Alexandra Tamburrino

Alexandra Tamburrino
Alexandra Tamburrino Staff Attorney, Marine Affairs Institute and Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program

Contact Information

401-254-4524atamburrino@rwu.edu Marine Affairs Institute & RI Sea Grant Legal Program

Education

J.D., Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
B.S., University of Vermont

Alexandra Tamburrino is a Staff Attorney with the Marine Affairs Institute and Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program. Prior to joining the Marine Affairs Institute, Alexandra was a Law Clerk with the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Trial Court Law Clerk Department.
During her time as an undergraduate student at the University of Vermont, Alexandra was a Teaching Assistant in the Environmental Studies Department and advanced her studies abroad at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Alexandra later completed her J.D. at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (Haub Law) with advanced certificates in both international law and environmental law. As a law student, Alexandra interned with Haub Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Permanent Observer Mission to the U.N., and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office in the Environmental and Energy Unit. Alexandra was also Editor-in-Chief of Haub Law’s International Law Review and Committee Vice Chair for the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition.
Alexandra received her J.D. from Haub Law and her B.S in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont. She is admitted to practice law in the state of New York.

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