Steve Charnovitz

Steve Charnovitz

Born	Savannah, Georgia
Nationality	United States
Fields	International Law International Trade
Institutions	George Washington University George Washington University Law School
Alma mater	Yale Law School Yale College Kennedy School of Government

Steve Charnovitz (born 1953) is a scholar of public international law, living in the United States. He teaches at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC, and is best known for his writings on the linkages between trade and environment and trade and labor rights.

Charnovitz is a native of Savannah, Georgia.

He was an early advocate for improving bicycle transportation in the United States where he worked in the Office of Environmental Affairs of the U.S. Department of Transportation. He was an analyst in the U.S. Department of Labor from 1975 to 1986 in international labor issues. During 1984–1985, he was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator Carl Levin and House Majority Leader Jim Wright. From 1987–1989, he was a legislative assistant to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Jim Wright, and served once again in 1989–1991 for Speaker Tom Foley. In 1991, Charnovitz became Policy Director of the newly established Competitiveness Policy Council. In 1995, he co-founded and directed the Global Environment and Trade Study (GETS) located at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. After several years in private practice at the law firm now known as Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Charnovitz joined the faculty of The George Washington University Law School in 2004.