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Advanced Environmental Law ES/PS 125, Fall 2009 1. Course Information Class hours & location: Mondays 1:30 to 4:15 p.m., DMH, Room 164 Instructor: Terry Trumbull, Environmental Studies Department Office: Room 115, Washington Square Hall Office hours: Mondays, Noon-1:15 p.m.; Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9-10:30 a.m..; Fridays 9 - 11:45 a.m. Office telephone: 408-924-5466 Environmental Studies Department Fax: 408-924-5477 Instructor’s e-mail: terryt1011@aol.comInstructor’s law office telephone: 650-328-9081 2. Course Information. a. Course Description. The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of how the environmental regulatory system works, including legislation, administrative agencies, and the courts. In addition, the course evaluates pollution control and natural resource issues. Students use an interdisciplinary approach, combing evaluation of technical data with review and application of law and policy. There are several legal analysis writing assignments. b. Course Format. Students should read the text as needed to refresh themselves for classes. Lecture will be minimized, but will probably take 20% of class time. Experts in different environmental or legal areas will speak at several class meetings. c. Prerequisites: EnvS 1; EnvS 100W (or equivalent in other departments); EnvS/PolSci 124. d. Student learning objectives for Advanced Environmental Law: -Understand how an environmental lawsuit is handled by the courts. -Understand how environmental legislation is handled by state and federal legislative bodies. -Understand how an administrative agency develops a regulation. -Understand how an administrative proceeding works. -Understand unique areas to environmental law, such as insurance, land use, environmental impact analysis, and contaminated property cleanup; and -Understand the kinds of writing used in environmental law and regulatory system.
Advanced Environmental Law, ES 125, Syllabus, Page Two e. Text. Kubasek and Silverman, Environmental Law, any edition. Prentice Hall. f. Class website. The class website is http://sites.google.com/site/envslaw/Home. There are some files there, such as suggestions on writing for class, and others will be added as the semester progresses. 3. Course Requirements. a. Grading: Class participation, including discussion of "quick" writing assignments given in a previous class. 25% Appellate case review 5% Environmental legislation analysis 10% Environmental regulation review 10% Article public policy evaluation 5% Environmental law review article evaluation 10% Environmental mediation 5% Legal memorandum presentation 10% Legal memorandum- due by start of last class 20% Students making their Memorandum presentation on November 23 or 30 receive one extra credit point. b. Class participation: Basically, you should plan on talking during every class. There will be a variety of simple assignments that you will do, depending on the class. For example, on Aug. 31, Sept. 21, Sept. 28, and Nov. 2, you should turn in a question for the speaker at the start of class. Similarly, you will need to prepare a question for the candidates in the Assembly debate in November (see Course Schedule). For the debate, you will also be given other assignments-such as timekeeping, collecting questions, and assessing questions. If there is a class assignment due, generally there will not be any other assignment (the exception is Sept. 21). You will be given a short answer question on Oct. 5 to bring to the Oct. 12 TV show taping.
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