Melissa Legge is a senior attorney with the Clean Energy Program, based in New York. She advocates in the courts and state public utility commissions to advance the transition to clean energy and clean up the coal ash that the energy industry has left behind.

Melissa came to Earthjustice as an Equal Justice Works Fellow for the Northeast Regional Office. Her fellowship project aimed to use the power of environmental law to fight for environmental justice for the incarcerated.

Melissa received her law degree from Yale Law School and a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Prior to law school, Melissa was an organizer at the political consulting firm Grassroots Solutions in Minneapolis, Minnesota, working on federal energy and agricultural policy and progressive campaigns. She received an A.B. in Environmental Studies and American Culture Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.