Jessica Steinberg Albin, JD '07
NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY)
Nicholas A. Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement
The Nicholas Robinson Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement was established in 2005 to recognize alumni of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ who have made significant contributions to environmental law. The award was created in honor of Professor Nicholas A. Robinson, founder of the Law School's environmental law program, who has made outstanding contributions in the field of environmental law both in the U.S. and abroad since 1969. In 2007, Professor Robinson appointed the Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵEnvironmental Law Alumni Association (formerly the Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵEnvironmental Alumni Council (PEAC)) to assume responsibility for bestowal of this annual honor.
Past Recipients
2022
Samuel J. Capasso III, JD '10, LLM '12
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Jeshica Patel, JD ‘17
New York State Executive Chamber
2019
Janice Dean, JD '05
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
2018
Laura Jensen, JD ’11, LLM ’12
Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maine
2017
Marc Yaggi, JD ’97
Waterkeeper Alliance
Dan Estrin, JD ‘93
Waterkeeper Alliance
2015
Robyn Hanson, JD '06
Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
2014
Emily Collins, JD '04
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services
2012
Basil B. Seggos, JD '01
New York State Governor's Office
2011
William J. Cahill, JD '95
W.J. Cahill & Associates
2010
James R. May, LLM '91
Widener University School of Law
2009
Marla Wieder, JD '93
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2008
Robert J. Goldstein, LLM '92, SJD '01
United States Military Academy
2007
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., LLM '87
Waterkeeper Alliance
2006
Brendan O’Neill, JD '85
The Vineyard Conservation Society
2005
Maya van Rossum, JD '92
Delaware Riverkeeper