Madison Condon is an Associate Professor of Law at the Boston University School of Law. She is a Member Scholar at the Center for Progressive Reform.
Madison Condon joined Boston University School of Law as an associate professor in July 2020. She teaches Environmental Law, Corporations, and a seminar on climate risk and financial institutions.
Professor Condon is an expert on climate change, financial risk, and regulation. Her scholarship has been included in collections of the best articles of the year for several fields, including environmental law, corporate law, and securities law. Her research has been relied upon by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor in rulemakings. The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology pointed to her work criticizing financial models in its recommendations for managing extreme weather risk. In 2023, Professor Condon joined the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment Academic Network Advisory Committee.
Professor Condon’s scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in leading legal journals including the UC Davis Law Review, the Washington Law Review, and the Utah Law Review. She has also written for interdisciplinary publications including Finance & Society, NOMOS, Land Use Policy and the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. Her writing and commentary have been featured in popular media outlets including the New York Times, Bloomberg, NPR, Politico, The Atlantic, and The New Republic.
Before joining BU Law, Professor Condon was an attorney at New York University School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity, where she participated in litigation against federal regulatory rollbacks. She clerked for Judge Jane Kelly of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Professor Condon holds a JD from Harvard Law School, an MALD from Tufts University’s Fletcher School, and a BS in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University. She was a Fulbright Fellow to the Netherlands where she researched water resources management at the Delft University of Technology.