Cymie Payne.

Cymie Payne

Cymie will serve as Director of CCELP’s new Global Commons Project and Associate Director of CCELP. The GCP will develop the influence of environmental law on global policy. Payne comes to Boalt Hall after six years at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva, where she was a senior attorney responsible for an international team of lawyers and technical experts assessing claims of damage to the environment and public health from conflict in the Persian Gulf. Most recently, Payne participated in an initiative by Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan and Iraq to develop environmental cooperation in the Gulf region. She received an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, a joint program of Tufts and Harvard universities that is based in Massachusetts, and her J.D. from Boalt.

"She brings a strong international dimension to the program, which is essential as environmental issues become increasingly global," said Daniel Farber, CCELP’s Faculty Director.

Of her return to Boalt Hall, Payne said, "Boalt is perfectly positioned to take its leadership on the environment to even greater heights. We have an exceptional team that will draw on the intellectual assets of the law school while collaborating with other schools throughout the university."