GPP Courses

Environmental law is fundamentally statutory and regulatory and as such it involves the interaction of federal, state, and local agencies. Understanding how agencies work and how they are shaped by their history, culture, statutes, resources, leaders and constituencies is crucial to problem-solving in many legal arenas and even more so in environmental law.

Through case studies, simulations, attending hearings, statutory and regulatory analysis, written and oral projects, students will develop skills in problem-solving, interviewing, negotiation, counseling, public relations, professional ethics, oral and written communication, agenda setting, and community leadership.

While the examples in this course are environmental, the problem-solving methodology developed in this course will serve the student when working with public agencies in other areas of the law. 
 Students will be exposed to online communication systems through online instruction in four of the classes.  Most of this instruction will be asynchronous through posting to online discussion boards, podcasts, online videos, blogs and email.  Synchronous techniques such as chatrooms, whiteboards, conference calls and video conferences may also be used.  Students must be prepared to participate through these different media.

JD/MELP:  Distributional requirements:  Regulatory and Ethics/Philosophy. 

GPP II is open to a limited number of second and third-year students not enrolled in the GPP with the consent of the Director.

Prerequisite:  successful completion of GPPI or consent of the Director.

Satisfies skills requirement.