Shalanda H. Baker

Associate Professor

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Associate Professor Shalanda H. Baker teaches corporate law and courses in international development and international economic law. Her research explores issues at the intersection of large energy and infrastructure project development; indigenous rights; and the environment. She served as an Air Force officer prior to her honorable discharge under the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, and became a vocal advocate for repeal of the policy. Following her graduation from law school, Baker clerked for Justice Roderick Ireland of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She also worked as a corporate and project finance associate for Bingham McCutchen LLP, initially in Boston and later in Japan. Baker recently completed a William H. Hastie Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she received her LLM degree.

Education

JD, Northeastern University
LLM, University of Wisconsin

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Books

Law Review and Journal Articles

"Why the IFC's Free, Prior, and Informed Consent Policy Doesn't Matter (Yet) to Indigenous Communities Affected by Development Projects," Wisconsin International Law Journal (forthcoming). SSRN
"Unmasking Project Finance: Risk Mitigation, Risk Inducement, and an Invitation to Development Disaster?" 6 Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law 273 (2011). SSRN
"Through the Looking Glass: The Global Financial Crisis, Global Energy Development, and the Cure for Systemic Risk," (forthcoming).
"Telling: Living with 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'," 57 Journal of Legal Education 187 (2007).

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Presentations

Presenter, "Contracting in the Binary: Fissures Along the Public-Private Border and the Growing Systemic Risks of [International] Development," University of Wisconsin Law School ClassCrits V Workshop, "From Madison to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream," Madison, Wis. (November 2012).
Presenter, "All Fall Down: Energy Production and the Convergence of Environmental and Financial Risks," Vermont Law School Third Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship, South Royalton, Vt. (October 2012).

Shalanda H. Baker

Education

Books

Law Review and Journal Articles

Book Contributions

Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts

Other Publications

Briefs

Court Citation of Research

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