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Update to Prof. Robbins’ ACJ Course Description

Below is the updated course description for Prof. Robbins’ ACJ course for Fall 2013:

This course covers the basic constitutional rights associated with the investigation and adjudication of criminal cases. Topics covered include police searches, seizures, and interrogations, right to counsel, jury trial, and double jeopardy, among others. Also known as Criminal Procedure, this course introduces students to constitutional analysis by examining key provisions of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments as they apply to the criminal justice process. There will be a field trip mid-way. The grade is largely based on a final exam, with a portion coming from class participation.

Fall 2013 Registration Materials

The School of Law Registration Materials for Fall 2013 are now uploaded onto the website and can be located by visiting: http://www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum/registration.dot. Registration begins Monday, April 1, 2013. Please make sure that you read all information provided. Any information not included in the Registration materials will be sent out once it is received.

First Year Part-time Students

This is a reminder that First Year Part-time students must register themselves for Property I & II for Summer 2013. Please make sure to review the summer schedule and register using MyAkron. Misty D. Franklin (misty@uakron.edu) will handle registration for “controlled” courses (i.e. LARW II, GWRs, etc.).

Important information regarding Biodiversity, Climate Change & Renewable Energy in Summer 2013

Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Renewable Energy: Emerging Legal Issues – Intersession I

This course has no prerequisites and is open to all students, including first year students.

Description:
What do lawmakers, real estate developers, energy companies, urban planners, land managers, and industrial regulated parties all have in common? They all face a major turning point in our relationship with the plant – changes in the climate, sea level rise, rapidly evolving biodiversity needs, and a boom in renewable energy and natural gas extraction, both of which face conflicts with endangered species protection – a turning point that is beginning to alter the options available to each within their respective fields. This course will cover biodiversity law, climate change law, and the emerging relationship between the two. We will then proceed to review the various areas of renewable energy (which, of course, is a favored avenue toward climate mitigation), as well as the newly revamped hydraulic fracturing technology, all through the lens of conflicts with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that are hindering development in these areas. We will discuss ways in which the move toward renewable energy can be accomplished without butting heads with the rather fierce ESA. The text for the course is THE LAW OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT (Foundation Press University Casebook Series, Third Edition, John Copeland Nagle, J.B.Ruhl & Kalyani Robbins, eds.).

Student Emails

Students please make sure that all emails are sent from your zips.uakron.edu account. Students are sending emails from gmail and other accounts which are ending up in Junk Mail. In order to ensure that your email is received please make sure that you correspond using your Akron account.