Nick Schroeck
Nick Schroeck
Associate Dean, Experiential Education
Associate Professor of Law
Degrees
- J.D. Wayne State University '07
- B.A. Elmhurst College '02
Biography
Nick Schroeck is an environmental law expert whose work focuses on air pollution, water pollution, environmental justice, transportation, and citizen suit enforcement. He previously served as Executive Director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. Professor Schroeck has litigated cases for several prominent environmental advocacy organizations, including Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Michigan Environmental Council, National Wildlife Federation, and Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Professor Schroeck joined the Detroit Mercy Law Faculty in 2018 as the Director of Clinical Programs and Associate Professor of Law. He was appointed Associate Dean of Experiential Education in 2019. He previously directed the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic and taught Environmental Law at Wayne State University Law School.
Professor Schroeck and his wife Liz enjoy gardening, travel and craft cidermaking.
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Courses Taught
Environmental Law Clinic
Advanced Environmental Law Clinic
Environmental Law
Externships
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Selected Publications
The Flint Water Crisis, Drinking Water Regulations and Gaps in Lead, Copper, and Legionella Protections Volume 98 of the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, Vol. 98, Forthcoming
The Flint Water Crisis and Legionella: Harm to Public Health from Failure to Warn. The Journal of Law in Society, 18 J. L. Society 155 (2018).
A Changing Environment in China: The Ripe Opportunity for Environmental Law Clinics to Increase Public Participation and to Shape Law and Policy. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 18, Winter 2016
Microplastic Pollution in the Great Lakes: State, Federal, and Common Law Solutions. University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, Vol 93, Issue Two, Spring 2016
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Selected Presentations
Equal Justice Works – 2020 Conference and Career Fair, Pathways to a Career in Environmental Law (Moderator) (Washington, D.C., virtual appearance, October 23, 2020)
Citizens for Peace – Environmental Justice and Public Engagement (Royal Oak, MI, June 9, 2020)
State of the Straits Conference – Climate Change Law and Policy University of Windsor (Windsor, Ontario, November 19, 2019)
Great Lakes Water Conference – PFAS and Water Quality (Moderator) (University of Toledo Law School, Toledo, OH, November 8, 2019)
Vermont Law School Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship -- "The Quebec Act of 1774 and the Great Lakes." (South Royalton, VT, September 21, 2019)
InVivo Planetary Health conference at the Detroit Yacht Club -- Keynote: Environmental Law - litigation and legal channels in change making for social and ecological justice. (Detroit, MI, May 17, 2019)
Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Restoration Conference -- Creation of a Great Lakes Bi-National Climate Adaptation Strategy (Detroit, MI, May 9, 2019)
Real Property Law Section, State Bar of Michigan Summer Conference – Water Law Roundtable (Chrystal Mountain, MI, July 20-21, 2018)
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference - Great Lakes Water Law (Eugene, OR (by Skype) March 2, 2018
Environmental Justice in Practice – Hosted conference at Wayne Law in partnership with University of Chicago School of Law, American Bar Association, Environmental Law Institute and Great Lakes Environmental Law Center
(Detroit, MI, January 26, 2018)
