LAW - 716 Environmental Litigation

(2 hrs.)

This course explores the procedural, substantive, and tactical considerations in federal environmental litigation and provides practical litigation skills through in-class and homework assignments. The course will focus on one or more actual environmental cases in federal court. In addition to studying the substantive law and the key federal procedural rules, students will improve their litigation skills by drafting a complaint, drafting wirrten discovery, participating in a mock deposition, and arguing a dispositive motion.