Rachel Zwillinger

Rachel is a joint MS/JD student interested in the impacts of water quality and distribution on human health.  Through her studies, she hopes to understand how domestic and international legal structures can be used to improve access to safe, clean water. 

Rachel graduated from Princeton in 2005, having majored in geosciences with a focus on environmental geochemistry.  She also receiving a certificate (minor) in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  After graduation, Rachel spent a year at Environmental Defense, working on air quality and nanotechnology in their Health Program.  Following her first year at Stanford Law School, Rachel spent a summer working for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, focusing primarily on environmental enforcement.

Outside the classroom, Rachel works on real cases in the Environmental Law Clinic, is Co-President of the Stanford Environmental Law Society, and is a Lead Article Editor for the Stanford Environmental Law Journal.  She also enjoys running like a maniac after soccer balls and frisbees, hiking the vast expanses of the Peninsula, knitting mittens, crafting delicious soups, and trying out her 500 cookie recipes.