Assistant Professor of Law (tenure-track), Florida International University College of Law
As a legal philosopher with a primary interest in our collective environmental crises, Professor Polk’s research focuses on rights-based environmentalism, as a legal, political, and moral movement.
Prior to joining FIU Law, Professor Polk was the Teaching Fellow for the Environmental Law and Policy LLM program at Stanford Law School. Professor Polk has clerked for the Honorable Robert W. Trumble in the Northern District of West Virginia and the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin in the Southern District of West Virginia. She was also an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois College of Law in 2019.
Professor Polk earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, and also holds B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Philosophy & Classics from the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Polk is admitted to practice in West Virginia and the Southern District of West Virginia.
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About Amber Polk
As a legal philosopher with a primary interest in our collective environmental crises, Professor Polk’s research focuses on rights-based environmentalism, as a legal, political, and moral movement.
Prior to joining FIU Law, Professor Polk was the Teaching Fellow for the Environmental Law and Policy LLM program at Stanford Law School. Professor Polk has clerked for the Honorable Robert W. Trumble in the Northern District of West Virginia and the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin in the Southern District of West Virginia. She was also an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois College of Law in 2019.
Professor Polk earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, and also holds B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Philosophy & Classics from the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Polk is admitted to practice in West Virginia and the Southern District of West Virginia.
| Present | Assistant Professor of Law (tenure-track), Florida International University College of Law | |
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| 2019 - 2022 | Teaching Fellow, Stanford Law School | |
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| 2019 - 2019 | Adjunct Professor & Fellow, University of Illinois College of Law | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- University of Illinois College of Law Rickert Award for Academic Excellence, 2016 / CALI Awards (best grade in class) / Environmental Law, Spring 2015 / Products Liability, Spring 2015 / Introduction to Advocacy, Spring 2012
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Fellow, INTERSECT: Network for Neuro-Cultures / UIUC Graduate College, 2013–2014 / Departmental Fellowship, UIUC Department of Philosophy, Fall 2012
Courses
- Ancient Philosophy
- Biomedical Ethics
- Climate and Energy Workshop
- Environmental Law and Policy Colloquium
- Environmental Justice Workshop
- Introduction to Ethics
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Logic and Reasoning QR II
- Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Law
- Torts
| 2020 | Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| 2017 | M.A., Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| 2016 | J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, University of Illinois College of Law | |
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| 2011 | B.S., Mathematics, summa cum laude; B.A., Philosophy and Classics, summa cum laude, University of Pittsburgh | |
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Links
Contact Information
Florida International University
College of Law
11200 SW 8th St., RDB
Miami, FL 33199
Ph: 305-348-1118
305.348.1118
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