Rachel D. Godsil teaches Equality Under American Law, Property, and Zoning and Land Use Policy at Seton Hall University School of Law. Professor Godsil has been involved in environmental justice law and policy, and has recently been working with attorneys representing the South Camden Citizens in Action. Prof. Godsil has written extensively on the convergence of race, poverty, and the environment. Her publications include: Viewing the Cathedral from Behind the Color Line: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Environmental Racism, 54 Emory L. J. 1808 (2004); Environmental Justice and the Integration Ideal, 59 NY L. J. 1109 (2004); Expressivism, Empathy and Equality, 336 U. Mich. J.L. Ref. 247 (2003); Jobs, Trees, and Autonomy: The Convergence of the Environmental Justice Movement and Community Economic Development, co-author with James Freeman, 5 U. Md. J. Contemp. Legal Issues 25 (1993-94); The Question of Risk: Incorporating Community Perceptions into Environmental Risk Assessments, co-author with James Freeman, 221 Fordham Urban L.J. 547 (1994); and Note, Remedying Environmental Racism, 90 Mich. L. Rev. 394 (1991).

Prior to joining the Seton Hall School of Law faculty in 2000, Prof. Godsil was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, an Associate Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, an associate with Berle, Kass & Case and Arnold & Porter in New York City, and a law clerk for the Honorable John M. Walker, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School. At Michigan, Prof. Godsil served as the Executive Article Editor of the Michigan Law Review, was awarded the Henry M. Bates Memorial Award, and was elected to the Order of the Coif.