Position Title
Professor of Environmental Practice and Co-Director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center
Tracy L. Winsor is a Professor of Environmental Practice at UC Davis School of Law, where she currently teaches water law and negotiations courses. She also teaches environmental law and negotiations courses for UC Davis master's and undergraduate students. Her areas of interest include water rights, water quality, wildfire, the Public Trust Doctrine, environmental enforcement, negotiations, oral advocacy, and legal writing. She is a former Senior Assistant Attorney General for the California Attorney General’s Office, Natural Resources Law Section. There, she served as counsel for the State of California’s natural resources agencies from 1996-2025, advocating in state and federal courts in trial and appellate litigation. In her role as Senior Assistant Attorney General, she oversaw the work of 70-80 attorneys and paralegals representing California state natural resource agencies in litigation and advice matters.
- B.A. International Relations with honors, University of California, Davis
- J.D. University of California, Davis
- 2023 Associated Students of the University of California, Davis Excellence in Education Award
- 2022 UC Davis University Honors Program Mentorship Award
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Negotiations
- Water Law
- Federalism
- Water Rights
- Water Quality
- Wildfire
- Species Conservation
- Public Trust Doctrine
- Environmental Enforcement
- Negotiations
- Faculty Advisor, UC Davis Environmental Policy and Management Program