Mark Squillace

Mark Squillace serves as Professor of Law and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School, where he joined the faculty in 2005 and directed the Natural Resources Law Center until 2013. His institutional affiliations include prior professorships at the University of Toledo College of Law (as Charles Fornoff Professor of Law and Values) and University of Wyoming College of Law (as Winston S. Howard Professor of Law).

Professor Squillace specializes in Natural Resources Law with deep expertise in Water Law, Public Lands Policy, and Environmental Regulation. His research examines critical intersections between energy development, climate adaptation, and federal land management systems. Recent scholarship analyzes renewable energy mineral demands, Colorado River sustainability, and constitutional challenges to the Antiquities Act.

His publication trends reveal consistent focus on regulatory frameworks governing western water systems, federal mineral extraction, and public land use planning. Work since 2020 particularly addresses climate adaptation imperatives in natural resources management, including NEPA compliance for climate impacts and innovative water marketing solutions for drought resilience.

• Fulbright Scholar
• Charles Fornoff Professor of Law and Values (University of Toledo)
• Winston S. Howard Professor of Law (University of Wyoming)
• Raphael J. Moses Professor of Law (University of Colorado)

Professor Squillace's government service as Special Assistant to the Solicitor at the U.S. Department of the Interior (2000) provided direct experience with Secretary Bruce Babbitt on high-stakes legal and policy issues. His leadership of the Natural Resources Law Center facilitated interdisciplinary collaboration on complex resource challenges, though current lab/team affiliations aren't specified in available materials.