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Fall 2024

5297 Energy Transition Policy - PRASAD- 25548

Professor(s): Priya Prasad (ADJUNCT)

Credits: 2

Course Areas: Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law 

Time: 9:00a-3:00p  M-F- August 12-16  Location: 310 

Course Outline: This course will provide a practical/hands-on understanding of key concepts for law students (JD and LLM) aspiring to practice in the fields of energy and/or climate policy. Topics will be relevant for those planning to practice law exclusively in the United States as well as those practicing overseas or having international clients.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Course Notes: (Face-to-Face)  The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.

Quota =20.

This course will meet from August 12 to August 16, 2024 from 9 AM to 12 PM, Lunch from 12-1 and class will start again from 1-3 PM. There will be a 10 minute break during morning and afternoon sessions. The final exam will be a paper.

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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

Experiential Course Type: No

Bar Course: No

DistanceEd ABA: No

Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Instructor Preference)

Course Materials

Special Case

Course Materials: Materials will be provided prior to the beginning of the course, such as resources on legal writing/drafting and articles and books on climate and energy policy.