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Oregon LL.M.
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Course Descriptions Spring 2009 - 2010
| LL.M. SEMINAR
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| LW 607 1 Credit
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Professor John Bonine
Open only to students enrolled in LL.M. in Environmental Law. The LL.M. Seminar is an integrating experience for all LL.M. students, providing education on topics of current concern and introducing students to a variety of lawyers, officials, and natural environments in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. This is a continuation of the Fall Semester 3-credit course.
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| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
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| LW 664 3 Credits
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Professor Adell Amos
Administrative Law is at the heart of making government accountable - whether one's client is an environmental group trying to block a destructive project or a major corporation. Good lawyers can use a creative mind to craft interpretations or solutions favorable to their clients. Analysis of judicial review of administrative action, including presumptions, standing, ripeness, exhaustion, and questions of fact and law; the process of proof in adjudicatory hearings, including official notice, evidentiary considerations, and investigation; the process of decision in adjudicatory hearings, including separation of function, bias, and ex parte communication; procedural distinctions between rule making and adjudication.
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| ENERGY & THE LAW
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| LW 607 2 Credits
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Professor Jennifer Gleason
Energy and the Law will cover the laws, key regulations and selected cases and case studies on the following topics: energy policy, regulation and land status/ownership issues, oil (on & offshore), natural gas (including coalbed methane), mining (coal and hard rock, i.e., perhaps compare/contrast SMCRA with the 1872 Mining Law, etc), nuclear power, hydropower and alternative energy sources (solar, tidal, wind, etc.). In addition to an exploration of black letter law, I think that the overreaching themes and questions could include climate change issues, political stability, and the formation of new energy economies.
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| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC
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| LW 707 3 Credits
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Professor Greg Costello
Students represent clients under the supervision of a practicing attorney in state and federal court and before administrative agencies.
Students are taught to handle clients directly, find and prepare expert witnesses, pursue discovery and Freedom of Information requests to obtain evidence, develop innovative legal theories with clinic attorneys, represent clients orally in administrative or court hearings when appropriate, submit motions to courts, and prepare winning (not merely adequate) legal briefs and memoranda. The clinic demands painstaking care in all written work, the development of self starting skills, and an ability to find the winning needle in the haystack of facts and law.
There is a limit of 10 students per semester, who are mostly J.D. students. All students must pay malpractice insurance. The insurance fee ranges from $10 30.
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| ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION LAW
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| LW 610 3 Credits
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Professor John Bonine
This course covers the main environmental law statutes and case precedents
involving control of pollution. The class provides an overview of
technology-forcing, environmental quality models of control,
feasibility-based models of control, and judicial review and enforcement.
Statutes include the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, pesticide law, and
various statutes involving toxic substances. It is offered every second
year, alternating with a survey course in Environmental Law.
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| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW EXTERNSHIP
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| LW 704 3 Credits
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Professors Adell Amos, Jennifer Gleason
(Students work in nonprofit environmental organizations for 3 credits.)
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| FEDERAL ENERGY POLICY AND THE CONGRESS
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| LW 610 1 Credit
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Professor Howard Cummins
Discussion of changing energy policies and the legislative process.
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| CLIMATE CHANGE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
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| LW 610 3 Credits
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Professor Svitlana Kravchenko
Examines scientific data; international treaties and protocols; the role of secretariats of the conventions and their compliance or implementation mechanisms;; the role of the U.S. government, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and courts; and use of cases and litigation for the solution of climate change environmental problems.
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| HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
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LW 607 3 Credits
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Professor Ibrahim Gassama
Examines the development and institutionalization of the concept of human rights. What are the norms, institutions, and processes that govern protection of human rights in the international arena? How are they transmitted across national, religious, and cultural boundaries?
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| LAND USE LAW
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| LW 668 3 Credits
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Professor William Kabeisman
Survey of the function, operation, and legal impact of state and local public planning and land use control laws, ordinances, and administrative growth control techniques, transfer of developmental rights, zoning, variances, conditional-use permits and nonconforming uses. Consideration of newer state-level land use control devices, such as state environmental impact assessment acts (e.g., in California) and statewide land use planning laws (e.g., in Oregon).
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| LEGAL WRITING
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| LW 675 1-3 credits
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STAFF
Research and writing supervised by a faculty member. Typically 2 credits, but never more than 3, are awarded for a writing project in one semester.
In order to earn three credit hours you must submit a written memo and obtain approval from the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.
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| MEDIATION
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| LW 607 3 Credits
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Professor Michael Moffitt
Examines mediation practice and the policy implications of the development of mediation as a means of dispute resolution, with a particular focus on attorneys' roles. Includes a full day of mediation skills training. Required paper.
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| NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
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| LW 607 2 Credits
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Professor Mary Wood
This is a survey course that covers the vast realm of natural resources law. It weaves together the various sub-specialities of the field into one comprehensive framework. This course will be useful as a foundational class to the student who wishes to pursue environmental law, but also to the student who wants only general background in the area. The course begins with coverage of the National Environmental Policy Act and the procedural framework of natural resources law. It then explores management of four categories of ownership of natural resources and lands: federal, tribal, state, and private ownership. Specific topics include water appropriation, the public trust doctrine, takings law, conservation easements, treaty rights and others.
Paper - questions/topics predetermined
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| NEGOTIATION
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| LW 607 3 Credits
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Professor J Reynolds
Aimed at developing negotiation skills for crafting deals and resolving disputes. Examines analytic frameworks, interpersonal styles, strategic choices, and observation skills specific to negotiation. Includes multiple simulated negotiations and writing assignments.
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| NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
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| LW 610 3 Credits
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Professor Susan Gary
The course will cover both corporate governance issues and tax issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Topics include organization of nonprofits, state regulation, obtaining tax exempt status, restrictions on lobbying and political activity, private foundations, the tax on unrelated business income of tax exempt organizations, and charitable deduction rules.
Grading will be based on several writing and drafting assignments and a take-home exam.
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| OCEAN LAW
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| LW 607 2 Credits
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Professor Richard Hildreth
International and domestic legal responses to conflicting uses of ocean resources, including fisheries, marine mammals, oil and gas and other non-living resources; marine protected areas including the U.S. Marine Sanctuaries Act; oil spill liability and prevention, both international and domestic.
No Prerequisites
Exam - 2 hr. - Computer required
Essay exam is partial open book.
Enrollment: 40
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| REMEDIES
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| LW 661 3 Credits
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Professor Maurice Holland
Remedies available for prevention or redress of civil wrongs; includes monetary damages; remedies for restitution such as tracing, constructive trusts, equitable liens, and injunctions.
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| RENEWABLE ENERGY
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| LW 607 2 Credits
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Professor William Holmes
This course will be taught by teleconference linking students in Eugene with students and professor in Portland. Prof. Holmes is an experienced attorney in private practice, representing clients on matters involving wind, geothermal, biomass, tidal and ocean power, and other forms of renewable energy.
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Contact LL.M.
LL.M. - Prof. Svitlana Kravchenko
LL.M. Director
School of Law
University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon 97403
USA
Tel: +1 541 346 0532
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Debby Warren, LL.M. Exec. Assistant, +1 541 346 3835
Fax: +1 541 346 1564
Email LL.M.
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