Richard Oliver Brooks Emeritus is Professor of Law, Vermont Law School. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago, his law degree from Yale Law ...view moreRichard Oliver Brooks Emeritus is Professor of Law, Vermont Law School. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago, his law degree from Yale Law school, his PhD from Brandeis University. Private practice of law Greenwich, Connecticut, and legal consultant in Connecticut ;Legal Counsel for New Haven's Community Progress Inc; Founding Director of the Thames Valley Council of Community Action, Founding Director of Vermont Law School' Environmental Law Center; teacher of law at Connecticut College, Dartmouth College, Vermont Law School, McGill Law Faculty. He is author of several books on urban development and environmental law, a myriad of law journal articles, and editor of several law and philosophy volumes.view less