Professor Burleson has an LL.M. in International Law from the London School of
Economics (LSE) and is a Fulbright Senior Specialist. She began participating in the
treaty negotiation process at the United Nations in 1991 during proceedings for the
United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development and helped draft the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Agenda 21, and the Rio
Declaration. She has written reports for the United Nations and delivered presentations
at United Nations conferences. Focusing on emerging International Law, Professor Burleson
has been an advisor to UNICEF's Senior Advisor for the Environment and to the New
York Director of UNEP. She has also written reports for UNESCO and UNDP. A particular
focus has been placed on design, development and implementation of human rights and
environmental programs. She was a member of the UNICEF delegation to the Bali Climate
Conference; worked with the NWF and UNEP delegations to the Copenhagen Climate Conference
and with the IUCN and ASIL delegations to the Cancun and Durban Climate Conferences.
Professor Burleson has also conducted legal research for Amnesty International's
London-based International Secretariat and New York-based research division. She teaches
at Pace Law School. As a National University of Singapore Centre for International Law
Senior Visiting Fellow, she researched energy and water security. She has taught Public
International Law, Energy Law, International Environmental Law, UN Law, Human Rights and
Environmental Law, International Law and China, Property Law, Water Law, and
Environmental Law. She also teaches Energy Law at the University of Connecticut School of
Law, and International Trade and the Environment as a Fulbright Senior Specialist.
Professor Burleson has taught tribal water and energy law at USD School of Law and has
been a visiting law professor at Florida State University and the University of Oregon.
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Climate Justice, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE’S JOURNAL OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (2011)
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