Professor Hester teaches environmental law at the University of Houston Law Center, where he co-directs the Law Center’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Law Center and the University of Houston’s Center for Carbon Management in Energy.
He is a recognized expert on the innovative application of environmental laws to emerging technologies and unanticipated risks, including climate engineering, deep decarbonization (particularly in energy production), nanoscale materials and microplastics, and climate liability.
In Fall 2019, Prof.
Hester taught the first U.S.
law school course on Climate Intervention Law, which focused on emerging climate engineering technologies and legal challenges.
He also originated an innovative Environmental Practicum that matches students with multiple leading environmental attorneys to work on practical projects and to develop creative legal initiatives, and has created an Environmental Appellate Advocacy Institute to identify and participate in cases affecting core interests of environmental law.
