Ethan Elkind is the Bank of America Climate Policy Associate at Berkeley Law, where he serves as the key organizer and researcher for grant-funded climate-change workshops. He has a background in the California Environmental Quality Act, climate change and renewable-energy laws, environmental justice, and other environmental law topics. In 2005, he co-founded the Nakwatsvewat Institute, a Native American nonprofit that provides alternative dispute resolution and support for tribal governance, justice and educational institutions.