In this course we will first examine some fundamentals of appellate practice and procedure (understood to include judicial review of agency action). We will survey topics that often loom large in environmental appeals– including subject matter jurisdiction and appealability; presentation of complex scientific and technical evidence; statutory and regulatory interpretation; and legal framing of environmental claims and values. Finally, we will look at a series of significant environmental cases in detail, and discuss the tactical challenges the litigators faced, from initial filings to briefing and appellate argument, with attention both to the nuts and bolts of procedural and to broader questions of strategy.