Kevin X. Chen

Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law
Education

J.D., Yale Law School, 2023 
B.A., Columbia University, 2017

Courses Taught
  • Environmental Protection Clinic
Kevin Chen is smiling at the camera on a sunny day.

Kevin Chen is a Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. He most recently was a Legal Fellow at the Environment, Equity & Justice Center of the Natural Resources Defense Council, where he worked with frontline communities to advance zero-emission freight policies and regulations. Chen earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as a Practical Scholarship Editor of the Yale Law Journal and interned with the Community and Economic Development Clinic and the Climate, Animal, Food, and Environmental Law & Policy Lab. Before law school, Chen worked as a Research Analyst at the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation and served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at a community health center. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology and Economics from Columbia University.