Jason Robison

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.