Charles Lord

Charlie Lord is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. After clerking on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, he received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1993 and co-founded Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE), an environmental justice center based in Roxbury. Charlie served on ACE's Board until 2004.

Charlie is now the Director of the Urban Ecology Institute (UEI) at Boston College. He has taught environmental law and policy and environmental legal history at Boston College Law School and is now a lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at Boston College. He is also on the boards of directors for the Community Rights Council in Washington, D.C. He has published numerous articles on environmental law, environmental justice and environmental policy.