Maya Golden-Krasner is a part-time lecturer at UCLA School of Law where she teaches Topics in California Environmental Law. She previously co-taught the Environmental Justice Law seminar with Adrian Martinez. She currently serves as Deputy Director of the Climate Law Institute at the Center for Biological Diversity, where she works on climate-related litigation and policy advocacy. Previously, she was a staff attorney at Communities for a Better Environment, where she practiced environmental justice law at both state and federal levels.

Golden-Krasner received her B.A. in history cum laude from the University of Washington and earned her J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 2001. As a law student, she was Symposium Editor and Lead Articles Editor for the Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs. She also holds a master’s degree in U.S. environmental and legal history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she completed her preliminary exams for a Ph.D. As a graduate student, Golden Krasner received a University Fellowship and the U.S. Department of Education's selective Jacob K. Javits Fellowship. 

Golden-Krasner’s publications include: “Returning to Clean Air Act Fundamentals: A Renewed Call to Regulate Greenhouse Gases Under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Program” (with Howard Crystal et al.) 31 Geo. Envtl. L. Rev. 233 (2019). She has published op-eds or been quoted in Los Angeles Times, CalMatters, Newsweek, The Nation, The Hill, POLITICO and E&E News, Associated Press, The Guardian, public radio, and other media outlets.