Meet HLSA's Faculty Sponsor
 

Professor Dennis D. Hirsch
 

Professor Hirsch has a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude, and a Juris Doctorate from Yale University Law School.  Upon graduating from law school, Professor Hirsch clerked for Judge John M. Walker, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  He then practiced environmental law with Sidley & Austin in Washington, D.C. and, subsequently, taught environmental law and property at Drake University Law School and Notre Dame Law School. Professor Hirsch joined the Capital faculty in 1998 and teaches Environmental Law, several advanced environmental law courses, and Property.  His scholarly writing includes a textbook on environmental law practice.  He serves as faculty advisor to the Environmental Law Society
and as coach to the environmental moot court team.