David Wirth Email & Phone Number

Professor of Law, and Director of International Studies, Boston College Law School. Professor Wirth teaches environmental, administrative, public international, and foreign relations law. Previously, he was Senior Attorney and Codirector of International Programs for the Natural Resources Defense Council and Attorney-Advisor for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs for the U.S. Department of State. A graduate of Yale Law School, he holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry from Princeton and Harvard, respectively. Professor Wirth served as law clerk to Judge William H. Timbers of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.Professor Wirth has been the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and a National Science Foundation Fellowship. A life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Professor Wirth has served on advisory boards to a number of institutions of higher learning, domestic agencies, and international organizations, including Vermont Law School, the Environmental Protection Agency and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He has been a consultant to the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Environment Program, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the C.S. Mott Foundation, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the Belgian State Secretary for Energy and Sustainable Development. Professor Wirth is the author of more than five dozen books, articles, and reports on international environmental law and policy for both legal and popular audiences.

Listed skills include Policy, International Law, and Academic Administration.