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About Gabriel Eckstein

Professor Gabriel Eckstein is on the faculty of Texas A&M University School of Law. Previously, he was a law professor at Texas Tech University School of Law where he held the George W. McCleskey Chair in Water Law and directed the Texas Tech Center for Water Law & Policy.
Professor Eckstein’s research focuses on natural resources and environmental issues at both the national and international levels, as well as on the interrelationship of law and science. His recent publications have addressed the international law of transboundary aquifers, pharmaceutical pollutants in the environment, endangered species challenged to oil and gas development, and climate change challenges to the management of global water resources. Professor Eckstein also serves as an expert advisor and consultant on US and international environmental and water law issues and has worked with the United Nations, US Agency for International Development, World Commission on Dams, Organization of American States, International Association of Hydrogeologists, and various local water entities in the United States.
Professor Eckstein directs the Internet-based International Water Law Project and is on the executive boards of both the International Water Resources Association and the International Association for Water Law.
Before entering academia, Professor Eckstein served as senior counsel for CropLife America, an agrichemical trade association, working on environmental regulation and legislative matters. And before that, he worked as a litigator in private practice on environmental, toxic tort and asbestos cases.
Professor Eckstein holds J.D. and LL.M. degrees from American University, an M.S. in International Affairs from Florida State University, and a B.A. in Geology from Kent State University. He is admitted to the bars of New York, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Positions

January 2017 - Present Director, Texas A&M University School of Law TAMU Law Program in Natural Resources Systems
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August 2013 - Present Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
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Curriculum Vitae


Disciplines



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Courses

  • Law & Science
  • Public International Law
  • Oil & Gas Law
  • International Environmental Law
  • International Water Law
  • Water Law
  • Property Law

Education

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August 1997 LL.M. in International Environmental Law, American University Washington College of Law
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May 1995 Juris Doctor, American University Washington College of Law
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August 1992 Master of Science in International Affairs, Florida State University
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December 1989 Dual B.A. in International Relations & Geology, Kent State University
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Contact Information

Texas A&M University School of Law
1515 Commerce St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102

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US-Mexico Border (1)

Agriculture Law (1)

Transboundary Aquifer (3)

Groundwater (10)

Administrative Law (1)

Environmental Law (27)