Admitted
1969, Massachusetts; 1971, District of Columbia; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard University, J.D. cum laude, 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
Radcliffe College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1966
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1989); American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 2002—; Natural Resources, Environment and Energy Sections); American Law Institute; Judicial Conference, D.C. Circuit
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1986—. Court Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1970-1971. Author: Lois Schiffer and Sylvia Quast, Public Lands Litigation in the Geography of Hope, 1 Wyoming Law Review 413 (2001); Lois J. Schiffer and Timothy J. Dowling, Tepoel Lecture: Government Works! Case Studies in Environmental Protection, 32 Creighton Law Review No. 3, p. 781 (February 1999); Lois J. Schiffer and Ann C. Juliano, Reform of Environmental Regulations: Three Points, Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 12, No. 3, p. 175 (Winter 1998); Lois J. Schiffer and Jeremy D. Heep, Forests, Wetlands and the Superfund: Three Examples of Environmental Protection Promoting Jobs, The Journal of Corporation Law, Vol 22, No. 3, p. 571 (Spring 1997); Lois J. Schiffer, Address, The Wednesday Luncheon Session of The American Law Institute, May 21, 1997, The American Law Institute, Remarks and Addresses, 74th Annual Meeting, the Mayflower, Washington, DC. (May 19-22, 1997), at p. 43. (about environmental crimes enforcement); Lois J. Schiffer and Robin L. Juni, Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Department of Justice, 11 Natural Resources & Environment, Number 1, p.11. (Summer, 1996); Lois J. Schiffer and Allison B. Rumsey, Criminal Enforcement in a Cooperative Environment, 7 NRLI News 1 (Natural Resources Law Institute, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College) (Winter 1996); Lois J. Schiffer and James F. Simon, The Reality of Prosecuting Environmental Criminals: A Response to Professor Lazarus, 83 Georgetown Law Journal 2531 (September 1995). Assistant Attorney General, 1993-2001. Chief, General Litigation Section, 1978-1981, and Special Litigation Counsel, 1981-1984, Land and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice; General Counsel, National Public Radio, 1984-1989. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.