Deborah N Behles

• BS, Purdue University
• JD, University of Minnesota School of Law

• Environmental Law

• Department of Justice John Marshall Award Recipient
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Gold Medal Recipient
• Department of Justice Special Commendations for Work on the Duke Energy Team, Illinois Power Trial Team, Westvaco Trial Team, and Power Plant Appellate Teams
• Department of Justice Outstanding Performance Awards in 2004 and 2007
• Associate Articles Editor, Minnesota Law Review

• Why California Failed to Meet Its RPS Target, 17 West-Northwest J. of Envtl. Law & Policy 163 (Summer 2011).
• New Laws Aim to Make State Greener, The Recorder, May 12, 2011.
• Examining the Air We Breathe: EPA Should Evaluate Cumulative Impacts When It Promulgates National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 28 Pace Env'l. Law Rev. 200 (2010).
• The New Race: Speeding Up Climate Change Innovation, 11 North Carolina J. of Law & Tech. 1 (2009).
• Why CEQA Exemption Decisions Need Additional Notice Requirements, 33 ENVIRONS 111 (2009).
• A Wrong Turn Crushes Protective Air Regulations: American Trucking Ass'ns v. EPA, 85 Minnesota L.R. 319 (2000).
• Roadmapping and Legal Writing, 8 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 134 (with Brad Clary) (2000).

• Environmental Law and Justice Clinic and Seminar