Bret Birdsong | William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV

		Bret Birdsong
		Professor of Law


		Phone: 702 895-2460 Email: bret.birdsong@unlv.edu

		Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

	Education: B.A., Princeton University J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1993

	Professor Birdsong earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1993. After clerking for Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Professor Birdsong joined the United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, as a trial attorney focusing on public land and natural resources litigation from 1994-2000. As an Ian Axford Fellow in Public Policy in 1998, he studied New Zealand's specialized Environment Court and served as a visiting fellow in the office of New Zealand's Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. Professor Birdsong teaches Environmental Quality Law, Public Lands and Natural Resources Law, Administrative Law, Property and Civil Procedure. His research focuses on federal land and resources management.

	Areas of Expertise: Administrative Law Environmental Law Natural Resources Law

	Selected Publications: BOOK Natural Resources Law: A Place-Based Book of Cases and Problems (Aspen Law and Business) (2005) (with Christine Klein and Federico Cheever) (second edition in progress). LAW REVIEW ARTICLES SPances, CiJnegas, and Slop: Can Collaboration Revive the Colorado Delta?, __ Nev. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2008). Justice Scalia’s Footprints on the Public Lands, 83 Denv. U. L. Rev. 259 (2005). Hein Lexis Westlaw Road Rage and R.S. 2477: Judicial and Administrative Responsibility for Resolving Road Claims on Public Land, 56 Hastings L.J. 523 (2005). Hein Lexis Westlaw Adjudicating Sustainability: New Zealand’s Environment Court, 29 Ecology L. Q. 1 (2002). Hein Lexis Westlaw BAR PUBLICATIONS Habitat Conservation Planning Under the Endangered Species Act: What it Means for Southern Nevada, 27:9 Communique 23 (September 2006). Modern Day Land Rush: Landmark Legislation Challenged by its Own Success, 14:1 UNLV Magazine 27 (Spring 2006) (Assessing the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act). --> More Publications (pdf)

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