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Squillace, Mark

Raphael J. Moses Professor of Natural Resources Law

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Research

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  • Mark Squillace's research focuses on water resources law and policy, coal law and policy, and environmental decision-making, particularly as it relates to climate change.

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  • water resources law and policy, mining law and policy, coal resources and policy, environmental decision-making, administrative law, climate law and policy, air and water pollution law and policy, natural resources law and policy

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Teaching

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  • ENVM 6100 - Special Topics for Master of the Environment Program
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2019
    A variety of topics not currently offered in curriculum; offered depending on instructor availability and student demand.
  • ENVS 5100 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
    A variety of topics not currently offered in curriculum; offered depending on instructor availability and student demand. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours, provided the topics vary.
  • LAWS 5205 - Legislation and Regulation
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
    Introduces lawmaking in the modern administrative state. Examines the way Congress and administrative agencies adopt binding rules of law (statutes and regulations, respectively) and the way that implementing institutions, courts and administrative agencies, interpret and apply these laws. Considers the structure of the modern administrative state, the incentives that influence the behavior of the various actors, and the legal rules that help to structure the relationships among Congress, the agencies and the courts.
  • LAWS 6302 - Water Resources
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Analyzes regional and national water problems, including the legal methods by which surface and ground water supplies are allocated, managed and protected.
  • LAWS 7222 - Environmental Decision-Making
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
    Explores the foundational issues that underlie agency decision-making, including environmental ethics, cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, constitutional law and administrative law. Compares and contrasts National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act and the Endangered Species Act. Same as ENVS 6222.
  • LAWS 9856 - LL.M Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2023
    Provides eligible LL.M students the option to enroll in this two-credit LLM Thesis course. The course requires a significant work of original research on a topic chosen in consultation with a faculty supervisor and other law school faculty with set assignments for topic selection, drafts, and a workshop. In exceptional circumstances and only after pre-approval, an LLM student may enroll for a third or fourth credit.

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