Prof. Alfred Light  is a Professor of Law at St. Thomas University School of Law. He holds a B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) from the Johns Hopkins University, a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, and a J.D. (cum Laude) from Harvard. Prior to Law School, he taught political science and public administration at the University of North Carolina and Texas Tech University. He practiced environmental law with the international law firm of Hunton andWilliams for eight years prior to his arrival at St. Thomas University where he has been teaching at the law school since 1989. He served as intern dean at St. Thomas during 1993-94. Professor Light has published
numerous artcles in both political and environmental law, federalism and intergovernmental relations. He is author of CERCLA Law and Procedure (BNA Books, 1991 and supplements). Currently, he teaches courses in dministrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Environmental Law.