LAW2504

Environmental law is critically important, endlessly fascinating, and highly intertwined with many of today's top legal and policy challenges, including addressing legacy pollution, climate change, the clean energy transition, and the sustainable management of our natural resources. This course will provide a survey of major federal and state environmental laws and policies, including how they are structured, implemented, and enforced; how they intersect with adjacent administrative, constitutional and other statutory frameworks; how effectively (or not) they address today's top environment challenges; and how different governmental branches, regulated industry, non-profit advocacy groups, and private citizens have shaped--and continue to shape--U.S. environmental law and policy. As part of the class, students will engage in a series of situational case studies designed to provide a better sense of the real-world issues faced by environmental lawyers and to teach students the skills and tactics needed to solve those issues. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Class Participation, Exam.