Elizabeth Casey ’18 is a Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law. Originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania, Ms. Casey graduated from Swarthmore College in 2014 with degrees in Mandarin Chinese and Political Science. While at Swarthmore, she was awarded a grant to research developing environmental legal infrastructure and policies in Beijing, China. Working with various universities and NGOs in Beijing, she examined how these environmental policies contributed to Chinese rule of law and an emerging Chinese civil society. During college, Ms. Casey also interned with Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-17) at his District Office in Scranton. Additionally, she was a four-year member of the Swarthmore College Women’s Basketball team and a charter class member of the Alpha Beta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta. Ms. Casey also studied at the Middlebury College Intensive Chinese Language School.
As a Law and Public Policy Scholar, Ms. Casey works as an Honors Law Clerk at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. At Temple Law School, Ms. Casey is a member of the International Law Society and the Secretary of the Temple Environmental Law Society. Additionally, she is a 2016-2017 Institute for International Law and Public Policy Fellow. Her policy interests focus on the environmental impact of international trade and investment agreements like the TPP and the TTIP.