| Course ID: | JURI 5285/7285. 1-2 hours. |
| Course Title: | Environmental Practice Seminar |
Course
Description: | This seminar will expose the students to practical questions presented in handling environmental litigation. The material is presented through case studies, mock depositions, mock penalty negotiations, class presentations, and guest lectures. |
| Oasis Title: | ENVIRO PRACTICE SEM |
| Undergraduate Prerequisite: | JURI 5280/7280 |
| Graduate Prerequisite: | JURI 5280/7280 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To help students learn how to apply environmental law
statutes and regulations to simulated problems which
might be faced in actual litigation. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Spill notification to Environmental Protection Division
II. Toxic torts litigation mock deposition
III. CERCLA and HSRA: Contaminated sites (mock negotiation
on consent decree)
IV. Buying and Selling "Impacted" Property
V. Hazardous Waste Management -- Mock Negotiation
VI. Clean Air Act: Client Presentation on Siting a new
facility
VII. Clean Water Act: Case Study
VIII. Wetlands Negotiation on Financing
IX. NEPA: Case Study on Chattooga Conservancy
X. Everyday Environmental Practice: Contracts, Reports,
Confidentiality |