Amy L. Stein

Professor Stein’s recent work demonstrates how the future of AI is intricately tied to the clean energy transition, arguing for revised alignment between public and private law related to the electric grid, utilities, and Big Tech to facilitate both developments successfully (See Chapter 21 on Sustainable AI in the OXFORD UNIVERSITY HANDBOOK ON GENERATIVE AI (Oxford University Press, 2024). Her work also demonstrates how antitrust laws can serve as a useful lever against public utilities resistant to sharing their energy data, 112 California Law Review (forthcoming 2024), challenges unilateral presidential delegations to address energy emergencies, “Energy Emergencies,” 115 Northwestern University Law Review 799 (2020); demonstrates how new artificial intelligence techniques can assist in decarbonization strategies across the electric grid, “Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change,” Yale Law Journal on Regulation (2020); and provides legal strategies for decarbonizing the light-duty vehicle fleet, Chapter 14 (with Joshua Fershée) in LEGAL PATHWAYS TO DEEP DECARBONIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES (ELI Press, Michael B. Gerrard and John C. Dernbach eds) (2019). Prior scholarship focuses on electric grid governance, distributed energy resources, energy storage, reliability, federalism, and climate change, all of which can be accessed at http://ssrn.com/author=1216973. She teaches in the areas of energy law, environmental law, climate change, artificial intelligence, and torts, and she has presented her energy work across the country and internationally, in both academic and policy forums.

Professor Stein began her academic career at George Washington University Law School and Tulane Law School. Prior to her academic appointments, she practiced as an environmental and litigation associate for Latham & Watkins LLP in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley offices. She is a member of the District of Columbia, Illinois, and California state bars and a graduate of the University of Chicago (AB) and the University of Chicago Law School (JD).