Course Description
Advanced research in legal control of environmental problems, with primary attention given to water and biodiversity issues. Law students work with graduate students from other disciplines, including ecology, forestry, agriculture, and environmental design, to address problems identified by watershed stakeholders.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond
that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are
post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is
the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate
students. Law students are professional students, not
undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily
international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal
system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris
Doctor courses.
Athena Title
Inter Environmental Law Pract
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in JURI 5290 or JURI 7290
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of the projects(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 50-75% of overall instructional time.
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will participate in advanced research in legal control of environmental problems, with primary attention given to water and biodiversity issues. Law students work with graduate students from other disciplines, including ecology, forestry, agriculture, and environmental design, to address problems identified by watershed stakeholders.
Topical Outline
This class will focus on: 1. Advanced research in legal control methods 2. Water environmental issues 3. Biodiversity environmental issues 4. Ability for law and graduate students to collaborate in order to create ideas on how to address environmental problems