An environmental lawyer, Professor Bartholomew received a Juris Doctor and a Graduate Certificate in Environmental Law from the University of Oregon. He clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, then served as a staff attorney for 1000 Friends of Oregon, a growth management and land use planning advocacy organization in Portland. While at 1000 Friends, Professor Bartholomew was the director of “Making the Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality Connection” (LUTRAQ), a nationally recognized research program examining the interactive effects of land use development and travel patterns. After coming to Utah, Professor Bartholomew was the associate director of the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law.