Education
J.D., summa cum laude, University of Maine School of Law, 2005
M.A., Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, 2005
B.A., English and History, University of Virginia, 1995

Uma Outka joins the Florida State Law faculty as a Visiting Scholar, focusing on energy and land use policy. In coordination with the Environmental and Land Use Law program and the Florida State University Institute for Energy Systems, Economics and Sustainability, Professor Outka directs the law school’s Sustainable Energy Research Project, an initiative aimed at understanding and advancing legal frameworks to support sustainable energy development. In addition to her research, she will be teaching two courses, a Sustainable Development Law seminar in spring 2010 and a second course in spring 2011, as well as organizing a national symposium on energy and land use issues for fall 2010.

Prior to joining Florida State Law, Professor Outka served as general counsel for 1000 Friends of Florida, a non-profit advocacy organization focused on Florida’s growth management laws, and as an attorney in the litigation department of Verrill Dana, LLP in Portland, Maine.