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Practice Focus

Litigation Practice, Environmental

Isabel Englehart focuses her practice primarily on environmental law. Before joining the firm, she was a policy advisor in former Governor John Bel Edwards’ Office of Coastal Activities, where she assisted in policy development and cross-government coordination related to coastal protection and restoration, as well as statewide climate planning and implementation, including the publication of a Louisiana Priority Climate Action Plan.

Prior to joining the Governor’s Office, Isabel was a senior research fellow with the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy where she focused on issues of water governance and management including flood protection authorizations, ecosystem services crediting frameworks, and interstate compacts.

Isabel is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association – New Orleans Chapter, and the American Association for Justice.

She received her law degree, cum laude, with a Certificate in Environmental Law from Tulane Law School in 2021. While at Tulane, Isabel was a Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review and Rule XX student attorney for the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic. She received a bachelor’s degree through the Program in the Environment with a specialization in Sustainable Business and a minor in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture from the University of Michigan.

Publications / Presentations

Publications:

Presentations:

  • Panelist, “Law and Policy of Blue Carbon”, 31st Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (March 2026)
  • Moderator, Louisiana Energy Dialogues, Baton Rouge (November 2023)
  • “Building Flood Protection with Public Servitudes and Easements”, 2022 RAE Coastal & Estuarine Summit, New Orleans (December 2022)
  • Moderator, “Water and Place: Perspectives on Inter-Basin Water Transfers”, 28th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (March 2022)
  • Moderator, “A View from the Bottom of the Watershed: Managing Hypoxia and Nutrient Pollution”, 28th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (March 2022)
  • Moderator, “Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Mitigation and Adaptation”, 28th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (March 2022)

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, from Tulane Law School, 2021
    • Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review
  • B.S. in Program in the Environment from University of Michigan, 2018

Notable Rankings

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