LAW181

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STAT: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Course Title

STAT: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Course Number

181

Min

3

Course Types

Letter Grading

Credit Type

REQUIRED FIRST-YEAR

Description

This course includes an introduction to administrative law and judicial review of agency action (standing, private rights of action, substantive standards of judicial review and principles of statutory interpretation), an intensive study of complex regulatory and resource management statutes (e.g. the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act), federal/state relations, and alternative approaches to pollution control and management of natural resources.

This course counts as a qualifying elective for the Social Justice Lawyering Concentrations area.

Students who are currently enrolled in or have previously taken Environmental Law & Policy (228) may not enroll in this class.