Faculty and Advisors
Conceived by Professors Kojo Yelpaala and Stephen A. McCaffrey, the Institute's founding faculty members are Professors McCaffrey and Gregory S. Weber. Professor McCaffrey, one of the world's foremost experts on international water resources law, is a former chairman of the International Law Commission. As the ILC's "special rapporteur" for international watercourses, he guided the ILC's work that formed the basis of the 1997 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational uses of International Watercourses. Professor McCaffrey currently serves as legal consultant to the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework, a UN-sponsored project to forge a multinational agreement on utilization of the Nile's water resources. A frequent international traveler, McCaffrey has argued in front of The World Court, taught environmental law courses in German at Swiss universities, advised the State Department, and represented foreign governments in river-use disputes. A member of the Pacific McGeorge faculty since 1977, he has published several books and more than 50 articles in law journals.
Professor Weber, who will serve as the Institute's initial Director, is an acknowledged expert in California water resources law. For the last 5 years, he has also been an associate mediator and facilitator with the Center for Collaborative Policy, a joint project of Pacific McGeorge and the California State University, Sacramento. Among other projects for the Center, he has spent the past three years consulting on a collaborative update to the California state water plan. He also serves as a dispute resolution consultant with the Forest Stewardship Council, an international NGO based in Bonn, Germany.
Professor Weber has published extensively on California water resources law, and is co-author, along with Pacific McGeorge Professor John Sprankling, of the "Law of Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substances in a Nutshell."
Joining Professors McCaffrey and Weber is Professor Rachael Salcido. Professor Salcido comes to Pacific McGeorge from an energy and environmental law practice. She is currently researching issues involving offshore oil production. Other Pacific faculty members, from both the Pacific McGeorge campus and the Stockton, California, campus, are also expected to participate in Institute programs and activities.
