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Book Lists and Reading Assignments

Book Lists, First Assignments, and Syllabi

Fall 2025

Animals and the Law — Winders

Appellate Advocacy — Campos

Appellate Advocacy — Johnson

Bail to Jail — Kruska

Business Associations — Varadi

Civil Procedure — Hoffmann

Civil Procedure — McCormack

Civil Procedure — Smith

Civil Procedure (OHJD) — Dykstra

Climate Change and the Law — Jones

Climate Change: The Power of Taxes — Milne

Constitutional Criminal Procedure — Campos

Constitutional Law — Teachout

Contracts — Brennan

Contracts — Firestone

Federal Income Taxation — Cartier

Foundations of Legal Analysis — Brennan

Foundations of Legal Analysis — Xiaoyu Zhang

Introduction to Policy Research & Writing — Bromberg and Sekula

Introduction to Start-up Law — Killoran

Land Use Regulation — Milne

Legal Research and Writing — Ireland

Legal Research and Writing — Johnson

Legal Research and Writing — Sekula

Legal Research and Writing — Woldow

Legal Research and Writing (OHJD) — Dykstra

Legislation & Regulation — Lewis

Natural Resources Law — Winders

Non-profit Organizations — Varadi

Professional Responsibility — Killoran

Property — Guanchi Zhang

Race and the Law — Jefferson

Small Business Law Clinic — Killoran

State and Local Government — Guanchi Zhang

Torts — Clark

Torts (OHJD) — Clark

Summer 2025

Animal Undercover Investigations — Leahy

Animal Welfare Science and Ethics — Rally

Biodiversity Protection — Takacs

Climate and Environmental Sustainability — McGaffey

Ecology — Poleman and Lautzenheiser

Environmental Justice — Eady

Farmworkers and the Law — Scott

Federal Environmental Policy Under Trump II — Donahue

Global Environmental Governance – Percival

International Climate Litigation — Wirth

Intro to the Farm Bill — Coppess

Intro to Global Energy Law and Policy — Penttinen

Land Conservation Law — Jay

Ocean and Coastal Law — Eagle

Offshore Wind Energy — Belcher

Prosecuting Environmental Crimes — Harris

The Rights of Nature — Salzman

Three Essentials of the Electric Grid – Engineering Essentials — Root

Three Essentials of the Electric Grid – Business Essentials — Letendre

Three Essentials of the Electric Grid – Legal Essentials — Reiser

Trends in Employment Law — Jones

Spring 2025

Criminal Law—Smith

Embedded Racism in the Law—Jefferson

Ethics and Restorative Justice—Clark

European Union Law—Teachout

Intellectual Property Law—Goodenough

Legal Methods—Dayna Smith

Legal Writing II—Connolly

Legal Writing II—Johnson

Legal Writing II—Smith

Mental Disabilities and the Law—Perlin

OHJD Contracts—Brennan

Trial Practice—Masterson

Water Quality—Skogen

Fall 2024

Alternative Dispute Resolution—Vogel

Animal Ethics—Laura Ireland

Appellate Advocacy—Greg Johnson

Appellate Advocacy—Anna F. Connolly

Appellate Advocacy—Chester Harper

Appellate Advocacy—Fregosi


Bail to Jail—Elizabeth Kruska

Business Associations—Benjamin C. Varadi

Civil Procedure—Dayna Smith

Civil Procedure—Pamela Vesilind

Civil Procedure – OHJD—Stephanie Clark

Constitutional Criminal Procedure—Shannon Heery


Contracts—Dean Brennan

Contracts—David Firestone

Criminal Law—Shannon Heery


Debtor-Creditor Law and Bankruptcy—Tavian Mayer

Energy Policy in a Carbon Constrained World—Mark James

Entrepreneurial Legal Lab—Killoran, Eicks, Goodenough, and Bailey

ESG Fundamentals—Siu Tip Lam

Estates—Stephanie J. Willbanks

Evidence—Barbara A. Masterson

Federal Income Taxation—Stephanie J. Willbanks

Food Regulation and Policy—Laurie Beyranevand

Introduction to Public Policy—Pimpare

Intro to Policy Research & Writing—Dan Bromberg & Jennifer Sekula

Intro to Start-Up Law— Nicole Killoran

Juvenile Justice and the Law—Marshall Pahl

Land Use Regulation—Milne

Legal Research and Writing—Woldow

Legal Research and Writing—Jennifer Sekula

Legal Research and Writing—Fregosi

