John C. Dernbach is the Distinguished Professor of Law at Widener's Harrisburg campus teaching administrative law environmental law property international law international environmental law sustainability and the law and climate change. His research concentrates on sustainable development climate change and environmental law. Professor Dernbach received a B.S. summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1975 and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1978 where he served as Legislative Notes Editor for the Michigan Journal of Law Reform.