Luis Inaraja Vera, J.D., LL.M.

Assistant Professor of Law

Professor Inaraja Vera’s research focuses on environmental and natural resources law. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review, Utah Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, Harvard Environmental Law Review, Harvard...

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Education & Curriculum Vitae

J.D., New York University School of Law

LL.M., summa cum laude, Environmental Law, Vermont Law School

LL.M. Environmental Law, University of the Basque Country

LL.B., University of Barcelona

B.S., Environmental Science, University of Girona

Courses Taught

Advanced Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Seminar

Environmental Law

Water Law

Property


Professor Inaraja Vera’s research focuses on environmental and natural resources law. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review, Utah Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, Harvard Environmental Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, and other U.S. and European legal publications.

Prior to joining the Gonzaga Law faculty, Professor Inaraja Vera held research positions at New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy and Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute. During his time at Indiana University--Bloomington, Professor Inaraja Vera taught at the Maurer School of Law.

Before entering academia, Professor Inaraja Vera was an associate attorney with the environmental practice group of the international law firm Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira. While in law school, he worked on environmental and natural resources cases with Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Natural Resources Division of the Utah Attorney General’s Office.

Voluntary Regulation, 49 Harvard Environmental Law Review (forthcoming 2025).

, 102 Washington University Law Review 479 (2024).

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44 Cardozo Law Review 274 (2022).

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2020 Utah Law Review 795 (2020).

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56 Harvard Journal on Legislation 199 (2019).

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N.Y.U. Furman Center Policy Brief (2018).

[Cities and Climate Change: Experiences from U.S. Municipalities], 46 Cuadernos de Derecho Local 169 (2018) (invited contribution).

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53 Tulsa Law Review 33 (2017).
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17 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 394 (2016).
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27 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 199 (2015).