administrator
Sam Panarella
Dean
Law School
Education
1998 | Lewis & Clark Law School | JD |
1995 | University of Montana | BA |
Teaching
- Climate Change Law
- Contracts
- Renewable Energy Law
- Endangered Species
- Environmental law
Programs
Programs
Research
Research awards
- $ 75,000 awarded by Executive Office of the Trial Court for Justice Bridge Trial Court Agreement FY2024
Select publications
- Sam Panarella, Ada Stepleton, Peter Yould (2022).
Renewable Energy Development on State Trust Lands
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum - Sam Panarella (2022).
History of Federal Energy Regulation
Law of Distributed Generation, American Bar Association - Sam Panarella, Sandi Zellmer, Oliver Wood (2020).
Species Conservation and Recovery through Adequate Regulatory Mechanisms
Harvard Environmental Law Review - Sam Panarella, Jody Lowenstein (2018).
Troubled Water: Building a Bridge to Clean Energy through Small Hydropower Regulatory Reform
UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy - Sam Panarella (2017).
A Bird in the Hand: Shotguns, Deadly Oil Pits, Cute Kittens, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
University of Virginia Environmental Law Journal
Sam Panarella was appointed to serve as the Dean of UMass Law in 2023. Prior to his deanship, Dean Panarella was a Professor of Law at University of Montana School of Law and the Executive Director of the Max Baucus Institute at the University of Montana. His research and teaching interests include energy, climate change, environmental, and business law. His recent scholarship appears in Harvard Environmental Law Review, Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, and University of Virginia Environmental Law Journal. Dean Panarella has extensive experience teaching and running legal programs in China and Europe.
Dean Panarella is a graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School. After law school, he served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Otto R. Skopil, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Latest from Sam
Mentioned in
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- Aug 26, 2024 UMass Law welcomes largest and most diverse class in school's history
- Aug 13, 2024 UMass Law welcomes two visiting professors for 2024-25 academic year
- Aug 5, 2024 UMass Law forms Dean's Advisory Board
- Jun 27, 2024 UMass Law students gain global perspective in Lisbon
- Jan 29, 2024 UMass Law students champion funding for civil legal aid
- Nov 14, 2023 UMass Law students assist newly arrived migrant families in MA shelter
- Sep 18, 2023 UMass Law's Class of 2026 urged to Pursue Justice