• Adjunct Faculty
• Online Faculty

Sean Nolon

Titles

• Adjunct Faculty

Degrees

• JD, Pace University School of Law, 1997, cum laude
• BS, Cornell University, 1992

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Biography

Professor Nolon teaches and writes in the fields of negotiation, dispute resolution, environmental law, land use, and governance. In addition to teaching, he has significant experience as a lawyer, ombuds, mediator, negotiator, and facilitator in the areas of employment, land use, environmental, public policy and commercial transactions.

He currently serves as the Alternative Dispute Resolution Counsel in the Legal Division of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Prior to joining the FDIC, he was the Vice Dean for Faculty and a Professor of Law at Vermont Law School where he directed the Dispute Resolution program for a decade. From 2015-2017, he served as the Ombuds for Dartmouth College. From 1999 to 2008, he worked at Pace Law School as the Founding Executive Director of the Kheel Center for Environmental Dispute Resolution, the Director of the Land Use Law Center and an adjunct professor. From 1997 to 1999 he litigated cases at Melito and Adolfsen, P.C. in New York City.

Professor Nolon’s scholarship has been cited by the Massachusetts Supreme Court. He is the author and co-author of numerous publications including: LAND IN CONFLICT: PREVENTING AND MANAGING LAND USE DISPUTES (with Ona Ferguson and Patrick Field); Environmental Dispute Resolution, In: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUSTAINABILITY, VOL. 3: THE LAW AND POLITICS OF SUSTAINABILITY (Berkshire); Arbitration and the Olympic Athlete, In THE HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN SPORTS LAW (Oxford University Press). His articles have been published in the law journals of Florida University, Fordham University, Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School, University of Oregon, Idaho University, and Pace University.

He has designed and taught in-person and online courses at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Pepperdine Law School, Northeastern Law School, Dartmouth College, Pace Law School, and Vermont Law School.

He received the Honors Award from the New York State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section, the Groundbreaker Award from the Land Use Law Center, and is licensed to practice law in New York.

 

 

Expertise

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Arbitration
• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• Environmental Law
• Land Use Law
• Mediation
• Negotiation

Departments

• Dispute Resolution Program
• Online Learning Program

Courses Taught

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Civil Procedure
• Environmental Dispute Resolution
• Negotiation