Robert A. Weinstock
Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Director, Environmental Advocacy Center
Phone
312-503-1457
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Assistant
Dolores Angeles
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-3056
Assistant Email
d-angeles@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
Professor Weinstock joined the Northwestern Pritzker Law faculty in 2022 as the Director of the Environmental Advocacy Center and a Clinical Associate Professor of Law, where he now leads in clinical instruction and the management of the EAC’s diverse and cutting-edge advocacy efforts. His substantive areas of interest – and the EAC’s docket – include environmental justice advocacy on behalf of community organizations in Chicago, complex environmental citizen-suit enforcement litigation, and work in state utilities commission proceedings on energy issues, among many other issues. Before coming to Northwestern, Professor Weinstock was an Associate Clinical Professor with the University of Chicago’s Abrams Environmental Law Clinic and practiced complex litigation at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, in New York, and environmental law at Barnes & Thornburg, in Chicago. He also served as a law clerk to The Honorable Victor Marrero on the Southern District of New York.
Faculty Affiliate, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy.
Areas of Expertise
- Climate Change
- Clinical Teaching
- Complex Civil Litigation
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
Selected Publications
- Advancing Climate Resilience through Green Infrastructure in U.S. Cities by Leveraging their Dual Role as Regulated and Regulator under the U.S. Clean Water Act, in Urban Climate Resilience: The Role Of Law 222, edited by Angela van der Berg & Jonathan Verschuuren (2022).
- Poisonous Homes: The Fight For Environmental Justice In Federally Assisted Housing (2020) (with Emily Coffey, Kate Walz, Debbie Chizewer, Emily A. Benfer, Mark N. Templeton).
- Protecting The Illinois Epa’s Health, So That It Can Protect Ours (2019) (with Mark Templeton, Elizabeth Lindberg, Mary Gade, Doug Scott & Bharat Mathur).
- Driving Distributed Generation in Different Directions from the Shores of Lake Michigan: A Look Back at Pivotal 2016 Energy Legislation in Michigan and Illinois, 6 , American Bar Association, Section of Energy, Environment, and Resources, Renewable, Alternative, and Distributed Energy Resources Committee Newsletter No. 1 at 12 (July 2018).
Education
- BA, Wesleyan University
- JD, Columbia Law School
Prior Appointments
- Associate Clinical Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
- Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Chicago Law School
- Clinical Instructor and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School
- Clinical Fellow, University of Chicago Law School