Blue, Green and Gray: Water Footprints and Water Law

Dr. Linda Reid is an Associate Professor of Business Law at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her primary teaching interests are water law, international business law, and business ethics. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law where she graduated magna cum laude, and is currently pursuing an advanced degree in international water law at the University of Dundee, Scotland.

Dr. Reid serves on the University's Sustainability Council and is an active member of its International Committee. She works closely with the Milwaukee Water Council and is also a member of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Affinity Group. She created and advises the Conscious Capitalists, a UW-Whitewater freshman learning community founded on the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, and is also the faculty mentor for the University's Law Society student group. She received the University of Wisconsin College of Business and Economics’ highest teaching award, the Leon P. Hermsen Award, in 2006, and the College’s service award in 2009.

Prior to her career in academia, she served as a judicial law clerk for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, and in private practice, where she specialized in commercial law and appellate work.