Shelley Welton

Shelley Welton is the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School where she holds an affiliation with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in the Weitzman School as part of President Amy Gutmann’s 2019 commitment to build a multidisciplinary energy policy faculty affiliated with the Kleinman Center.

At the Law School, Welton teaches environmental law and a climate change law seminar. She also teaches Introduction to Energy Policy, a university-wide graduate course, for the Kleinman Center on Energy Policy. Here areas of expertise include administrative, regulatory and compliance law and environmental law.