earning his JD in 2007 and receiving his Master’s degree in 2008. 

Throughout his professional career, Josh has served in various roles, teaching and working in environmental law. He was a Policy Analyst and Research Attorney for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the Clinical Director and Lecturer at Yale Law School, the Environmental Law and Policy Program Director of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh Law School. Currently, Josh is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School.