Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Law Clinic. (Environmental Law.) Professor Gold earned an A.B. cum laude in biology from Harvard College and a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an articles editor of the Yale Law Journal and a supervising student in the clinical program. After law school he clerked for U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie, Eastern District of New York. In 1989 he joined the Environment & Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC, most recently holding the position of senior attorney, Environmental Enforcement Section. His major cases included trials or settlements relating to hazardous waste sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act as well as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; single and multiple-facility Clean Air Act cases; and appellate matters under several environmental statutes. During his tenure at the Department of Justice, he received numerous service awards from both the department and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Professor Gold has extensive experience in legal teaching and training as well as litigation. In addition to case updates, and litigation and mediation training presentations for the Department of Justice, the EPA, and professional organizations and conferences, he appeared as a guest lecturer at Pace Law School and at a community seminar at Brooklyn Law School.