Markus W. Gehring

Visiting Professor of Law

(spring term)


Markus W. Gehring is a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School and was Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) at the University of Cambridge. He is an expert in European environmental law, particularly with respect to the international dimensions of sustainable development.

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Markus W. Gehring

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Faculty Assistant


Ashley Polverari

Education & Curriculum Vitae


J.S.D., Yale Law School, 2015
Dr. iur., University of Hamburg, 2005
M.A., University of Cambridge, 2008
LL.M., Yale Law School, 2003

Courses Taught


  • European Union Law

Markus W. Gehring is a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School and was Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) at the University of Cambridge. He is an expert in European environmental law, particularly with respect to the international dimensions of sustainable development. Gehring also serves as a tenured Associate Professor in Law in Cambridge’s Faculty of Law and is a Fellow in Law at Hughes Hall, one of Cambridge’s constituent colleges. He is a Founding Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance (CEENRG) and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL). As Lead Counsel for Sustainable Trade, Investment and Finance Law with the Centre of International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), Gehring has served as a representative at World Trade Organization Ministerial Conferences, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and the Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development. Gehring has taught at a number of international institutions, including the University of Chile, the University of Hamburg, the Université de Montréal, the University of Ottawa, the University of Victoria and HBKU Qatar. Gehring previously practiced in the Brussels office of Cleary Gottlieb.