Advanced Environmental and Climate Justice Clinic
Course Information
- Course Number
- L9717
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Administrative Law and Public Policy, Corporate Law, Business, and Finance, Environment and Energy, Lawyering, Racial, Economic, and Social Justice
- Type
- Clinic
- Additional Attributes
- New Course
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Section Description
The Advanced Just Transition Clinic is an opportunity for students to build upon the community and movement lawyering skills they learned in the Just Transition Clinic. Students in Advanced Clinic will continue their work on clinic projects and will take on additional leadership within their project teams. Advanced Clinic students will have the opportunity to contribute to additional clinic projects, to assist in developing a course of study based on that studentâs learning goals, to undertake movement-building projects, and to contribute to the development of specific seminar sessions for the Just Transition Clinic.
- School Year & Semester
- Spring 2024
- Location
- TBA TBA
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Friday
- Points
- 1
- Method of Evaluation
- Other
- J.D Writing Credit?
- Minor (upon consultation)
- Major (only upon consultation)
- LLM Writing Project
- Upon consultation
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
-
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in ethical and professional issues
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in judicial, legislative and/or administrative processes
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in values-based considerations in law-making
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired 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
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the influences of political institutions in law
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in transactional design and value creation
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired 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
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- Limited to J.D. and LL.M students who have successfully completed L9217 (Just Transition Clinic), L9362, L9244, L8631, L9208, L9233, L9258, L9239, or L9235 with consent of the instructor.