Building on the University of Wyoming College of Law’s leadership in natural resource legal education, the Gina Guy Center for Land and Water Law serves as a vibrant hub for interdisciplinary dialogue, advanced research, and impactful education. Committed to addressing the pressing challenges of natural resource management, conservation, and environmental stewardship, the Center bridges academic excellence with practical innovation, equipping students to lead in an evolving legal landscape.
With a strong focus on fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, generating diverse perspectives, and promoting innovative problem-solving, the Center empowers future leaders to navigate and shape the complex legal, social, economic, and political dimensions of natural resource law. Together, the Center and its collaborators are dedicated to finding solutions to public and private resource challenges, advancing innovative and practical approaches for a resilient future.
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Temple Stoellinger is the Associate Dean of the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and a Wyoming Excellence Chair at the University of Wyoming. She holds a dual appointment in the Haub School and the College of Law, where she co-directs the Gina Guy Center for Land and Water Law. She also leads the Haub School’s JD/MA program in Environment and Natural Resources and teaches courses in wildlife law, public land law, environmental law, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Professor Stoellinger’s research focuses on a broad spectrum of environmental and natural resource law and policy issues, including wildlife conservation, endangered species protection, energy development, and public and private land management and conservation. Her work often emphasizes the unique challenges and opportunities within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the American West.
Before joining the University of Wyoming, she served as a natural resource advisor to Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, legal counsel for Shell International B.V., and natural resource counsel for the Wyoming County Commissioners Association.
She currently serves as an at-large Trustee for FNREL, a member of the ABA SEER NR&E Editorial Board, and co-chair of the ABA SEER Biodiversity Committee. Additionally, she is a Senior Fellow with PERC and an adjunct faculty member with the School of Energy Resources.
Jason is the Carl M. Williams Professor of Law & Social Responsibility, the Co-Director of the Gina Guy Center for Land and Water Law, and an adjunct professor at the Haub School. His research and teaching revolve around water, public lands, and Native peoples in western North America, including comparative and international projects in these areas. Among other writings, Jason authors the treatise Law of Water Rights and Resources and has served as the editor and lead editor, respectively, of Cornerstone at the Confluence: Navigating the Colorado River Compact's Next Century and Vision & Place: John Wesley Powell & Reimagining the Colorado River Basin. Jason teaches lecture courses on Water Law & Policy and Public Lands; seminars on the Colorado River, Native Waters, and International Environmental Law; and field courses in Chile and the Colorado River Basin. Beyond UW, Jason is honored to serve on the Water & Tribes Initiative’s leadership team and the Colorado River Research Group.
Prior to joining the UW faculty, Jason earned his S.J.D. and LL.M. at Harvard Law School, J.D. at the University of Oregon School of Law, and B.S. in environmental studies at the University of Utah. He clerked for the Oregon Supreme Court and held various positions with the Harvard Water Security Initiative, Harvard Law School’s Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Colorado River Governance Initiative at CU Law School’s Getches-Wilkinson Center, Special Litigation Unit of the Oregon Department of Justice, and Motions Department and Office of Appellate Legal Counsel of the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Jacy Rudloff
Jacy is a third year law student and a lifelong resident of Wyoming. After earning dual degrees in Environmental Systems Science and Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming, she decided to further pursue her interest in conservation and the environment by going to law school. Following graduation, she plans to stay in the Rocky Mountain West, working diligently as an advocate for the natural world and enjoying all the outdoor possibilities the region has to offer.
The University of Wyoming College of Law offers a variety of environmental and energy centered opportunities for students to engage in research and dialogue concerning the natural world.
