Faculty: Helen Kang

Helen Kang

Title(s):

Professor of Law

Director, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

School(s):

Law

415-442-6693

Campus(es):

San Francisco

hkang@ggu.edu

COURSES TAUGHT

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Environmental Law
Citizen Enforcement of Environmental Laws
Environmental Justice
Legal Education in Korea

EDUCATION

JD, Boalt Hall School of Law
BA, Yale University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Visit my SSRN page.
Restorative Justice for Redlined Communities Displaced by Eco-Gentrification, Michigan Journal of Race & Law (forthcoming 2021).
Author of section in chapter 13: Citizen Enforcement and Common Law Remedies. Section: Respect for Community Narratives of Environmental Injustice: The Dignity Right to Be Heard and Believed. In Environmental Justice Law, Policy & Regulation 3d ed. (Carolina Academic Press 2020).
Respect for Community Narratives of Environmental Injustice: Dignity Right to Be Heard and Believed, 25 Widener L. Rev. 219 (2019). This article was recognized as one of the 13 top articles reviewed by peer reviewers for Thomson Reuters’ 2021 Land Use & Environment Law Review.
Enforcement by Local Governments, ch. in Compliance and Enforcement of Environmental Law (Edward Elgar, 2017).
Contributed to chapter 26, Constitutional Law in Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review - 2015 (ABA, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, 2016).
Clinical Education in South Korean Law Schools, ch. in Clinical Legal Education in Asia: Accessing Justice for the Underprivileged (Palgrave Macmillan 2015).
Use of Role Play and Interview Mode in Law Clinic Case Rounds to Teach Essential Legal Skills and to Maximize Meaningful Participation, 19 Clinical L. Rev. 207 (2012).
Recognizing the Link Among Climate Change, Food, and Poverty, 46 Clearinghouse Review, Journal of Poverty Law and Policy 289 (2012).
Federal Air Pollution Requirements, The Recorder, July 5, 2012.
The Importance of U.S. Law and Teaching Methods to Korean Undergraduates, 26 Soongsil L. Rev. 239 (2011).
Fighting for Environmental Justice Takes Long-Lasting Coalitions, 45 Clearinghouse Review, Journal of Poverty Law and Policy 158 (2011).
Navigating Environmental Regulations, The Recorder, June 22, 2011.
Pursuing Environmental Justice: Obstacles and Opportunities - Lessons From the Field, 31 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 121 (2009).
A Case Study of Environmental Justice Work in West Oakland, The Race Equity Project, May 15, 2009.
Comment, United States v. Grace & Co., 29 Real Property Law Reporter, March 2006.
Co-author, Reflections on the Birth of the Journal: a Founders' Roundtable Discussion, 20 Berkeley J. of Gender, Law & Justice 12 (2005).
Federal Impact on State Resources; Fighting the Feds For Clean Air, San Francisco Chronicle (Sept. 10, 2003). Also available at TomPaine.com.
Citizen Suits in the Federal Courts: Pre-Litigation Considerations, Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of California, Fall 2000.
Standing Up, California Law Business, Feb. 22, 2000.

HONORS & AWARDS

2020 recipient of the Svitlana Kravchenko Environmental Rights Award from the students of Land Air Water, student organization at the University of Oregon School of Law. This award is given to someone having exquisite qualities of both head and heart; mixing academic rigor with spirited activism; and speaking truth to power, while exhibiting kindness toward all. They must also insist that environmental rights and human rights are indivisible.