Careers and Alumni
The Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative equips Iowa Law students with the skills, experiences, and professional networks needed to launch careers in environmental, energy, and natural resources law.
Below you will find information about how we support students as well as who our alumni are.
Current and Prospective Students
Current Students: Environmental Law Jobs and Internships
HELI updates job opportunities in 12Twenty each week. To search for these opportunities, in 12Twenty go to Job Listings and search for 'environmental' in the search bar!
Career Support for Students
HELI supports students at every stage of their career journey—from exploring areas of interest to securing meaningful post-graduate opportunities. For more about the support we offer, see the Professional Development and Student Opportunities in Environmental Law pages here.
Alumni
Interested in learning where Iowa Law alumni go?
The vast professional options in environmental, natural resources, and energy law offer exciting opportunities for Iowa Law alumni, a cohort whom have gone on to interesting careers across the United States and all over the world.
The field is large. Most of our alumni work in private law firms, government agencies, and nonprofit offices. Some work for international organizations; others teach in colleges or law schools. Some find themselves in exciting non-traditional careers.
Our Career Services Office works with students on their application materials, interviewing skills, and resume building jobs during school, and assists graduates whenever they want to transition, move or adjust their career paths.
Here are only a few examples of what our alumni are doing in the environmental, natural resources, and energy law fields.
Academia
Robert "Andy" Andersen
Title/Position
Environmental and Renewable Energy Consultant
Instructor at the UI College of Law
Barry A. Lindahl
Title/Position
Senior Counsel for the City Of Dubuque's Attorney's Office and Adjunct Faculty Member at UI College of Law
LeRoy (Lee) Paddock
Title/Position
Associate Dean for Environmental Studies and Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law
Frank A. Taylor
Title/Position
Partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Adjunct Instructor at UI College of Law
Jamie Van Nostrand
Title/Position
Charles M. Love, Jr, Endowed Professor of Law at West Virginia University
Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
Corporate in-house counsel and officers
Matthew Reinhard
Title/Position
Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel at New Fortress Energy
Government
Jim Andersen
Title/Position
Assistant District Counsel at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
Eric Dirth
Title/Position
Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Division of the Iowa Attorney General's Office
Barry A. Lindahl
Title/Position
Senior Counsel for the City Of Dubuque's Attorney's Office and Adjunct Faculty Member at UI College of Law
Peter Scholtz
Title/Position
Assistant Attorney General - Residential Utilities Division at the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
Rachel Toenjes Zander
Title/Position
Attorney & External Civil Rights Coordinator at Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Tanya Trujillo
Title/Position
Water Policy Advisor to the Governor and Deputy State Engineer of New Mexico
Jamie Van Nostrand
Title/Position
Charles M. Love, Jr, Endowed Professor of Law at West Virginia University
Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
Industry
International environmental law
List coming soon.
Law Firms By Firm Size
501+ Attorneys
Frank A. Taylor
Title/Position
Partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Adjunct Instructor at UI College of Law
251-500 Attorneys
101-250 Attorneys
51-100 Attorneys
Under 25 Attorneys
Public interest, litigation, and policy work
Private Practice and Consulting
Robert "Andy" Andersen
Title/Position
Environmental and Renewable Energy Consultant
Instructor at the UI College of Law