Advanced Environmental Law Clinic
Course Information
- Course Number
- L9357
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Clinics, Externships, and Experiential Learning, Environmental Law, Racial, Economic, and Social Justice
- Type
- Clinic
- Additional Attributes
- Experiential Credit
Section 001 Information
Instructors

Section Description
Enrollment requires satisfactory completion of Environmental Law Clinic and permission of the instructor. 2-4 credits, graded
Advanced Environmental Law Clinic will provide students who have completed the Environmental Law Clinic an opportunity to engage more deeply in the work of the Clinic and to take on an even more significant role with respect to Clinic cases and projects. Advanced Clinic students will continue casework from their initial semester and take on new matters enabling them to delve more deeply into the substantive law and attendant policy issues. As in the initial semester, students will collaborate with clients, teammates, the instructor, and experts. Advanced Clinic student teams will provide peer feedback and opportunity for consultation. The instructor will provide feedback and guide reflection and learning. Instruction and class discussions will occur in regularly scheduled meetings and may include seminar meetings, field visits and other appropriate facilitated learning opportunities. Advanced Clinic students may, on occasion and with instructor supervision, take on some responsibility for investigating substantive case-related issues and presenting those issues to students enrolled in the Environmental Law Clinic.
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2021
- Points
- 2
- Method of Evaluation
- Other
- J.D Writing Credit?
- Minor (upon consultation)
- Major (only upon consultation)
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- Students will acquire an understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- Students will acquire an understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- Students will acquire an understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
- Students will acquire an understanding of and/or facility in ethical and professional issues
- Students will acquire an understanding of and/or facility in judicial, legislative and/or administrative processes
- Students will acquire an understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
- Students will acquire an understanding of and/or facility in various lawyering skills, for example, oral advocacy, legal writing and drafting, legal research, negotiation, and client communication
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- Satisfactory completion of the Environmental Law Clinic (L9257)
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- Environmental Law Administrative Law
- Other Limitations
- 2L and 3L students