RUHAN NAGRA

Ruhan S. Nagra is Associate Professor of Law and founding director of the Environmental Justice Clinic at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. In partnership with Indigenous communities in Utah and across the southwest, the Clinic uses a range of advocacy tools and an interdisciplinary approach to advance social justice. Prior to joining the Law School, Nagra was Director of the Environmental Justice Initiative and a Senior Clinical Supervisor at the University Network for Human Rights, which she co-founded in 2018. Nagra was previously a clinical instructor at Stanford Law School's Human Rights Clinic. Her most recent article, published in the Duke Law Journal, explores the justice implications of climate-induced relocation. Nagra's work has been covered in major news outlets, including Scientific American, Reuters, VICE, CBS Evening News, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA Today, Axios, Newsweek, and Democracy Now. She holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. in Human Biology from Brown University.