Research counsel for sea grant group

Kristina Alexander has joined the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program as research counsel. The legal program is located at The University of Mississippi School of Law and is the legal research arm of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. As research counsel, she will research law and policy issues related to coastal and marine resources and share her findings through a variety of outreach activities. She also will serve as editor of the legal program’s quarterly newsletter, Water Log. Before joining the sea grant's legal program, Alexander spent eight years as a legislative attorney for the non-partisan Congressional Research Service. She earned a law degree from the University of Georgia and her bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina. (Source: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium 07/20/17)