Legal Research and Writing—Grant Smith

Legal Research and Writing—Fordyce-Ruff

Legal Research and Writing: An Integrated Approach—Greg Johnson

Legal Research and Writing: An Integrated Approach—Michael Kovac


Legislation & Regulation—Cynthia Lewis


Native Americans & the Law—Mia Montoya Hammersley

Non-profit Organizations—Benjamin C. Varadi

Oil & Gas Development & the Environment—Mark James

Professional Identity Formation—Melissa Racki

Professional Identity Formation—Stephanie Clark

Professional Responsibility—Margaret Olnek

Quantitative Analysis—Tao Sun


Race and the Law Seminar—Shirley A. Jefferson

Torts—Stephanie A. Clark

Torts—Guanchi Zhang

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U.S. Law and Legal Analysis—Xiaoyu Zhang

Summer 2024

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AJD Torts—Dayna Smith

Appellate Advocacy—Catherine Fregosi

Appellate Advocacy—Greg Johnson

Family Law—Margaret Olnek

Legal Research and Writing—Greg Johnson

Legislation and Regulation—Catherine Fregosi

Spring 2024

 

Animal Ethics—Laura Ireland
Reading Assignment (additional videos and assignments will be added)

Animal Protection Policy—Winders

Climate Change & the Law—Rushlow

Comparative Law—Zhang

Constitutional Law—Johnson

Corporations and Other Business Associations—Varadi


Criminal Law—Brown


Environmental Law—Firestone

European Union Law—Teachout and Ali
First Assignment

Family Law—Olnek

Fundamentals of Climate Change—Gottlieb

Legal Writing II (Section 2 Smith)

Legal Writing II (Section 5 Johnson)

Legal Writing II (Section 6 Smith)

Natural Resources Law—Winders

OHJD Civ Pro II—Stephanie Clark

Professional Responsibility—Varadi

PUB 7580 State and Local Government—Zhang

REQ 7160 Property—Zhang

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Trial Practice—Levine
Syllabus

Advanced Environmental Legal Research (WRI7380)—Chris Ryan

Cannabis Law (FAA5310)—Benjamin Varadi and Timothy Fair

Ecology (ENV5430)—Walter Poleman and Tom Lautzenheiser

The Essentials of the Electric Grid: Business Essentials (ENV5511)—James Cater

The Essentials of the Electric Grid: Engineering Essentials (ENG5510)—Christopher Root

The Essentials of the Electric Grid: Legal Essentials (ENG5512)—Samantha Williams

Ocean and Coastal Law (ENV5423)—Lizzie Lewis, Michael Jasny, Sarah M. Reiter, and Caroline Park

Offshore Wind Energy (ENG5402)—Joshua Belcher

Protecting Family Land (Heirs’ Property) (ENV5901)—Mavis Gragg

Undercover Investigations of Animal Operations (ANM5902)—Meg York

Animal Welfare Law (ANI5422)—Heather Rally and Mary Hollingsworth

Environmental Appeals (ENV5247)—Sean Donahue

Environmental Justice (EJU5446)—Barry Hill

Global Energy Law & Policy (ENG5230)—Anna Marhold

Land Conservation Law (ENV5474)—Jessica Jay

Law of Ecosystem Management (ENV5472)—J.B. Ruhl and James Salzman

Balancing Perspectives in Coastal Resource Management: Maine Field Study (ENV5323)— Benjamin Leoni ’11 and Lindsay Leoni Bourgoine MELP’15

Biodiversity Protection Law (ENV5412)—David Takacs

Environmental Governance in the Developing World (ENV5223)—Robert Percival

Environmental Governance and the Private Sector (ENV5233)—Victor Flatt

The International Law of Food (INT7435)—David Wirth

Racial Equity in Land, Farms & Food Systems (EJU5901.01)—Dãnia Davy

Sustainable Social Enterprises for the Fossil-Free Economy (ENV5339)—Melissa Scanlan

Toxic Exposure and Health: Communities on the Front Lines (EJU5211)—Daniel Rosenberg
Reading Assignment
Syllabus

The Farm Bill—Coppess, Adamo

Clean Transportation Law and Policy—Joe Halso

Environmental Crimes—Deborah Harris

Farmworkers and the Law (FAA5350)—Emma Scott

Global Energy Law and Policy—Arturo Brandt

Maine Field Study—Lindsay Leoni Bourgoine and Benjamin Leoni

Public Lands Management: Montana Field Study (ENV5462)—Chelsea Colwyn