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Kiran Chawla

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Kiran Chawla

Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow, Lecturer in Law

Biography
Kiran Chawla is a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago. Her research explores the law, economics, and politics of developing and implementing just climate and energy policy. Kiran holds a PhD in Environment and Resources, an MA in Economics, and a JD from Stanford University. Before Stanford, Kiran worked at Energy & Environmental Economics (E3) on long term resource planning and market design issues for high renewable energy systems. She has earned a BTech from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, and an MS in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Education and Experience

Education

Stanford Law School

JD, 2025

Stanford University

PhD in Environment and Resources, 2025
MA in Economics, 2022

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

MS in Natural Resources and Environment, 2015

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India

Bachelor’s in Technology, 2013

 

Professional Experience

University of Chicago Law School

Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow, Lecturer in Law, August 2025–present

Communities for a Better Environment

Legal Fellow, Summer 2022

Energy and Environmental Economics

Senior Consultant, June 2015 - February 2020

 

Teaching Experience

Stanford Law School

Teaching Assistant, Climate Law and Policy, Spring 2020

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Graduate Student Instructor, Economics and the Environment, Fall 2014

Publications

Working Papers

  • Who Pays for Climate Change? 52 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law (forthcoming 2027)

  • Embedded Equity in Climate Investments, 6 American Journal of Law and Equality (forthcoming 2026)

  • Compensation for climate change loss and damages (L&D), 51 William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy (forthcoming 2026)

Presentations

2026

  • American Law and Economics Association (ALEA) Annual Meeting
  • Chicago Junior Scholars Colloquium Spring 2026

2025

  • Emerging Climate Law Workshop, University of San Diego School of Law 
  • DePaul Health Law Colloquium 
  • Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship 
  • American Law and Economics Association (ALEA) Annual Meeting 
  • Law and Society Association Annual Meeting 
  • Annual Environmental and Energy Economics (EEE) Research Festival