Kerry McClaughry

Kerry McClaughry joined ALEI and Maryland Sea Grant as their 2024-2025 Law and Policy Fellow in September 2024. Kerry earned her B.S. in Environmental Science from Juniata College where she also minored in Education. While in undergrad, Kerry spent an immersive semester at Raystown Lake Field Station studying aquatic ecology and limnology, looking particularly at the effects of lake eutrophication on aquatic plant growth. 

Kerry recently graduated from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law where she earned a Certificate in Environmental Law. While at Maryland Carey Law, Kerry served on the executive board of the Maryland Environmental Law Society as Co-President and participated in the Environmental Law Clinic. While in the Clinic, Kerry focused on addressing the issue of reducing nonpoint source pollution into the Chesapeake Bay through changes in policy. Kerry presented her research at the 2024 Chesapeake Bay TMDL Symposium. Kerry is excited to continue to work on projects focused on protecting the Chesapeake Bay and build on past Fellows work to expand the voices being heard on environmental policy issues. Kerry is working with a committee to encourage new legal literature on coastal community adaptation to climate change.