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The federal government owns and manages 28% of all land in the United States, and 48% in California, the third-highest percentage in the nation. How the federal government manages public lands therefore has profound implications for countless constituencies and users, affecting everything from recreation to conservation to more intensive uses such as mining, timber production, and cattle grazing. This seminar will explore the history, operation, power, and limits of America's federal public-land laws. We will focus on specific types of public lands, including, for example, national forests, BLM lands, national parks and monuments, and wildlife refuges. We will learn about the laws that govern each type of public land and use modern-day controversies to examine how those laws work in practice and whether (and how) they need changing. We will also devote attention to the historic and present-day exclusion of (and injustices toward) Indigenous peoples and tribes in our public-lands system and opportunities for repair and inclusion moving forward, as well as the recent politization of public-land laws across different presidential administrations. Readings and discussion, which together will form the backbone of this small seminar, will range from case law to policy papers to pleadings in litigated cases, and throughout the seminar students will complete short assignments tied to the subjects they cover. This course complements, but does not cover, the material in Natural Resources Law and Policy ( Law 2506) or Federal Indian Law ( Law 7030). Elements used in grading: Class attendance and participation, short assignments, and final take-home exam (open book).

State and local governments in the U.S. are critical actors and innovators in a new generation of law and policy to confront the climate crisis. Their role is much more significant than as second-best substitutes where international and federal politics are slow or erratic. As regulators, planners, service providers, property owners, conveners, and more, state and local governments hold their own zones of opportunity and legal authority. This course will consider state and local potential in terms of mitigation (to help decarbonize our energy systems and reduce greenhouse gas emissions), including through electricity and gas provision; energy efficiency in buildings; cars, land-use planning, and transportation; and direct regulation of fossil fuel extraction. A second unit of the course will focus on infrastructure and other adaptation efforts related to escalating risks of wildfire, heat, drought, floods, and coastal land loss. A third unit focused on loss and damage will cover the aftermath of climate-related disasters, including the state and local role in decontamination, clean-up, and reconstruction, as well as in insurance and other compensation systems for managing loss of life, property destruction, economic losses, and reconstruction. Our syllabus will minimize overlap with Climate Law & Policy ( LAW 2520) including by mostly skipping California's cap-and-trade program, so students are encouraged to take both courses. The course will feature several guest lectures by lawmakers and scholars who are leaders in subnational climate action. There are no mandatory prerequisites, though students who have some familiarity with either local government law or climate law/policy will find themselves more quickly at home with the readings and material. Enrollment preference will be granted to law students and E-IPER (or other SDSS) students, but any remaining seats will be offered to undergraduate or graduate students from across the university. Thirty students will be admitted, with an effort made to have 25 students from the law school admitted by lottery and five non-law students admitted by consent of the instructor. Grades will reflect class participation, a brief in-class presentation based on original research, and three short papers derived from each of our three main units. At least one of those three papers can be framed as an exercise in professional writing, for example drafting a model local ordinance. Elements used in grading: attendance, class participation, written assignments.

Since colonization, Indigenous peoples have faced a wide range of environmental justice issues, from threats to their use of traditional hunting, fishing, and gathering practices; the protection of cultural resources, sacred sites, water resources and the broader environment and human health; adaptation to and resilience in the face of climate change; and tribal sovereignty and governance. This course will examine the environmental justice movement and its relationship to tribal sovereignty and the federal trust responsibility. Students will learn how environmental justice for Native peoples is integral to the legacy of colonization, lack of financial and technical resources for Tribes, and changing federal Indian law policies in U.S. history. This course also seeks to understand how Indigenous movements and activism seek to achieve environmental justice in multiple contexts, including the NODAPL movement, natural resource extraction, protection of water resources, and Indigenous responses to climate change. Students will gain a deep understanding of the challenges faced and lessons learned by Indigenous peoples in their fight of environmental justice. Elements used in grading: Attendance, class participation, written assignments, final paper. Class meets 6:30PM-8:30PM on May 15, 16, 23, 28, and 29.

