Levin College of Law

Amy L. Stein

Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Hazouri & Roth Professor of Law
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Curriculum

Phone:
(352) 273-0953

About

Amy L. Stein is a Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, nationally recognized for her research on energy policy, particularly with respect to federalism, the regulatory process, and administrative law. Professor Stein focuses her scholarship on the intersection of energy and environmental law within administrative and federalism frameworks, but also explores implications of legal doctrines as applied to artificial intelligence. Her recent work demonstrates how antitrust laws can serve as a useful lever against public utilities resistant to sharing their energy data, 112 California Law Review (forthcoming 2024), challenges unilateral presidential delegations to address energy emergencies, “Energy Emergencies,” 115 Northwestern University Law Review 799 (2020); demonstrates how new artificial intelligence techniques can assist in decarbonization strategies across the electric grid, “Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change,” Yale Law Journal on Regulation (2020); and provides legal strategies for decarbonizing the light-duty vehicle fleet, Chapter 14 (with Joshua Fershée) in LEGAL PATHWAYS TO DEEP DECARBONIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES (ELI Press, Michael B. Gerrard and John C. Dernbach eds) (2019). Prior scholarship focuses on electric grid governance, distributed energy resources, energy storage, reliability, federalism, and climate change, all of which can be accessed at http://ssrn.com/author=1216973. She teaches in the areas of energy law, environmental law, climate change, artificial intelligence, and torts, and she has presented her energy work across the country and internationally, in both academic and policy forums.

Professor Stein began her academic career at George Washington University Law School and Tulane Law School. Prior to her academic appointments, she practiced as an environmental and litigation associate for Latham & Watkins LLP in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley offices. She is a member of the District of Columbia, Illinois, and California state bars and a graduate of the University of Chicago (AB) and the University of Chicago Law School (JD).

Education

J.D., University of Chicago
B.A., University of Chicago

Teaching and Scholarship

Energy, Environmental, Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence, Torts, Federalism, Administrative Law

 

Publications

Articles

  • Rejecting Regulated Data Monopolies, 112 Calif. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024)
  • Domestic Emergency Pretexts, 98 Indiana L. J. 479 (2023) https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj/vol98/iss2/4/
  • Assuming the Risks of Artificial Intelligence, 102 B.U. L. Rev. (2022) https://www.bu.edu/bulawreview/files/2022/04/STEIN.pdf
  • Energy Emergencies, 115 Northwestern University Law Review 799 (2020) https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol115/iss3/3/
  • Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change, 37 Yale Journal on Regulation 101 (2020) [SSRN]
  • A Statutory National Security President, 70 Florida Law Review 1191 (2018) [SSRN]
  • Regulating Reliability, 54 Houston Law Review 1191 (2017) [SSRN]
  • Breaking Energy Path Dependencies, 82 Brooklyn Law Review 559 (2017) [SSRN]
  • Distributed Reliability, 87 University of Colorado Law Review 887 (2016) [SSRN]
  • Reconsidering Regulatory Uncertainty: A Path Forward for Energy Storage, 41 Florida State University Law Review 697 (2014) [SSRN]
  • Renewable Energy Through Agency Action, 84 University of Colorado Law Review 651 (2013) [SSRN]
  • The Tipping Point of Federalism, 45 Connecticut Law Review 217 (2012) [SSRN]
  • Climate Change Under NEPA: Avoiding Cursory Consideration of Greenhouse Gases, 81 University of Colorado Law Review 473 (2010), [SSRN]
  • State Fish Stocking Programs at Risk: Takings Under the Endangered Species Act, 20 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 63 (2010)

Book Chapters

Short Publications