Natural Resources Law and Policy

Section 1, Fall 22

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 16/16
Credits: 3
Days* Time Room Start Date End Date
  • W
  • 1540-1740
  • WB162
08/31/2022 12/07/2022
*“R” means Thursday

Course Description

This seminar will explore laws and polices related to governance and allocation of natural resources. We will cover the nature of those resources, challenges in governing them, and how well current laws meet those challenges. The class will survey legal and policy issues related to marine fisheries, wildlife, water resources, federal forests and rangelands, protected federal lands such as national parks and monuments, and energy development on federal land.

Course Requirements

Exam Info:
Final Type (if any): None
Description: None

Written Work Product
Written Work Product: A substantial research paper is due via EXPO by noon on the last day of the finals period.

Other Work

Other Course Details
Prerequisites: Environmental Law or Administrative Law recommended but not required Concurrencies: None
Mutually Exclusive With: None
Laptops Allowed: Yes
First Day Attendance Required: No
Course Resources: To be announced.
Course Notes:

Graduation Requirements

*Satisfies Writing Requirement: Yes
**Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No
Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

*If “Yes,” then students are required to submit a substantial research paper in this course, which means students do not need to submit any form to SRO for this paper to meet their upper-level writing requirement. If “No,” then students must submit a “special request” e-form to SRO (available via LawWeb) no later than five weeks after the start of the term for a paper in this class to be counted toward the upper-level writing requirement.

**Yes indicates course credits count towards UVA Law’s Prof. Skills graduation requirement, not necessarily a skills requirements for any particular state bar.

Schedule No.
122819995
Law No.
LAW9076
Modified Type
ABA Seminar
Cross Listed: No
Cross-Listed Course Mnemonic:
Public Syllabus Link: None
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Opens: Wednesday, November 30, 12:01 AM
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Friday, December 09, 11:59 PM
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