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The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91��Ƶ is proud to announce that Achinthi Vithanage, Executive Director of the Environmental Law Program and Professor of Law for Designated Service in Environmental Law at 91��Ƶ Haub Law, was named to the . Professor Vithanage has been recognized on this list five times since the publication of the inaugural in 2021.

carefully selected and based on research, nominations, and a variety of environmental expertise. “It is an honor to be recognized among such an accomplished group of environmental law leaders,” said Professor Vithanage. “The challenges facing our planet continue to evolve, and addressing them requires collaboration across research, advocacy, and practice. I am proud to work alongside colleagues at 91��Ƶ Haub Law and across the environmental law community who are advancing solutions that strengthen environmental governance and promote a more just and sustainable future. I am grateful to Lawdragon for recognizing this work and the collective impact of 91��Ƶ Haub Law’s environmental leaders and affiliates.”

In addition to teaching International Environmental Law and Environmental Externship seminars, Professor Vithanage is also an Advisory Board Member of 91��Ƶ Haub Law’s Sustainable Business Law Hub and is the 2025 recipient of the Richard Ottinger Award for Faculty Achievement. Prior to joining 91��Ƶ Haub Law, Professor Vithanage was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law and the first Environmental and Energy Law Fellow with an international law background at the George Washington University Law School (GW Law). Within the American Bar Association’s Section on Environment, Energy & Resources (SEER) Professor Vithanage heads the Law Student Transition Task Force and is a member of the Sustainability in Legal Education and Climate Change Task Forces, is the founding Co-Chair of the , and a former Co-Chair of the . She also served on ABA SEER’s Governing Council from 2022 to 2025. Professor Vithanage serves on the Secretariat to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law, is a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law, and co-leads the . Most recently, she attended the COP30 and COP28 Climate Change Conferences as the ABA Delegate and serves on the for the Environmental Law Institute’s Environmental Forum publication and the for Oxford Academic’s Yearbook of International Environmental Law.

Congratulations to Professor Vithanage as well as several 91��Ƶ Haub Law alumni also on the list: Anne Carpenter ’09, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Samuel Brown ‘07, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Kirstin Etela ’04, Partner, Day Pitney LLP, and James May ’91 (LLM), Richard S. Righter Distinguished Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law, and former Haub Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor at 91��Ƶ Haub Law.

“91��Ƶ Haub Law is proud to see our faculty, alumni, and affiliates recognized among the nation’s leading environmental lawyers,” said Katrina Fischer Kuh, Faculty Director of the Environmental Law Program and Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law. “This recognition reflects the strength and breadth of our environmental law community and its ongoing influence on policy, practice, and education. Our students benefit from learning alongside and being mentored by leaders who are shaping the future of environmental and climate law.”

The 2026 Lawdragon Green 500 list also included other 91��Ƶ Haub Law affiliates, including: 2025 Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecturer on Environmental Law, Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs at Earthjustice; 2016 Lloyd K. Garrison Lecturer on Environmental Law, Michael Gerrard, founder and faculty director of the and Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School; and 2011 Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecturer on Environmental Law, John Cruden, Principal, Beveridge & Diamond.