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<p class="MsoNormal">Based on a number of student queries, I’ve learned that the Spring Semester course listings accidentally omitted the fact that the Water Law course can be used to satisfy the Upper Level Writing Requirement for all students, as well as
the writing requirement for Environmental Certificate Students. We have now corrected that, but I’m writing to clarify this for those who may not return to the online document. The course is structured as a mixed lecture/seminar style class, and all students
will write a final paper rather than an exam. Those who elect to do so may use it to satisfy the ULWR. Below is the course description from the website. Best to all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--ER<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><a href="https://law.fsu.edu/academics/course-descriptions">Water Resources Law and Policy</a><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">This course provides an introduction to Water Law and Policy, a subject of great import to practitioners of environmental law, property law, international law, and other fields that contend with the allocation of
scarce water resources among competing human, economic, and environmental needs. Water management is especially important in Florida, which lies over the largest freshwater aquifer in the world, and Florida has become a leader in modern regulatory approaches.
The course explores the mechanics of water governance, the relevant environmental science, and how water law confronts the classical legal dilemmas of common pool resources and legal instrumentalism. Water Law continues to grapple with unforeseeable changes
in technology, societal needs, and scientific understanding, each forcing questions about the degree to which law should, must, and/or can adapt to new circumstances.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">The first half of the course will cover the major doctrines of private water allocation in the eastern and western United States—riparian rights, prior appropriations, and hybrid permit systems. The second half
of the course will explore special topics that intersect with Water Law, including groundwater, constitutional takings, the public trust doctrine, federal reserved rights, interstate and international disputes, water institutions, and Florida water governance.
To experience these issues in living color, the class will take a mid-semester field trip to the Wakulla Springs State Park, where we’ll tour the resource and meet with Park staff. T<span style="color:#2C2A29">his course will be useful for students interested
in careers in environmental law, land use law, urban planning, real estate development, agricultural and food law, and municipal and state government.
</span>The course may be used to count toward the Upper-Level Writing Requirement and Environmental Certificate, but other students are also very welcome in the class.<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">_________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Erin Ryan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Elizabeth C. & Clyde W. Atkinson Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Associate Dean for <a href="https://law.fsu.edu/academics/academic-programs/juris-doctor-program/environmental-energy-land-use-law">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Environmental Programs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director, FSU Center for Envtl., Energy, and Land Use Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Vice Chair, FSU Faculty Senate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Florida State University, College of Law</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">425 West Jefferson Street</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tallahassee, FL 32306</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(850) 645-0072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:eryan@fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">eryan@fsu.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.law.fsu.edu/our-faculty/profiles/ryan"><span style="color:blue">http://www.law.fsu.edu/our-faculty/profiles/ryan</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">View my research at:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://ssrn.com/author=391494"><span style="color:blue">http://ssrn.com/author=391494</span></a></span><span style="color:navy"><br>
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