Steve Charnovitz

1953

United States

He teaches at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, District of Columbia, and is best known for his writings on the linkages between trade and environment and trade and labor rights. Charnovitz is a native of Savannah, Georgia. He was an early advocate for improving bicycle transportation in the United States where he worked in the Office of Environmental Affairs of the United States. Department of Transportation. He was an analyst in the United States. Department of Labor from 1975 to 1986 in international labor issues. From 1987–1989, he was a legislative assistant to United States. House of Representatives Speaker Jim Wright, and served once again in 1989–1991 for Speaker Tom Foley. In 1991, Charnovitz became Policy Director of the newly established Competitiveness Policy Council. In 1995, he co-founded and directed the Global Environment and Trade Study (GETS) located at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. After several years in private practice at the law firm now known as Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Charnovitz joined the faculty of The George Washington University Law School in 2004. He has been a forceful advocate of free trade combined with pro-competitiveness policies by governments to assist workers who are hurt by economic change and globalization. He was also an early proponent of giving students individual computers in the classroom. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College in 1975, an Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1983, and a Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School in 1998.

Steve Charnovitz

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Education

Harvard Kennedy School. Harvard University; Yale University. Yale Law School.

Career

He teaches at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, District of Columbia, and is best known for his writings on the linkages between trade and environment and trade and labor rights. Charnovitz is a native of Savannah, Georgia. He was an early advocate for improving bicycle transportation in the United States where he worked in the Office of Environmental Affairs of the United States. Department of Transportation.

He was an analyst in the United States. Department of Labor from 1975 to 1986 in international labor issues.

From 1987–1989, he was a legislative assistant to United States. House of Representatives Speaker Jim Wright, and served once again in 1989–1991 for Speaker Tom Foley. In 1991, Charnovitz became Policy Director of the newly established Competitiveness Policy Council.

In 1995, he co-founded and directed the Global Environment and Trade Study (GETS) located at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. After several years in private practice at the law firm now known as Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Charnovitz joined the faculty of The George Washington University Law School in 2004.

He has been a forceful advocate of free trade combined with pro-competitiveness policies by governments to assist workers who are hurt by economic change and globalization.

He was also an early proponent of giving students individual computers in the classroom. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College in 1975, an Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1983, and a Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School in 1998.

Politics

During 1984–1985, he was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator Carl Levin and House Majority Leader Jim Wright. Charnovitz serves on several editorial boards in scholarly journals including the American Journal of International Law, the Journal of Environment & Development, the Journal of International Economic Law, and the World Trade Review.

Membership

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is affiliated with the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University. He is a member of the American Law Institute.

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