Noah Sachs
Assistant Professor of Law
(804) 289-8555 (O)
(804) 562-9696 (H)
nsachs@richmond.edu
Topics: Law (Environmental Law and Policy), Climate Change, Hazardous Waste, Law (Torts), Land Use
Noah Sachs specializes in environmental law and heads the law school's Robert R. Merhige Jr. Center for Environmental Studies. His research focuses on regulation of toxins and hazardous waste, urban environmental issues, international environmental law and sustainable economic development. His articles have appeared in leading journals and have been featured as the centerpiece of academic symposia.
Prior to joining the law school, Sachs was a lecturer at Harvard Law School, where he taught international environmental law and legal research and writing. He has traveled extensively in environmental hot-spots around the globe, including tropical rain forests, Himalayan biodiversity parks, the Three Gorges Dam in China, and most recently, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Professor Sachs has practiced law at Foley Hoag LLP in Boston and Carter, Ledyard and Milburn in New York. He also served as a media and outreach coordinator for the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, a grassroots nonprofit focusing on nuclear waste issues. Other experience includes work at EPA's Office of International Activities, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
He received a JD from Stanford Law School and a master's in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. He received his bachelor's degree from Brown University.
For more information on Sachs, please visit the Richmond Research Institute.