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Kiran Chawla
Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow, Lecturer in LawBiography
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
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
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
Stanford Law School
Teaching Assistant, Climate Law and Policy, Spring 2020
Energy and Environmental Economics
Senior Consultant, June 2015 - February 2020
University of Michigan, Ann Harbor
Graduate Student Instructor, Economics and the Environment, Fall 2014