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Prof. McAllister Appointed Visiting Scholar at UCSD Center for US-Mexican Studies

Professor Lesley K. McAllister was appointed as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for US-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego. In this capacity, she has been writing about Mexican environmental law, and she will present her research in a public lecture on Wednesday, November 30.

Titled "Co-Regulation in Mexican Environmental Law," her lecture will discuss how Mexican environmental law has used novel regulatory approaches to overcome widespread noncompliance and other problems common to the implementation of environmental law in industrializing countries. Field work for the research was carried out in 2010 with a grant from the University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute (TBI).

About Lesley K. McAllister

Lesley K. McAllister writes and teaches in the areas of environmental and natural resources law, climate change and energy law, comparative and international law, and property law. She is a professor of law at the University of San Diego, and an adjunct associate professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

The University of San Diego School of Law is a center of academic excellence focused on preparing its students for legal practice in the new century. One of the most selective law schools in the country, the School of Law’s nationally recognized faculty create a demanding, yet welcoming environment that emphasizes individualized education. USD law school graduates consistently score higher than the state average on the California Bar Exam and go on to practice law throughout the country and abroad, forming an influential network of alumni. The USD School of Law is one of only 81 law schools in the country to have a chapter of The Order of the Coif, the most distinguished rank of American law schools. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, nonprofit, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.