Maxine A. Burkett

Professor of Law

University of Hawai'i at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law

2009 - Current

Assistant Director for Climate, Ocean, and Equity

THE WHITE HOUSE

2023 - 2024

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Fisheries and Polar Affairs

U.S. Department of State

2022 - 2023

Senior Advisor to the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

Co-Founder & Senior Advisor

Institute for Climate and Peace

2018 - 2021

Global Fellow

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

2017 - 2020

Public Policy Fellow, Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

Fellow, Cohort II

Omidyar Fellows Hawaii

2013 - 2014

Director

Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy

2009 - 2012

Associate Professor

University of Colorado Boulder

2005 - 2008

Associate

Paul Johnson Park & Niles, Honolulu, HI

2004 - 2005

Law Clerk for the The Honorable Susan Illston, United States District Court

Northern District of California, San Francisco, CA

2003 - 2004

Law Clerk, Public Interest Fellow.

Davis Levin Livingston Grande, Honolulu

2002 - 2003

University of California, Berkeley School of Law

J.D. (2002)

1999 - 2002

Honors: Jonathan Wilcox Scholarship, American Jurisprudence Award for Feminist Legal Theory, Spring 2002

Activities: Law Students of African Descent (’99-’02), Admissions Committee (Spring ’01), African American Law & Policy Report, Editor-in-Chief (’00), Berkeley Journal of International Law, Senior Member (’99-’00)

Williams College

B.A. (1998) | Political Science

1994 - 1998

Honors: cum laude; Weber H. Arkenburgh Memorial Scholarship (1998), Mead Government Intern Scholar (1997); Dean’s List (1994-1998); Bronfman Family Scholarship (1996)

AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE

Member

2018 - Current

Hugo Observatory

Member

2017 - Current

Center for Progressive Reform

Member Scholar

2015 - Current

International Law Association

Member

2009 - Current

Hawai'i State Bar Association

Member

2005 - Current