Practical Environmental Law, Second Edition

Laurel A. Vietzen

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ISBN: 9780735507807

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Start out on the right foot when you transition from the classroom to your first job with PRACTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, Second Edition. Laurel A. Vietzen’s skill-building exercises mirror the work done by paralegals, so even if you’ve never stepped foot in a law office, you’ll know your way around. Timely and practical—the content, resources, and job-skills training in the updated Second Edition will prepare you to excel as a paralegal.

PRACTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW features:
- Numerous hands-on assignments and websites to develop the paralegal skills used on the job in a law office or governmental agency
- A new chapter on mining law in the Second Edition
- An overview of legal research and how it applies to environmental law
- Research exercises that teach students how to access local and state laws
- A two-part organization focusing on
  - I. Implementation and sources of environmental law
  - II. Specific statutes relevant to environmental law
- Unique coverage of due diligence in real estate transactions, a real-world concern of paralegals
- Employment opportunities and ethical issues highlighted in text boxes
- Crossword puzzles, Key Terms, Review Questions, and Practice Exercises as aids to comprehension and review
Updated in the Second Edition:
- Environmental laws and regulations
- Assignments and exercises
- Internet research sources
- Sample government forms

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Summary of Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction to the Study of Law

Ch. 2. Administrative Agencies in Environmental Law

Ch. 3. The Courts in Environmental Law

Ch. 4. The Constitution and the Executive in Environmental Law

Ch. 5. Protection of the Environment at the Local and International Levels

Ch. 6. Due Diligence in Transactional Law

Ch. 7. National Environmental Policy Act

Ch. 8. The Air We Breathe

Ch. 9. Water

Ch. 10. CERCLA, SARA, EPCRA, and TSCA

Ch. 11. Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste

Ch. 12. Wild Things, Wild Places: ESA, Federal Land, and FIFRA

Ch. 13 Mining
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Laurel A. Vietzen

Professor Laurel A. Vietzen has been coordinator of the ABA-approved paralegal program at Elgin Community College since it began in 1989. She received her BA in Journalism from Purdue University and her JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Prior to starting her current position at Elgin Community College, Professor Vietzen practiced transactional law with the Chicago firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal and the suburban firm Bean & Spencer and taught Lawyering Skills at John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She is coordinator of the Contributor to Planning & Environmental Law journal, monthly since 1985.
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