General Course Descriptions for Terms: administrative law
744 - Administrative Law
940 - Wisconsin Legal History
Wisconsin Legal History will meet once a week for two hours. The approximately thirteen class sessions will focus on the following: 1) earliest legal antecedents & the Territorial legal system; 2) making of the Wisconsin Constitution & early Wisconsin state law; 3) the Civil War era & Wisconsin’s early industrial age; 4) corporate consolidation and regulation 1875-1915 & Wisconsin 19th century tort law; 5) Wisconsin women and the law & ethnic assimilation 1846-1920; 6) the Good Government movement 1895-1925 & Wisconsin’s tax system 1897-1925; 7) utilities 1890-1920 & the workplace 1867-1925; 8) Substantive Due Process, administrative law & labor and Wisconsin’s “Little New Deal”; 9) Wisconsin 20th century tort law & Wisconsin contract law; 10) Wisconsin criminal law & Wisconsin civil rights law; 11) Wisconsin women and the law since 1920 & Wisconsin practice of law; 12) the Governor Thompson years & the essence of Wisconsin’s legal system; and 13) Wisconsin legal highlights thus far in the 21st century. Students may take the course for 2 or 3 credits: 2 credits entails crafting a 20-page research paper; 3 credits a 30-page research paper. The Upper-Level Writing Requirement is available for interested students, whether they take the seminar for 2 or 3 credits. There is no book to purchase: the instructor will provide a pdf copy of the required text.
950 - Lawyering Skills: Immigration & Federal Administrative Law
951 - Administrative Law Module
989 - Environmental Law & Practice
The course will provide an overview of major environmental laws including; • Clean Water Act • Clean Air Act • RCRA – solid and hazardous waste management • Hazardous substance management • CERCLA/Superfund • State and federal navigable waters laws • State and federal laws on groundwater and water use • Land use • NEPA/WEPA – environmental impact Provides an overview of the government affairs nature of environmental law, with special attention given to the structure of government, administrative law and local government law including practical procedures for obtaining legal objectives. Review actual case studies, permits, pleadings to demonstrate the fact specific and technical nature of addressing environmental law issues. Concludes with an application of these laws in permitting, commercial transactions and enforcement.