Nicole Rinke
Nicole Rinke
Overview
Nicole Rinke is a clinical instructor and staff attorney in the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law in 2001 where she was a Research Assistant for Professor Joseph Sax and received a Certificate in Environmental Law. Following graduation Nicole clerked for the Nevada Supreme Court. She then went on to start a nonprofit public interest practice representing Native American tribes and community and environmental groups concerned with the adverse environmental impacts of hardrock mining in Nevada. She then went on to serve as Assistant General Counsel and later General Counsel for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Nicole has also taught Environmental Law at the University of Nevada Reno.
