Paul Rink

Paul Rink is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Prior to his current position, Paul worked at the climate law firm, Our Children’s Trust, representing young people from around the world in legal efforts to secure their right to a safe climate system. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2012, Paul spent a year and half teaching soil science and environmental science to Singaporean students at Ngee Ann Polytechnic as a Princeton in Asia Fellow. He then extended his fellowship position for an additional year, working on policy advocacy at the International Water Management Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Immediately after earning his JD from Yale Law School and a Master of Environmental Management degree from the Yale School of the Environment in 2019, he worked in Australia as a forest restoration consultant for Conservation International. Following this consultancy position, Paul researched the impact of business interests on international environmental law as a Fox Fellow in Mexico City before heading to Portland, Oregon for his position at Our Children’s Trust. In that role, he helped implement a successful campaign to enshrine 100% renewable energy targets in Florida’s electricity sector.