Law and Environment & Natural Resources

Temple Stoellinger, Law & Haub School (B.S. Environment and Natural Resources and Communications, University of Wyoming; J.D. with honors, University of Wyoming College of Law). Temple Stoellinger is an associate professor and Wyoming Excellence Chair at the University of Wyoming with a dual appointment in the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and the College of Law where she is also the Co-Director of the Gina Guy Center for Law and Energy Resources in the Rockies. She oversees the Haub School's JD/MA program, a joint master's degree offered in collaboration with the Law School, and she is also an Adjunct Faculty member with the School of Energy Resources. Professor Stoellinger coordinates the Haub School’s JD/MA program in Environment and Natural Resources and teaches wildlife law, environmental and natural resources law and policy, public land law, and a course on the National Environmental Policy Act. Her scholarship integrates thinking from the fields of law, economics, policy, and more to explore relevant and timely approaches for decision-making around wildlife, land, energy, and other valued natural resources. Before joining the University of Wyoming, Professor Stoellinger served as a natural resource advisor to Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, worked as legal counsel for Shell International B.V., and served as natural resource counsel for the Wyoming County Commissioners Association. Professor Stoellinger is engaged in leadership roles with several natural resource law and policy professional organizations. She is currently serving as an elected Trustee-at-Large for the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, serves on the American Bar Association's Editorial Board for its Natural Resources and Environment publication, and is a Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center.