Professor of Law; Faculty Director; Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute; Faculty Director, State-Federal Climate Resource Center
B.A., Northwestern; M.A., J.D., University of Virginia

Office Location: McDonough 506

Assistant: Tselane-Danielle Holloway

Phone: 9066

Biography

Professor Byrne joined the Law Center faculty in 1985. After graduation from the University of Virginia law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Frank Coffin and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell and then worked as an associate with the D.C. firm of Covington & Burling. He teaches and writes in the areas of Property, Land Use, Constitutional Law, and Higher Education Law and Policy. He served as Associate Dean for the JD Program from 1997 to 2000. He was John Carroll Research Professor in 1996-97.