Karin P. Sheldon is a Professor of Law, Associate Dean for the Environmental Law Program, and Director of the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School. She teaches and writes in the areas of natural 
resources and environmental law, including federal land management, wildlife conservation, water resources allocation, and watershed management and protection. 

Prior to joining the faculty at Vermont Law School, Professor Sheldon was President of the Wilderness Society in Washington, DC, a staff attorney with the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund in Colorado, a partner in a public interest law firm, and one of Ralph Nader’s original “raiders.” Her work included efforts on behalf of environmental organizations and Native American tribes on issues of mining and oil and gas development, endangered species protection, and federal reserved water rights.

Professor Sheldon serves on the Board of Directors of Defenders of Wildlife, EarthWorks, and the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Environmental Law Institute, and the Advisory Board of the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado School of Law.

She received her AB in Political Science from Vassar College and her JD from the University of Washington School of Law. 

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