SEAS Events

Johl and Spoelman will talk about climate litigation brought by municipalities, states, and consumer groups against the oil companies and potential legislative proposals to bar the litigation. 

Alyssa Johl is an environmental and human rights lawyer, campaigner and organizer with a deep understanding of pressing climate issues and the tools needed to address them.

She currently serves as Vice President/General Counsel for the Center for Climate Integrity, where she is supporting efforts to hold fossil fuel companies and other climate polluters accountable for the damages they have caused. Alyssa previously worked as an independent consultant for Greenpeace, Our Children’s Trust, and the Union of Concerned Scientists, among others, working across disciplines to develop strategic and innovative solutions to the climate crisis through a rights and justice lens. Alyssa also worked as a Senior Attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law, where she advocated on behalf of peoples and communities most vulnerable but least responsible for climate change and developed legal strategies to hold state and corporate actors accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis. 

Alyssa received her JD from the University of Oregon School of Law, and holds a BA in Development Studies from the University of California at Berkeley.

Naomi Spoelman is a Staff Attorney at the Center for Climate Integrity, where she develops legal strategy and supports climate and plastics accountability litigation against the fossil fuel industry.

Naomi received her JD from Berkeley Law with certificates in environmental, international, and public interest law. While in law school, Naomi was a Human Rights Center fellow and interned with Blue Ocean Law and EarthRights International, working on issues at the intersection of human rights and climate change. 

She received her BA in International Studies and Communications from the University of Michigan.

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