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COLLEGE OF LAW
Florida A&M University

Randall S. Abate

Associate Professor of Law

Phone: 407-254-4044
Email: randall.abate@famu.edu

Professor Abate teaches courses in environmental law, international and comparative law, and constitutional law. Professor Abate joined the FAMU College of
Law faculty in 2009 with fifteen years of full-time law teaching experience at Vermont Law School, Widener University School of Law–Harrisburg, Rutgers
School of Law–Camden, Florida Coastal School of Law, and Florida State University College of Law. He also taught International Environmental Law in a
summer abroad program at the University of Nairobi Law School in 1998, and International Ocean Law and Select Topics in U.S./Carribean Environmental Law
in a winter intersession program at the Cayman Islands Law School in January 2008 and 2009. He has published widely on environmental law topics, with a
recent emphasis on climate change law and policy. His climate change articles have been published in the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy (2006),
Stanford Environmental Law Journal (2007), Connecticut Law Review (2008), William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review (2008), and Duke
Environmental Law and Policy Forum (2009). Between his years in academia at Vermont and Widener, Professor Abate handled environmental law matters
at two law firms in Manhattan. He holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester and a J.D. and M.S.E.L. (Environmental Law and Policy) from Vermont Law
School.

Office Hours: Assistant :

Drop by, or schedule an appointment Celia de Almeida
Office: 407-254-3234

Courses taught by Professor Abate: Links:

Constitutional Law I CV

Constitutional Law II Full Publications List

Environmental Law Video:

International Environmental Law

Publications by Professor Abate:

Books

Directory of Environmental Law Education Opportunities at American Law Schools (Carolina Academic Press 2007)

Articles

Public Nuisance Suits for the Climate Justice Movement: The Right Thing and the Right Time, 85 Wash. L. Rev. 197 (2010) (lead article, symposium
issue)
Sowing Seeds Uncertain: Ocean Iron Fertilization, Climate Change, and the International Environmental Law Framework, 27 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 555
(2010) (with Andrew B. Greenlee)
A Green Solution to Climate Change: The Hybrid Approach to Crediting Reductions in Tropical Deforestation, 20 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol’y F. 87 (2009) (with
Todd A. Wright)
Marine Protected Areas as a Mechanism to Promote Marine Mammal Conservation: International and Comparative Law Lessons for the United States, 88
Or. L. Rev. 255 (2009)
Massachusetts v. EPA and the Future of Environmental Standing in Climate Change Litigation and Beyond, 33 Wm. & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol’y Rev. 121
(2008) (invited)

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Automobile Emissions and Climate Change Impacts: Employing Public Nuisance Doctrine as Part of a “Global Warming Solution” in California, 40 Conn.
L. Rev. 591 (2008) (lead article)
Climate Change, the United States, and the Impacts of Arctic Melting: A Case Study in the Need for Enforceable International Environmental Rights, 26A
Stan. Envtl. L.J. 3 (2007) (lead article, symposium issue)

Full Publications List

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