Biography

Education

• BA (Biology), Occidental College, 1982
• MS (Ecology), University of California, Davis, 1984
• JD, Stanford Law School, 1987

Employment

• Law Clerk, District Court Judge Judith N. Keep, Southern District of California, 1987—1988
• Environmental Attorney, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, 1988—1994
• Special Project Attorney, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, 1994—1995
• Legal Director, Public Lands Council, 1994—1996
• Partner, Gunther, Sivas & Walthall (dba Conservation Law Project), 1996—97
• Director, Stanford Environmental Law Clinic, 1997—Present

Professional Affiliations

• President, American Environmental Safety Institute
• Legal Chair, Board of Directors, Turtle Island Restoration Network

Courses

• Environmental Law Clinic
• Law and Science of California Coastal Policy

In the News

• EPA's Environmental Policies
  KALW 91.7 FM - Your Call, April 22, 2008
• Army Engineers Criticize Toll Agency
  Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2008
• 2008 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year
  California Lawyer Magazine, March 01, 2008
• Heeding The Call
  The Recorder, February 25, 2008

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Environmental Law Clinic
• Law and Science of California Coastal Policy

Programs

• Environmental Law Clinic, Director

Publications & Cases

• Deborah A. Sivas and Margaret R. Caldwell, A New Vision for California Ocean Governance: Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Marine Zoning, 27 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 209 (January 2008).
• Meg Caldwell, Peter Morgan, Deborah Sivas, and Alicia Thesing, Local Initiatives to Implement the Endangered Species Act: The Challenge of Developing Habitat Conservation Plans, in The Endangered Species Act and Federalism: Innovative Uses of States and Local Governments for Species Conservation, Kaush Arha and Barton H. Thompson, eds., Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, forthcoming.
• Deborah A. Sivas, If Court Won't Act, Congress Must Tackle Climate Change, San Jose Mercury News, December 4, 2006.