Environmental Law Survey LAW 856

Course Number: LAW 856

Course Credits: 3

Environmental law has become an integral part of most law practices in the United States today. This course provides an introduction to the framework of the major federal environmental statutes and how the lawyer encounters them in practice (including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and laws on solid and hazardous materials and wastes). This course is a foundation course for the advanced specialized environmental subject and provides the generalist with a solid understanding of the legislative, administrative and judicial system of environmental law today.