Leigh Currie

"I've been lucky enough to spend a lot of time exploring some of the world's most incredible places: hiking in the Talkeetna and Wrangell-St. Elias ranges in Alaska, the Andes in South America, and the Rockies in the U.S. and canoeing through Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, and our own Boundary Waters. This exposure sparked a passion to protect our planet's beautiful places. That passion has evolved to include an understanding of how incredibly privileged I've been and continue to be in contrast to so many others. I want everyone to be able to not only enjoy wild places, but to have access to basic needs like clean air, clean water, and homes that are safe from and resilient to climate disasters. I am excited and honored to be able to help MCEA continue to use litigation as a tool to help everyone achieve these basic needs, and to continue to protect the beautiful places that I'm not done exploring."

Leigh Currie has a B.S. in environmental science and biology from Tufts University and an M.S. in conservation biology from the University of Minnesota. Leigh graduated salutatorian in 2006 with a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law. In addition to her time at MCEA, Leigh has also clerked for the Minnesota Court of Appeals, practiced environmental law at a private firm, worked as an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and the University of Minnesota Law School, and had an appointment (through the New York University School of Law State Impact Center) as a Special Assistant Attorney General at the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.