Amy Hardberger

ph: (210) 436-3713
email: ahardberger@stmarytx.edu

Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., 1994, Earlham College
M.S., 2001, University of Texas at San Antonio
J.D.,(with honors) 2005, Texas Tech University School of Law

Before St. Mary’s:

Hardberger,a registered professional geoscientist, served as an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) prior to joining the faculty at
St. Mary's School of Law. There, she was national co-leader for the National Petroleum Council Environmental and Regulatory Section Study, led the partnership with cities and interfaced with Texas state agencies on municipal water conservation policies, and was the lead on the organization’s efforts to stop authorization of TXU Energy’s proposed coal plants. She also created and authored a blog on Texas water policy.

Before EDF, she clerked for the Hon. William Wayne Justice, Eastern District, and worked as an environmental consultant and project manager for Universe Technologies, Inc., at Kelly Air Force Base. She began her teaching career as a visiting professor at Texas Tech University School of Law teaching Land Use Planning, International Water Law and Texas Environmental Law among others.

Specialties:

Water Law and Policy
Property Law
Environmental Law
Land Use Planning, Administrative Law

Publications:

"Powering the Tap Dry: Regulatory Alternatives for the Energy Water Nexus," Colorado Law Review, forthcoming March 2013
“Managing the Risks of CO2 Sequestration,” Southwest Hydrology September/October (2009) (coauthored with Scott Anderson)
“Energy-Water Nexus in Texas,” Environmental Defense Fund Publication (2009) (coauthored with University of Texas)
“The Facts about Texas Water” in TEXAS LAW OF WATER RESOURCES (State Bar Books) (2009) (coauthored with Prof. Gabriel Eckstein)
“State Practice in the Management and Allocation of Transboundary Ground Water Resources in North America” 18 Yearbook of International Environmental Law 96 (2008)(coauthored with Prof. Gabriel Eckstein)
“Why We Do the Things We Do?: The Role of Ethics in Water Resource Planning,” 6 Santa Clara Journal of International Law 129 (2008)
“From Policy to Reality: Maximizing Urban Water Conservation in Texas” Environmental Defense Fund Publication (2008)
“Summaries from the Symposium: Precious, Worthless, or Immensurable: The Value and Ethic of Water,” Proceedings of Precious, Worthless, or Immensurable: The Value and Ethic of Water, First Water Symposium, ICASALS Publication no. 2005-1 (edited with Prof. Gabriel Eckstein)
“Whose Job it is Anyway?: Governmental Obligations Created by the Human Right to Water,” 41 Texas International Law Journal 533 (2006)
“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Water: Evaluating Water as a Human Right and the Duties and Obligations it Creates,” 4 Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights 331,(2005)
“What Lies Beneath: Determining the Necessity of International Groundwater Policy Along the United States–Mexico Border and a Roadmap to an Agreement,” 35 Texas Tech Law Review 1212 (2004)

Presentations:

“Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources,” Air and Waste Management Association Conference, San Antonio, TX
“Powering the Tap Dry: Regulatory Alternatives for the Energy Water Nexus,” Faculty Exchange Program, Texas Wesleyan School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
“Drought, Development and Ethics,” Texas Water Law CLE, San Antonio, TX
“Water Quality Concerns and Regulatory Alternatives for Shale Gas Development,” Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Production CLE, Houston, TX
“From Top to Bottom: Potential Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing and Policy Solutions,” Texas Wesleyan School of Law, Fort Worth, TX
“Ethics and the Human Right to Water,” St. Edwards University Speaker, Austin, TX
"Water Wars: Can CHP Provide a Solution?," Combined Heat and Power Tradeshow and Conference, Houston, TX
“The Ethical Foundation of Texas Water Law,” Texas Water Law CLE, San Antonio, TX
“Regulating the Energy/Water Nexus,” Groundwater Protection Council 2010 Water Energy Sustainability Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA
“International River Boundaries: U.S./Mexico, a Case Study,” River Boundaries: Practicalities and Solutions, International Boundary Research Unit, Durham, England
“Water: The Rush for Blue Gold,” Clean Texas Forum, Austin, TX

Highlights:

Vice-Chair Resource Management Commission, Appointed by Councilmember Laura Morrison, Austin Texas (2009-2010)
Member - Board of Directors, Texas Tech School of Law Center for Water Law and Policy
Member – Board of Directors, University of Texas Environmental Law Clinic
Member - Phi Delta Phi, Texas Tech School of Law
State of Texas Registered Professional Geoscientist #703