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About Alison Peck

Alison Peck teaches and writes in the area of global sustainable development, including immigration, trade, and environmental law. She has taught property law in West Virginia for over a decade and studies the interplay between property and development in the state. Professor Peck leads WVU students every summer in a study abroad experience in Uganda, mentoring high school students in school-wide entrepreneurship competitions and generating new ideas for sustainable development both at home and abroad. 

Professor Peck practiced international arbitration and commercial litigation with Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in Washington, D.C. She clerked for Judge Jon O. Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge G. Federico Mancini of the Court of Justice for the European Communities. She received a J.D. from Yale Law School and an LL.M. in Agricultural Law from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.

Positions

2017 - Present Director of Immigration Law Clinic, West Virginia University College of Law
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2017 - Present Director of International Programs, West Virginia University College of Law
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2014 - Present Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law
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2009 - 2014 Associate Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law
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Disciplines

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2016 - Present Co-founder and Director, Bujuuko Foundation
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Honors and Awards

  • IDEA Faculty Fellow 2021-2023, WVU Hayhust LaunchLab

Courses

  • International Trade Law
  • Property Law
  • Immigration Law Clinic

Education

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2008 LLM, University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
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1995 JD, Yale Law School
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1992 BA, Butler University
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Links

Books (1)

Immigration Education & Outreach (2)

Book Chapters (2)