Executive Director, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE), University of California at Berkeley School of Law  

Richard M. Frank is Executive Director of the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.  Mr. Frank, who joined the U.C. Berkeley Law School faculty in 2006, also serves as a Lecturer in Residence at the law school, where he teaches courses in environmental law and climate change.

Before coming to CLEE and U.C. Berkeley, Mr. Frank practiced law with federal and state agencies for 32 years, most of that time with the California Department of Justice.  Immediately before joining Berkeley Law, he served Californias Chief Deputy Attorney General for Legal Affairs.   

In addition to his duties at Berkeley Law, Mr. Frank is Of Counsel to the Resources Law Group, an environmental law firm in Sacramento, California. In 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Mr. Frank to the Delta Vision Task Force, an advisory body asked to develop policy recommendations for the Governor and Legislature, addressing environmental problems confronting the California Delta.  He served in that capacity in 2007-08. In May 2009, the Chair of the California Air Resources Board appointed Mr. Frank to the Economic Allocation & Advisory Committee, an advisory body formed to assist the Air Resources Board in implementing Californias landmark Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32).

Mr. Frank earned his J.D. from the U.C. Davis School of Law in 1974, and his B.A. from U.C. Santa Barbara in 1971.