Karrigan Bork (2010)
Fellowship Year: 2010
Academic Background: University of California - Davis - PhD 2011- (Ecology)
Karrigan Bork completed a law degree at Stanford Law School in Spring 2009 and is currently an Ecology PhD candidate working in the Genomic Variation Laboratory at UC Davis. Originally from Lawrence, Kansas, he graduated from the University of Kansas in 2002 and moved to Washington, DC. Karrigan spent 3 years as a Truman Fellow in the Secretary’s Office at US Department of Transportation working on energy policy, climate change, and fuel economy. After three years, Karrigan moved to UC Davis and spent a year pursuing his PhD before heading to Stanford for law school. At Stanford, Karrigan spent two years in the Environmental Law Clinic and litigated cases related to the federal and California Endangered Species Acts. He also cofounded and managed the Stanford Journal of Law, Science, and Policy to provide an outlet for interdisciplinary scholarship for robust, science-based policy papers. His dissertation research involves conservation, with a focus on endangered species issues related to listing and reintroductions of salmonids. He hopes to clerk and then practice law after graduation. He is married and has two children.
Expertise: Environmental Policy & Law, Conservation Science & Biology