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2008 Summer Session on Environmental Law
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2008 Calendar of courses |
2007 Welcome Package |
Summer Environmental Law Lecture |
American University Washington College of Law announces its fourth annual Summer Session on Environmental Law, providing law students, practitioners and other environmental professionals and scholars with an opportunity for intensive environmental law training over a three-week period. The Summer Session offers a broad range of courses taught by leading practitioners from government, business and non-governmental organizations.
The Summer Session on Environmental Law can complement a summer internship in Washington, D.C. Both day and night courses are available. Students can choose among 1 and 2 credit classes and can take up to six credits.
All courses in this Summer Session on Environmental Law can be taken for law school credit or for Continuing Legal Education credit. A Certificate of Attendance will be presented to students who do not wish to take courses for academic credit. The credits can also be used toward an LL.M. degree from the Washington College of Law.
Please note that the course Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
will take place on June 9 - 13, 2008 from
6:00PM to 8:30PM - Room 314.
Course offerings include:
Environmental Advocacy, Prof. William Snape (2 credits)
International Law of Biodiversity, Prof. David Downes (1 credit)
International Business and Environment, Porf. Jackson Morril (1 credit)
International Institutions and Environmental Protection, Prof. David Hunter (2 credits)
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, Profs. Durwood Zaelke and Kenneth Markowitz (1 credits)
Environmental Law & the US Congress, Prof. Laurel Angell (1 credit)
Alternatives to Environmental Regulation, Prof. Ira Feldman (1 credit)
Climate Change and Emissions Trading, Prof. Kyle Danish (1 credit)
Environmental Law in the European Union, Prof. Nuno Lacasta (1 credit)
Comercio y Medio Ambiente: Lecciones en América Latina, prof. Gustavo Alanis (1 crédito)
Summer Session Activities
Thursday, May 29 |
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12:00 P.M |
Roundtable Hearing on Spring Valley Chemical Contamination, Friends of the Earth-US |
6:00 P.M. |
“International Lending in an Age of Global Warming” 1st Annual Summer Session Lecture on Environmental Law and Reception (room 603). For more information and registration please click here |
Tuesday, June 3
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12:00 – 2:00 P.M. |
Lunch and Presentation, Tomas Ruzicka, EuroNatura 2000 Report (European Regional Initiative for nature conservation), Room TBD, American University Washington College of Law |
Wednesday, June 4 |
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12:00 – 2:00 P.M. |
Panel Discussion, Massachusetts v. EPA—1 Year Later, DC Bar Association, Hunton & Williams, 1900 K Street, NW, 12th Floor Boardroom (Brown Bag Lunch) RSVP to dhunter@wcl.american.edu |
6:00 – 8:30 P.M. |
Reception for Dr. Jose Zaglul, President, Earth University, Costa Rica, The Atrium at DLA Piper, 500 8th Street, N.W Contact: Dhunter@wcl.american.edu |
Thursday, June 5 |
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10:00-12:00 P.M. |
Congressional Hearing, International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development, House Banking Committee, House Rayburn Building |
2:00 – 3:00 P.M. |
World Resources Institute, Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy, 10 G Street NE, Suite 800 |
Developing Country Scholarships - 2009 Summer Session
Some limited scholarships may be available for students from developing countries.
We will receive applications for next year from September 1, 2008 to April 1, 2009.
To apply please send a letter to summerenvironment@wcl.american.edu addressed to Professor David Hunter, Director, Summer Session on Environmental Law, explaining why you would like to attend the program, which classes you are most interested in,and whether you would need complete scholarship or not. Also, please attach a copy of your curriculum vitae.
For further information, please e-mail: summerenvironment@wcl.american.edu.
David Hunter
Program Director
Summer Session on Environmental Law
Washington College of Law
American University
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C., 20016
Tel: 202-274-4321
Fax: 202-274-4226
summerenvironment@wcl.american.edu
