Mark Nevitt

Mark P. Nevitt (Bluesky – LinkedIn – X) Commander, JAGC (ret.) is an Associate Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. He was previously the Class of 1971 Distinguished Military Professor of Leadership & Law at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Associate Professor at Syracuse University College of Law, and the Sharswood Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He teaches in the intersection of environmental law, climate change law, and national security law.

Prior to law school, Professor Nevitt served as a naval tactical jet aviator, accumulating 290 aircraft carrier arrested landings, 1,000 flight hours and was awarded the Air Medal. Originally from Rhode Island, Professor Nevitt received his J.D. and LL.M. with distinction from the Georgetown University Law Center. During law school, he served as a White House Military Social Aide and taught Street Law at Anacostia High School.

His Navy JAG assignments have included serving as a criminal defense counsel in Lemoore, California; international law and ethics attorney with the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet in Naples, Italy; Deputy Director for Administrative Law for the Office of the Judge Advocate General at the Pentagon; and the Department of Defense’s Regional Environmental Counsel in Norfolk, Virginia. During his tenure in Norfolk, Mark tackled emerging legal and policy issues posed by the intersection of climate change and national security. More recently, he helped provide legal advice to the Navy’s investigation into the Iranian detention of U.S. Navy sailors in Farsi Island, investigating issues of international, national security, and administrative law.

Professor Nevitt has written on environmental, climate change, and national security law for the Stanford Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Harvard Environmental Law Review, Washington University Law Review, Boston College Law Review, and Oxford University Press, among others.

The views expressed here are the author’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Defense, the United States Navy, or any other department or agency of the United States Government.