Profile

Since joining the Richmond Law faculty in 1994, Professor Joel Eisen has had an illustrious career as a prolific and well-respected energy law scholar. In addition to courses in energy law, he teaches courses in federal administrative law and environmental law and policy. He is a co-author of a widely adopted textbook on energy law, Energy, Economics and the Environment, and the author of a comprehensive book on Advanced Introduction to Renewable Energy. He has also authored numerous books, book chapters, treatises, and law review articles on administrative agency regulation and energy topics. In recognition of his contributions to scholarship, the University of Richmond granted him its Distinguished Scholar Award in 2022 and Richmond Law named him the inaugural Austin Owen Research Fellow for 2013-2018. Professor Eisen is a graduate of the Stanford Law School (J.D. 1985) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. degree in Civil Engineering in 1981).