Testimonials
"My favorite part about SURGE! was meeting students from other schools, answering questions and talking with different groups about their projects. It was great because you learned more about other students' research."

- UEI Field Studies Student

Charlie Lord is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. After clerking on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, he founded Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE), an environmental justice center based in Roxbury, and served on ACE’s Board until 2004. He taught environmental law and policy and environmental legal history at Boston College Law School from 1993-1998 and is now a lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at Boston College. He is also on the boards of directors for the Community Rights Council in Washington, D.C. He has published numerous articles on environmental law, environmental justice and environmental policy.