Ambitious new federal and state laws and policies are incentivizing a rapid transition of the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels toward clean energy. This course, open to law school students and graduate students from other schools, will survey the legal and policy tools that are being deployed to accelerate a massive shift toward clean energy in all sectors of the economy, and the associated technological, financial, legal and equity challenges associated with building out the clean energy economy. We will review the key incentive- and regulatory-based mechanisms that are driving the transition in major sectors of the U.S. economy--including transportation, electricity, industry, and buildings. Special focus will be placed on siting, permitting, and financial challenges (and opportunities) for utility-scale and distributed clean energy sources; expansion of the transmission grid; and the potential scale-up of new technologies to speed the transition, including nuclear and hydrogen-based power. The course will include guest appearances by governmental officials and opinion leaders who are working to facilitate the build-out of clean energy infrastructure in the U.S. Grades will reflect class participation, two short reaction papers, and a final paper. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and submit a Consent Application Form available on the SLS Registrar website https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/. Click SUNetID Login in the top right corner of the page and then click the "Consent Courses" tab. See Consent Application Form for instructions and submission deadline.

This course provides the legal, institutional, and economic background necessary to understand the financing and production of health services in the U.S. We will discuss the Affordable Care Act, health insurance (Medicare and Medicaid, employer-sponsored insurance, the uninsured), the approval process and IP protection for pharmaceuticals, antitrust policy, regulation of fraud and abuse, and international perspectives on health care finance. The syllabus for this course can be found at https://syllabus.stanford.edu. Elements used in grading: Participation, attendance, and final exam. Cross-listed with Graduate School of Business ( MGTECON 331) & Health Research & Policy ( HRP 391).

(Formerly Law 727) Concerns about the quality of health care, along with concerns about its cost and accessibility, are the focal points of American health policy. This course will consider how legislators, courts, and professional groups attempt to safeguard the quality and safety of the health care patients receive. The course approaches "regulation" in a broad sense. We will cover regimes for determining who may deliver health care services (e.g. licensing and accreditation agencies), legal and ethical obligations providers owe to patients (e.g. confidentiality, informed consent), individual and institutional liability for substandard care, and various proposals for reforming the medical malpractice system. We will also discuss the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka, "Obamacare"), which has led to many new initiatives aimed at improving health care quality. Special Instructions: Any student may write a paper in lieu of the final exam with consent of instructor. After the term begins, students accepted into the course can transfer from section (01) into section (02), which meets the R requirement, with consent of the instructor. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Exam or Final Paper. Cross-listed with School of Medicine ( MED 209).

This course will examine the Food and Drug Administration. It will focus largely on the FDA's regulation of drugs and biologics, but will also cover its regulation of medical devices, nutritional supplements, and its jurisdiction over special legal, social, and ethical issues arising from advances in the biosciences. Special Instructions: The class is open to all law students; graduate or professional students from other parts of the University; and, with consent of the instructor, advanced undergraduates. Substantial class attendance is required; in addition, the quality of class participation will play a small role in grading. Elements used in grading: Attendance, class participation, and final exam (In-school, open book). Cross listed with Health Research and Policy ( HRP 209).

This seminar will focus on ethical, legal, and social issues arising from advances in our knowledge of human genetics. These will drawn from topics such as forensic uses of genetics, genetic testing, widespread whole genome sequencing, genome editing, genome synthesis, the consequences of genetics for human reproduction, and the ethics of genomic biobanks for research, among other things. Students are required to write a research paper for this course. Special Instructions: The class is open to all law students and graduate or professional students from other parts of the University. A few undergraduates may be admitted with consent of the instructor. Substantial class attendance is required; in addition, the quality of class participation will play a small role in grading. Students will be required to submit an independent research paper. Students can take the course for either 2 or 3 units, depending on paper length. Elements used in grading: Class participation, attendance and final paper. Cross-listed with Health Research & Policy ( HRP 221).

This workshop seminar will provide students with the opportunity to examine and critique cutting-edge research and work in the field of law and the biosciences presented by different speakers from Stanford and elsewhere. Although it is open to all students, the seminar is designed especially for those with an interest in the field who wish to stay abreast of current issues, work, and ideas. In each class, an academic expert, policy maker, or practitioner will present his or her current research or work and engage in a robust discussion. This class is worth one unit. It will meet five times for 1 hour, 50 minutes per session; students will need to attend at all five sessions and, for each session attended, write a reflection piece of roughly three double-spaced pages, due just before the speaker's presentation. The class may be repeated for credit (three maximum) based on varying course content and speaker presentations. Elements used in grading: Class participation, attendance, and written assignments.