BACKGROUND
Prior to joining the Florida Coastal faculty in 2008, Professor Long taught at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, served as a Senior Court Attorney with the New York Court of Appeals and practiced in Oregon. Long received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law, where he served as an advisor to the NYU Environmental Law Journal, and his J.D. from Willamette University College of Law, where he served on the Law Review.
EXPERTISE
- Environmental & Natural Resources Law
- Property Law
- International Law
- Constitutional & Administrative Law
EDUCATION
- LL.M., New York University School of Law
- J.D., cum laude, Willamette University College of Law
- B.A., cum laude, Canisius College
TEACHING and SCHOLARSHIP
Professor Long teaches property and environmental law courses. He researches primarily in the area of environmental governance, especially as it pertains to biodiversity and climate change. His work has appeared in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, the New York University Environmental Law Journal and other journals. Professor Long regularly presents his research at legal and interdisciplinary conferences. Recently he has presented papers at Yale Law School, Emory University School of Law, and as a plenary speaker at the 8th Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law at Ghent University in Belgium, among other conferences.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Linkage in Global Environmental Governance: Law for Biodiversity, Climate Stability, and Human Well-Being (book under contract with Edward Elgar Publishing).
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Developing Linkages to Preserve Biodiversity, 21 Yearbook of International Environmental Law __ (forthcoming 2011).
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Global Climate Governance to Enhance Biodiversity & Well-Being: Integrating Non-State Networks and Public International Law in Tropical Forests, 41 Environmental Law 95 (2011).
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Tropical Forest Mitigation Projects & Sustainable Development: Designing U.S. Law for a Supportive Role, 36 William Mitchell Law Review 101 (2010).
- International Consensus & U.S. Climate Change Litigation, 33 William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review 177 (2008).
- Defining the "Nature" Protected by the Endangered Species Act: Lessons from Hatchery Salmon, 15 NYU Environmental Law Journal 377 (2007).
- Auditing for Sustainable Forest Management: The Role of Science, 31 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 1 (2006).
- Two Prongs of Public Interest Lawyering Under the Endangered Species Act: Building a Cooperative Strategy From Litigation and Collaborative Efforts, 35 Environmental Law Reporter 10690 (2005).
SELECTED RECENT PRESENTATIONS
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“Linkage-Based International Environmental Law: Property Implications,” Association for Law, Property and Society, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. (March 5, 2011).
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“Linkage-Based International Environmental Law,” 2nd UNITAR/Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (September 17, 2010).
- “Linkage-Based International Environmental Law,” 8th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium, Ghent, Belgium (September 14, 2010) (plenary address).
- "Regulating at the Linkages – Improving International Environmental Law through Multi-issue Mechanisms," Regulating Global Concerns: Climate Change and Intellectual Property Rights, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus (Sandbjerg Estate), Sonderborg, Denmark (May 12, 2010).
- “Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation and Socio-Economic Improvements in Conjunction with Climate Change Governance,” Second Meeting of the Society of Environmental Law and Economics, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA (March 27, 2010).
SELECTED AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES
Professor Long is a member of the Specialist Group on Energy Law and Climate Change within the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law. He currently serves as Vice Chair (Committee Newsletters) of the Endangered Species Committee and the International Environmental Law Committee within the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, as well as a Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Committee of the ABA Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section.
Professor Long organizes the annual Northeast Florida Environmental Summit co-hosted by Coastal Law and Jacksonville University. He also serves as a faculty advisor for the environmental law certificate program at Coastal Law, as well as the school’s environmental law moot court team and Environmental Law Society.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Phone: 904-680-7757
- Email: along@fcsl.edu
- Office No. 448
