Robert Anderson will soon be able to convey to elite law students the lessons he learned from his lively time as the Interior Department’s chief lawyer.
It will be familiar turf for the longtime professor who left academia to join the Biden administration’s Interior team in 2021.
“After four great years as Deb Haaland’s Solicitor, I’ll be heading back to Harvard Law School in January, 2026 to teach federal Indian law and natural resources law for one semester per year,” Anderson stated on his LinkedIn page.
As solicitor, Anderson oversaw the headquarters law staff in Washington as well as in 16 regional and field offices. The office employs more than 400 attorneys and other staffers, and the solicitor also serves as Interior’s chief FOIA officer and ethics overseer.