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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Law : Law
730-427 The E-Law Experience |
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Credit Points: | 20 | |
Pre/Corequisite/s: | History and Philosophy of Law, Torts and the Process of Law Environmental and Planning Law I; Environmental and Planning Law II. | |
Timetable: | Semester 1 | |
Contact: | 1 and 1/2 hours of class contact per week. 1/2 hour individual contact with each student per week | |
Subject Description: | The subject is designed along the lines of an environmental law clinic. The clinic will operate as a 'law firm' by using real cases of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW), a group of public interest environmental lawyers, academics and scientists from over 35 different countries dedicated to promoting environmental protection across borders by sharing legal and scientific information and resources. As interns with E-LAW, students will make extensive use of the Internet and email (as well as more traditional forms of legal research) to develop legal tactics, strategies and policies in a large number of public interest environmental cases that are being investigated or currently pending before municipal courts all over the world. | |
Assessment: | Pleadings, memoranda, briefs (70%); Case Status Reports/Time Sheets (15 %); Case Review participation (15 %). | |
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