Noah M. Sachs

Associate Professor of Law & Faculty
Director, Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Center for Environmental Studies
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Biographical Profile

Office: Room 222
Tel. (804) 289-8555
Fax (804) 287-8683
nsachs@richmond.edu

Courses Taught: Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Environmental Lawyering,Torts

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School (1999)
Order of the Coif Recipient
Writing Prizes in Environmental Law
Articles Editor, Stanford Environmental Law Journal

M.P.A., Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (1999)
Graduated with Honors

B.A., Brown University (1993)
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Claiborne Pell Medal for the outstanding graduating student of history

Professional Experience

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
Associate Professor and Faculty Director, Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Center for Environmental Studies (2009-present)
Assistant Professor (2006-2009)

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Lecturer (2004-2006)

Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT (Summer 2005)
Adjunct Professor

Tufts University, Boston (2003-2004)
Guest Lecturer

Foley Hoag LLP, Boston (2002 - 2004)
Associate, Environmental Practice

Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, New York (1999 - 2002)
Associate, Environmental Practice

Recent & Featured Publications

Books

Co-Author, Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes (Foundation Press, forthcoming 2010)

Legal Periodical Articles

Jumping the Pond: Transnational Law and the Future of Chemical Regulation, forthcoming Vanderbilt Law Review (2009)

Greening Demand: Energy Consumption and U.S. Climate Policy, 19 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 295 (2009)

Beyond the Liability Wall: Strengthening Tort Remedies in International Environmental Law, 55 UCLA Law Rev. 837 ( 2008)

Planning the Funeral at the Birth: Extended Producer Responsibility in the European Union
and the United States, 30 Harvard Envtl. L.Rev. 51 (2006)

Blocked Pathways: Potential Legal Responses to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals,
24 Columbia J. Envtl. L. 289 (1999)

The Mescalero Apache Indians and Monitored Retrievable Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel:
A Study in Environmental Ethics, 36 Nat. Resources J. 641 (1996)

Commentary

Guest columnist, Writ legal commentary, http://writ.news.findlaw.com/contributors.html.

Op-Ed, “Roberts and Environmental Law,” Baltimore Sun, August 17, 2005.

Book Reviews

The Effluent of Affluence: Challenging the Cult of More-Is-Better, The Environmental Forum, November-December 2007, at 7 (review of McKibben, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future).

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, New York