Steven A. Mirmina is a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. He has worked as an attorney practicing International and Space Law with NASA’s Office of the General Counsel since 1999. He provides legal advice and counsel on diverse NASA missions, ranging from human space flight and Mars exploration to Earth science missions and aeronautics research. Prior to NASA, Steve worked at the law firm of Crowell & Moring as well as the Leiden University Institute for Air and Space Law.
Mirmina received his first LL.M. with honors from Leiden University, and his second LL.M. with honors from Georgetown. He received his Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, and his B.A. with honors from Brandeis University.
He also has taught Space Law as an Adjunct or Visiting Professor at the law schools of Georgetown, University of Connecticut, Vanderbilt, and Yale. He has spoken widely and written more than a dozen peer-reviewed articles in the fields of international air and space law. In addition, he recently co-authored a leading Space Law textbook designed for both practitioners and law students. Mirmina has received awards from both NASA and the White House for exceptional and distinguished service to the government.
He is licensed to practice law in Washington, D.C., and he is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.
