Robin Morris Collin

Robin Morris Collin is the Norma J. Paulus Professor of law at Willamette University College of Law in Oregon. Her latest publications include ENERGY CHOICES: HOW TO POWER THE FUTURE (2 volumes, ABC-CLIO, 2014) (coedited with Robert W. Collin), “Restoration and Redemption” in MORAL GROUND: ETHICAL ACTION FOR A PLANET IN PERIL (a collection including the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Barack Obama, and others)(Trinity University Press, 2010), and THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUSTAINABILITY: VOLUME 1: ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY, VOLUME 2: BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, VOLUME 3:EQUITY AND FAIRNESS (coauthored with Robert William Collin)(Greenwood Press, 2010).

She is the first US law professor to teach sustainability courses in a US law school. She has been awarded the Oregon Woman of Achievement Award for 2012, David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award from the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, the Leadership in Sustainability Award from the Oregon State Bar, the Campus Compact Faculty Award for Civic Engagement in Sustainability, and the national Environmental Justice Achievement Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for her work with the Oregon Environmental Justice Task Force. She is a Commissioner of the Oregon Commission on Black Affairs. She has been recognized as a Founder and Leader of the Sustainable Futures Section of the Oregon State Bar. Morris Collin also served as the founding chair of the legislatively created Oregon Environmental Justice Taskforce. She was a founding board member of the Environmental Justice Action Group of Portland, and a founding member Lawyers for a Sustainable Future. While at the University of Oregon, she cofounded the Conference against Environmental Racism and the Sustainable Business Symposium both of which continue into their second decade.