Uma Outka
Subjects: Energy Law, Environmental Law, Property
Phone: 785-864-9241
E-mail: uoutka@ku.edu
Office: 402 Green Hall
Profile
Professor Outka joined the KU Law faculty as an associate professor in 2011. She teaches environmental law, energy law and related courses, as well as property. Before coming to KU Law, Outka spent two years as a Visiting Scholar in Energy and Land Use Law at the Florida State University College of Law. As a faculty research partner with FSU's Institute for Energy Systems, Economics and Sustainability (IESES), Outka directed a Sustainable Energy Research Project aimed at understanding and advancing legal frameworks to support sustainable energy development. She taught Sustainable Development Law and organized a national symposium on energy and land use issues at FSU. Before entering academia, Outka served as general counsel for 1000 Friends of Florida, a non-profit advocacy organization focused on growth management, environmental conservation and affordable housing, and worked as a litigation attorney at a large Northeast law firm, Verrill Dana LLP in Portland, Maine. She is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Maine School of Law and holds a master's in public policy and administration from the Muskie School of Public Service.
Representative Publications
"The Renewable Energy Footprint," 30 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 241-309 (2011); "Siting Renewable Energy: Land Use and Regulatory Context," Ecology Law Quarterly 1041-1105 (2010); "NEPA and Environmental Justice: Integration, Implementation, and Judicial Review," Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 601-25 (2006).
Curriculum vitae with complete publications list
Research Interests
Environmental law, energy law, climate law and policy, administrative law, sustainable development, environmental justice, land use and natural resources law.
Education
J.D., summa cum laude, University of Maine School of Law, 2005; M.A., Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, 2005; B.A., University of Virginia, 1995.
Admitted
Maine, 2005; Florida, 2008
Career History
Associate, Verrill Dana LLP, 2004 (summer), general litigation, 2005-07; General Counsel, 1000 Friends of Florida, 2007-09; Visiting Scholar in Energy and Land Use Law, Florida State University College of Law, 2009-11; Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Law, 2011-present.