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Dr Yael Lifshitz

Senior Lecturer in Property Law

Research interests

  • Law

Biography

Dr Lifshitz is a leading voice in energy law and policy, and in property law and theory. Her research explores the diverse set of rules and institutions that govern access to resources, with a particular emphasis on energy governance. In her latest project, for example, she unearths the new type of energy governance that has emerged due to fundamental shifts in the generation of electricity in our world today.

At The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, she teaches in property law, energy law and environmental law, including a module on Energy Transitions and Green Tech. She is a member of King's College London's Centre for Climate Law and Governance and Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law, and a fellow of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at New York University (NYU) Law School.

Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the University of Toronto Law Journal, the NYU Law Review, Stanford Environmental Law Journal and UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, among other journals. She has presented her work at forums such as the American Law and Economics Association and at seminars and conferences at NYU, Yale, Michigan, Columbia, University of British Columbia and Tel Aviv University.

Before joining The Dickson Poon School of Law, Dr Lifshitz was an Associate in Law and Lecturer at Columbia University in New York. Previously, she served as advisor to the Environmental and Energy Law LLM program at NYU Law School. Dr Lifshitz earned a doctorate and masters in law from NYU School of Law, where she attended as a Vanderbilt Scholar.

View Dr Lifshitz' Social Science Research Network profile.

Teaching

  • Energy Law & Policy
  • Climate law
  • Environmental law
  • Natural Resources
  • Private law & Theory

Research interests

  • Property Law
  • Private Law Theory
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law

    Research

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    Climate & sustainability researchers at King’s

    King's researchers working across climate and sustainability

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    King's Climate Research Hub

    Studying climate change through the relationship between science, policy and culture, particularly in the developing world.

    News

    Innovative King's Law of Property module updated to embed sustainability at its core

    To help drive understanding of sustainability issues within legal scholarship at King’s, the core undergraduate module Law of Property has been redesigned to...

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    Dr Yael Lifshitz's research recognised by the British Academy

    Dr Yael Lifshitz has been recognised by the British Academy's Policy Insight Case Studies scheme for her policy research on sustainability.

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    Events

    22Nov

    The shifting audience of energy law

    This November we welcome Yael Lifshitz, who will be speaking at our Net Zero Centre Interdisciplinary Seminar Series.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    20Apr

    Private law and new technologies

    The Technology, Ethics, Law and Society (TELOS), is delighted to invite you to attend the Private Law and New Technology Conference

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Features

    Energising Private Law: Exploring the Role of Private Law in the Energy Transition

    A special edition of the King's Law Journal, released in July 2024, focuses on "Energising Private Law", exploring the critical role private law plays in the...

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    COP27 - academic experts from The Dickson Poon School of Law respond

    Academic experts, from the Centre for Climate Law and Governance, took the opportunity provided by the 27th COP gathering in Sharm El Sheikh to share their...

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      Research

      Solar panel at sunset thumbnail
      Climate & sustainability researchers at King’s

      King's researchers working across climate and sustainability

      climate change hero
      King's Climate Research Hub

      Studying climate change through the relationship between science, policy and culture, particularly in the developing world.

      News

      Innovative King's Law of Property module updated to embed sustainability at its core

      To help drive understanding of sustainability issues within legal scholarship at King’s, the core undergraduate module Law of Property has been redesigned to...

      sustainability-aerial-forest-03-hero

      Dr Yael Lifshitz's research recognised by the British Academy

      Dr Yael Lifshitz has been recognised by the British Academy's Policy Insight Case Studies scheme for her policy research on sustainability.

      future generations 780x440

      Events

      22Nov

      The shifting audience of energy law

      This November we welcome Yael Lifshitz, who will be speaking at our Net Zero Centre Interdisciplinary Seminar Series.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      20Apr

      Private law and new technologies

      The Technology, Ethics, Law and Society (TELOS), is delighted to invite you to attend the Private Law and New Technology Conference

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Features

      Energising Private Law: Exploring the Role of Private Law in the Energy Transition

      A special edition of the King's Law Journal, released in July 2024, focuses on "Energising Private Law", exploring the critical role private law plays in the...

      anders-j- solar panels -unsplash

      COP27 - academic experts from The Dickson Poon School of Law respond

      Academic experts, from the Centre for Climate Law and Governance, took the opportunity provided by the 27th COP gathering in Sharm El Sheikh to share their...

      Flood 1903 x 558 pexels-sveta-k-8568719