Dynamic and levelheaded, Rock Pring makes complex law, science, and policy succinct and understandable. He has represented businesses, governments, and public interest groups. Rock has been regional counsel for Environmental Defense, advised governments in the US and abroad, and litigated cases on government natural resource programs. He has served on numerous national and international regulatory and advisory boards and chaired the State of Colorado Hazardous Waste Commission.

Rock and his colleagues at the University of Denver have teamed up with the World Resources Institute to publish an in-depth Environmental Courts and Tribunals study by the end of 2009. The report will give findings, analysis, examples, and recommendations of best-practices from around the world. The findings, which are applicable to both water courts and integrated environmental courts and tribunals, underscore the relationship of water law both to (1) land use planning and (2) environmental regulation and enforcement.

A tenured professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Rock teaches international environmental law, international water law, environmental law, constitutional law, administrative regulatory law, and supervises the Water Law Review. He has also taught in the graduate school of Environmental Science and Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines for over twenty years. Rock holds a B.A. (honors) from Harvard University and J.D. (honors) from the University of Michigan.

rpring@watermarkinitiative.com