Sam Bookman is an SJD (doctoral) candidate at Harvard Law School. His research focuses on the future of constitutional law in the Anthropocene, including issues related to constitutional theory, rights of Nature, and climate change litigation. Sam received his first law degree from the University of Auckland in Aotearoa/New Zealand, where he was a Judge’s Clerk to New Zealand’s Chief District Court Judge. He has also practiced extensively in the field of international environmental law and is qualified as an attorney in New York. Sam is currently working on a project investigating the motivations of communities which enact rights of Nature laws, and the meanings they ascribe to the concept. Outside of work, he enjoys watching cricket, hiking, and reading to his two-year old son.