Howard S. Schiffman

• Teaching and Learning
• Environmental Conservation Education

Howard S. Schiffman is an international lawyer and consultant to NGOs and other international organizations in such areas as the law of the sea and marine conservation law and policy. He teaches Contemporary Environmental Debates, International Environmental Goverance and the Environmental Conservation Education internship course. Howard's research interests include various aspects of marine conservation, international environmental governance and dispute settlement. Dr. Schiffman has published two books on environmental conservation (Marine Conservation Agreements, Martinus Nijhoff-Brill (2008) and Green Issues and Debates: An A-to-Z Guide (ed.), Sage (2011)) as well as numerous scholarly articles. Howard is committed to environmental education as a tool to address serious environmental problems. He earned a B.A. from Boston University, a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, a LL.M. (Master of Laws) in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University Law School and a Ph.D. from the Cardiff University Law School (Wales, UK). He is admitted to practice law in New York State. In 2010 Dr. Schiffman was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand where he researched the development of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) and served as a visiting professor at Waikato University Law School. Prior to coming to NYU Steinhardt, Dr. Schiffman was the founding academic director of the NYU graduate program in Global Affairs (SCPS). Howard has taught at Yeshiva University in New York City and was a staff attorney with the Criminal Defense Division of the Legal Aid Society of New York.