STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

LAW 746

Use of statutes and legislative materials in litigation and decision; problems of the lawyer in the interpretation of statutes, in representation of the client before legislative bodies, and in the presentation and argument of statutory authorities to a court.

LAW 750

Legislation and regulation play the dominant role in shaping law in the modern American legal system. All lawyers, irrespective of the area of law must understand statutes and regulations. An introduction providing a deeper understanding of these forms of law and the institutions that make this law, and to help them better appreciate the role that lawyers play in the American legal system as it operates in practice. To think like a lawyer, and hence to represent or advise clients, requires an ability to do so in the context of the regulatory state.

LAW 848

Overview of major environmental statutes, regulations and cases, and their implementation by regulatory agencies, as well as currently applicable common-law doctrine.

LAW 824

Examines the structure and authority of the federal courts and the relationship between those courts and other governmental institutions.

LAW 722

Learn to formulate precise legal issues; analyze complex facts; find relevant law; identify, evaluate, and apply legal rules in creative and nuanced ways; and effectively communicate answers in writing.