About Tyson-Lord
Tyson-Lord Gray earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Ethics and Environmental Law from Vanderbilt University in 2014 and a J.D. from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in 2017. His academic training is concentrated on the ethical and legal intersections of environmental questions. Those credentials prefaced a career split between scholarship and practice.
Gray began teaching as an adjunct at Pace University in 2015, a role that preceded a short period in practice. In 2017 he served as Of Counsel at Richman Law Group, working on matters related to environmental regulation and policy. Around that time he also maintained ties to New York academic life, joining faculty ranks affiliated with New York University in 2018.
The next phase of Gray’s career combined research appointments and adjunct teaching. In 2020 he held a research associate position at Baylor University and was listed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU Stern School of Business. The following year he took a visiting assistant professorship at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In 2022 he served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.
Across these posts Gray has taught courses and undertaken research that draw on both his legal training and his doctoral work in environmental ethics. His published teaching and research interests have centered on the legal frameworks that govern natural resources, environmental policy, and the ethical questions that underlie regulatory choices. He has moved between classroom, research office, and law firm, bringing an academic perspective to problems that require practical answers.
Gray is admitted to practice in New York and is active in a range of professional associations. Memberships include the New York City Bar Association, the American Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, the American Academy of Religion, the International Society for Environmental Ethics, the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Association. These affiliations reflect the cross-disciplinary nature of his work, which crosses law, ethics, and public policy.
His trajectory shows a pattern familiar in legal academia: advanced scholarly training followed by alternating roles in teaching, research, and law practice. He has combined law firm work, academic appointments, and research positions over the last decade. As of now he continues work that ties environmental law to ethical and policy questions and maintains a practice focus on environmental law and ethics.
