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  • LAW 6865: Natural Resources Law

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Comprehensive view of the general law governing natural and environmental resources. Students will learn to understand how our legal system has organized the various problems of allocation, use rights, duties and limitations, and governance, in the context of establishing rules governing human use of the earth's natural endowment. Prerequisite: completion of first year of law school.
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  • LAW 6875: Hz Wst & Waterpol

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Hazardous Waste/Water Pollution Law examines the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. These highly complex federal statutes, applicable nationwide either directly or via state-implemented programs, regulate pollution of water; govern industrial generation, handling, and cleanup of hazardous substances; and establish liability and enforcement standards.
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  • LAW 6880: Criminal Adjudication

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    A study of the post-investigative phase of the criminal process: from charging decisions through sentencing and appeals.Topics covered include: the decision to prosecute; bail and pretrial release; grand jury and preliminary hearing practice; jury-related issues, such as pretrial publicity, Batson, and deliberative secrecy; criminal discovery; the role and responsibilities of defense counsel and of the prosecutor; defendants? rights to presence, confrontation, and to present a defense case; verdicts; sentencing and appeals.
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  • LAW 6885: Law Office Management

    1.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    This is a "how-to" course which introduces students to the law office as an operating business. This course covers various aspects of establishing and operating a law office, including: attorney timekeeping and client billing; establishing fees rates and fee agreements; revenue projections, record and file management and conflict management systems. Prerequisites: Completion of the firsty year law school curriculum.
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  • LAW 6890: Land Use Law

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Land Use Law deals primarily with public methods of making decisions concerning the use and development of land. Land use decisions range from the issuance of building permits or variances to zoning to long-range planning. The course examines tensions between private and public interests (private landowners, community residents, developers, business persons, and city/county officials) over the use of private property, the legal principles that inform the possible resolutions of these tensions and define governmental authority, and the implications of land use regulation for the exercise of other rights, such as free speech.
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  • LAW 6910: Seminar

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    No course description available.
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  • LAW 6915: Topics in Law

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Specific subject matter varies each year and between each section because the course is normally taught by a visiting faculty or by a law faculty member or interdisciplinary team who wish to present a special topic not able to be offered on a regular basis. Students should check class schedules for current offerings each semester. Prerequisite: completion of first year of law school; consent of instructor required for non-law students.
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  • LAW 6920: Leg Skills & Probs

    1.00 - 2.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    No course description available.
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  • LAW 6925: Adv Persuasive Writing

    3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Art and science of written legal persuasion. Specifically, course explores the nature of legal persuasion from the standpoints of numerous disciplines, including classical rhetoric, psychology, literary theory, and morality theory, and based on these principles, covers specific strategies lawyers can use to make their writing more persuasive. Prerequisites: LAW 6160 and LAW 6260, and completion of first year of law school.
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  • LAW 6930: Legal Clinic

    2.00 - 3.00 Credits
    University of Wyoming

    Supervised clinical training in law office and court procedures. Clinical programs available are the Defender Aid Program, Legal Services Program, and the Prosecution Assistance Program. Satisfactory/unsatisfactory only. Prerequisite: Students must have completed first year of law school.
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