Experience

Prior to joining Orr & Reno in the fall of 2008, Rachel clerked for United States District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. in Maine. During law school, Rachel completed a full time externship with First Circuit Judge Jeffrey R. Howard in Concord. She also interned in the natural resources and litigation divisions of the Maine Attorney General's office and was a summer associate at a New Hampshire law firm. At Vermont Law School, she was a member of the Vermont Law Review and was a research associate at the Institute for Energy and the Environment.

Rachel received a master's degree in environmental management at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where she completed coursework in energy policy and economics. She also served as a research associate at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and was a teaching fellow for a course on Environmental Law and Policy. Prior to law school, Rachel worked as an advocate for a non-profit in Washington, D.C., and was a high school teacher in Nashville, Tennessee.

Honors and Distinctions

Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation Fellow, 2006

Community Involvement

Board Member, J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund

Bar Admissions

Rachel is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Maine, and the United States District Court for the District of Maine. She is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association and the Maine State Bar Association

Education

Vermont Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 2007; Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, M.E.M., 2007; Dartmouth College, A.B., cum laude, 2001

Publications

Michael H. Dworkin and Rachel Aslin Goldwasser, Ensuring Consideration of the Public Interest in the Governance and Accountability of Regional Transmission Organizations, 28 Energy L.J. 543 (2007)