ENVI 14
Environmental Law and Policy Winter 2025

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This course covers the major environmental protection areas, and current issues, such as air and water pollution, climate change, regulation of toxic wastes, cleanup of contaminated sites, environmental justice, and ecosystem and endangered species protections. It also introduces students to the American legal system by covering a range of environmental legal actions, including both common law lawsuits by private persons, and governmental regulation and enforcement under the major environmental statutes. Students will be exposed to careers in environmental law and policy and will also develop legal reasoning, argumentation, and writing skills.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 25
Expected: NA
Class#: 1142
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: Paper(s) or report(s); Presentation(s)
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Preferences: ENVI studies majors will be given preference.
Unit Notes: Korinna Garfield is a current student at Boston College Law School studying environmental law. She is a graduate of Williams College with a major in Environmental Studies and a concentration in Justice and Law.
Attributes: EXPE Experiential Education Courses
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