Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar.
(Environmental Law; International Environmental Law; Torts; Products
Liability; Law and Economics.) Professor Latin joined the faculty in
1976. He earned a B.A. from Brandeis and a J.D. from the University of
California at Berkeley, where he was lead articles editor of the California Law Review
and a member of the Order of the Coif. Professor Latin has published
many essays in the environmental law, torts, and product liability
fields. He is now working on a book entitled Saving Nature Despite
Fools, Felons, and Experts. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia
during 1992 and in South Africa during 1997, and he has traveled to
more than 30 countries in the past decade while conducting research on
nature conservation issues. Professor Latin has been a visiting
professor at the Georgetown Law Center and UCLA Law School, and a
visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley and the
Richardson Law School of the University of Hawaii. He is a member of
the American Law Institute, and has served as a consultant to a variety
of environmental agencies and advocacy groups. His favorite
recreational pastime is scuba diving with sharks.
