STAFF
DIRECTORY
Director
James
Wilkins
Phone: (225) 578-5936
jwilkins@lsu.edu
Education:
B.S. Biology, Centenary College, 1972; M.S. Biology, Texas A&M
University, 1975; J.D., LSU Law Center, 1987
Experience:
Laboratory instructor, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University,
College Station, Texas, 1976-1978; independent biological consultant,
College Station, Texas, 1975-1978; research associate, Center
for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1979-1981; research associate, Institute for Environmental
Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1981-1983;
coastal resources analyst, Coastal Management Division, Louisiana
Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1983-1984;
research assistant, Sea Grant Legal Program, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1985-1987; research associate (staff attorney)
Sea Grant Legal Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1987-1994; coordinator of legal student research, Sea
Grant Legal Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1994-1997; associate professor/director of Sea Grant
Legal Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
1998-present; standing member of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee, 1995-present;
member, Louisiana State Bar Association; Marine Affairs and Policy
Association
Special Interests:
Environmental law, fisheries and wildlife law, and ocean and coastal
resources law
Member of
CNREP.
Research Associates & Resiliency Specialists
Melissa
Trosclair Daigle
Phone: (225) 578-9968
mtrosc2@lsu.edu
Education: B.A. English,
Nicholls State University, 2003; M.A. English, Louisiana State
University, 2005; J.D., B.C.L., LSU Law Center, 2008
Experience: Graduate teaching assistant, Department of English, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2003-2005; law clerk, Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2006-2008; legal coordinator, Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2008-present; member, Louisiana Crab Task Force; member, Louisiana Wild Caught Crawfish Task Force; affiliate member, Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy; member,
Louisiana State Bar Association
Special Interests:
Environmental law, coastal restoration, and coral aquaculture
Lauren Land
(225) 578-5865
lland1@lsu.edu
Education: B.S. Environmental Science and Policy with a Minor in Geographic Information Systems, University of Maryland – College Park, 2008; M.S. Oceanography and Coastal Sciences with a Minor in Applied Statistics, Louisiana State University, 2010
Experience: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, 2008-2010; Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, 2010; Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA National Sea Grant Office, Silver Spring, Maryland, 2011; Sustainability Coordinator, Louisiana Sea Grant, LSU, 2012 – present
Special Interests: coastal policy; social, economic, and environmental sustainability and resiliency; environmental restoration; smart growth
Eden Davis
edavi43@lsu.edu
Education: B.A. Liberal Arts, Murray State University; J.D/D.C.L. LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 2012.
Experience: LSU Law Center Environmental Law Moot Court Team, LSU Law Center Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, LSU Environmental Law Society President, Vice-President of the LSU Law International Law Society, Summer Study with Cornell University Law School at Pantheon Paris 1 in Paris, France, ACLE Summer English Language Teacher in San Remo, Italy.
Special Interests: Environmental Law, Water Law, Wildlife and Fisheries Protection, Coastal Restoration, International Environmental Law.
Law Clerks
Kellyn Elmer
kellynelmer@gmail.com
Education: B.S. Psychology, Minor: Business Administration, LSU 2010; J.D. Candidate, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center 2013
Experience: Clerk for H. Michael Aaron, Clerk at Kean Miller; Clerk at The Law Offices of Matt Greenbaum; Environmental Law Society Executive Secretary, LSU Law Center Environmental Law Moot Court Team
Special Interests: Environmental law, coastal restoration, natural resources, admiralty law
Gaëlle Forget
forgetgaelle@yahoo.fr
Education: Nursing degree from the Geneva School of Nursing in Switzerland, Master of Business Law degree from the Lyon III University in France, L.L.M candidate at the LSU Law Center 2013.
Experience: Law Clerk in charge of drafting contracts at SICPA (international corporate leader providing security ink in currency paper, based in Lausanne, Switzerland). http://www.sicpa.com/22/931.asp
Special interests: environmental law, coastal restoration, alternative/renewable energy, intellectual property, international law.
Paige Gallaspy
dgallasp@gmail.com
Education: BS Environmental Biology, Tulane 2010; J.D. Candidate, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center 2014
Experience: Natural Resource Advisor for BP oil spill, Matrix New World Engineering 2010-2011; LSU LAW Environmental Law Society; Law Clerk, Harrison Law, LA 2012
Special Interests: Environmental law, natural resources, fish and wildlife, coastal restoration and land use
Michael Heier
michael.s.heier@gmail.com
Education: BA Latin, LSU 2009; BA Political Science, LSU 2010; J.D. Candidate, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center 2013
Experience: Extern, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (2012); Intern, Orleans Parish District Attorney (2012); Student Worker, LSU Aquaculture Research Station (2007-2010
Involvement: LSU LAW Environmental Law Society (Secretary, 2011-12; President, 2012-13), Moot Court Board (Internal Competition Vice President, 2012-13)
Interests: Environmental policy, natural resource management, land use and regulation, fish and wildlife.
Jennifer Maybery
jmaybe3@tigers.lsu.edu
Education: B.A. English Literature, LSU 2004; J.D. candidate, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 2014
Experience: VP of Programming and Support with OUTLaw; Externship at 19 th JDC Public Defender’s Office; Externship at Baton Rouge AIDSLaw; Volunteer Teacher with Adult Literacy Advocates; PILS member; Internship at Townsley Law Firm; Wait Staff Manager at Louie’s Cafe
Special Interests: Public Policy, Public Interest Law, Environmental Law
Adrian Stull
Abstull8@gmail.com
Education: B.S. Agricultural Leadership and Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.; J.D. Candidate, Southern University Law Center, Class of 2013
Experience: Texas AgriLife Extension Service (Extension Assistant), Program Evaluator for the Disaster Case Management Pilot Project implemented by FEMA for assistance with Hurricane Ike recovery
Special Interests: Environmental law, contract law, sports law, property law
