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2008 Summer Environmental Law Lecture |
American University Washington College of Law announces its fifth 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.
Course offerings include:
Course schedules are subject to change. Please check our Web site for the latest information.
International Business and the Environment (1 credit), Professor Jackson Morrill;
Climate Change Litigation (1 credit), Professor William Snape;
International Law of Biodiversity (1 credits), Professor David Downes;
International Institutions and Environmental Protection (2 credits)
Professors David Hunter and Natalie Bridgeman;
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (1credits), Professor Kenneth Markowitz;
Environmental Law and the U.S. Congress (1 credit), Profesor Laurel Angell;
Climate Change and Emissions Trading (1 credit), Professor Kyle Danish; and
European Union and Climate Change (1 credit), Professor Nuno Lacasta;Curso en Español
Comercio y Medio Ambiente: Lecciones en América latina
Developing Country Scholarships - Summer Session
Registration for the Summer Session continues to May 26, 2009 but scholarships are no longer available.
We will receive applications for the 2010 Summer Session from September 1, 2009 to April 1, 2010
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