Emily H. Meazell
Associate Professor of Law
B.S., cum laude, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1996
J.D., summa cum laude, University of Georgia School of Law, 2002
- Email: emeazell@ou.edu
- Course Syllabi and Handouts
- Note to Water Law Seminar participants: please email Professor Meazell directly to obtain a copy of her presentation.
Emily Hammond Meazell joined the OU Law faculty in 2007 after having served as a visiting professor at the University of Georgia School of Law. She teaches administrative law, energy law, and torts.
Her scholarly interests lie in law and science, water law, and energy law. Her publications include Scientific Avoidance: Toward More Principled Judicial Review of Legislative Science in the Indiana Law Journal. She serves as a Hearing Examiner for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and has made numerous presentations on topics related to her research.
Professor Meazell began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Richard W. Story of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Following her clerkship, she served as an associate at the law firm Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP in Atlanta, Georgia. While with the firm, she worked on all aspects of civil litigation in cases ranging from complex business disputes to pro bono civil rights suits.
Professor Meazell graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif, elected to the Order of Barristers and served as a senior notes editor of the Georgia Law Review. A former civil engineer who practiced in the environmental and water resources field prior to attending law school, Professor Meazell earned a B.S., cum laude, from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where she was inducted into Tau Beta Pi.