Regulatory Law and Policy Seminar (Wiener)
Faculty
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| Matthew Wiener Lecturer in Law matthew.l.wiener@gmail.com |
Additional Information
Experiential CourseYes
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Team Projects
Expository Writing
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
25% Participation,
75% Paper,
Other (In addition to your class participation and individual writing assignments, participants in this seminar complete other, smaller team tasks and research to support the ongoing operations of The Regulatory Review.)
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Please simply make a brief appointment during my office hours to discuss how you can use this seminar to fulfill your senior writing requirement.
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
- Please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
W 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Silverman Hall 280
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
REGULATORY LAW & POLICY This course provides a unique educational opportunity for anyone interested in contemporary developments in regulatory law and policy across a variety of issue areas. Throughout the term, course participants follow regulatory developments in real time as well as encounter some of the most up-to-date research on regulatory issues. The primary work of the course centers around the production of The Regulatory Review, a daily, student-produced on-line publication of regulatory news, analysis, and opinion that is widely read around the world. The format of weekly meetings varies, ranging from early lectures on the regulatory process to in-depth discussions of contemporary regulatory issues, and from critique of peer writing samples to analysis of current research articles. Course participants complete short writing assignments every other week which may be selected for revision and publication on The Regulatory Review through a peer editing process. The emphasis of these assignments is on producing high-quality writing of publishable caliber. Participants have the opportunity to focus their work on the regulatory law and policy issues that interest them the most. Due to the intensive feedback that students receive on their writing in this course, enrollment is limited and this course is only open by permission of the instructor. Law students wishing to enroll in this course must submit an application via email to the Registrar at reg@law.upenn.edu (with a recommended cc: to ccoglian@law.upenn.edu) by July 12, listing your name and class/year or program and answering the following questions: Why would you like to participate in the Regulatory Law & Policy course? Specifically, how does a writing-intensive course focused on regulatory issues fit with your educational and professional goals? This course meets weekly throughout the year, and students may enroll for the Fall Term, Spring Term, or both terms. Priority in the Spring Term will be given to students who successfully complete the course in the Fall Term, so space may be extremely limited, if not unavailable altogether for new students. In addition, early in the Spring Term the current editorial board of The Regulatory Review makes its selection for the next year's board members, so students interested in serving on the editorial board of The Regulatory Review in the future are typically best served by participating in the Fall Term.
Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
International and Comparative Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of international and comparative law, both substantively and procedurally; Perform legal analysis in the context of international and comparative law; Communicate effectively on topics related to international and comparative law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role of international and comparative law, and their interconnection with domestic law.
Constitutional Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of constitutional law; Perform legal analysis in the context of constitutional law; Communicate effectively on topics related to constitutional law; Demonstrate an understanding of constitutional law affects other areas of law.
Intellectual Property and Technology Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of intellectual property law; Perform legal analysis in the context of intellectual property law; Communicate effectively on topics related to intellectual property; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between technology and intellectual property, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
Employment Law and Employee Benefits Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of employment law and employee benefits; Perform legal analysis in the context of employment law and employee benefits; Communicate effectively on topics related to employment law and employee benefits; Demonstrate an understanding of how employment law and employee benefits affect other areas of law.
Health Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of health law and policy; Perform legal analysis in the context of health law and policy; Communicate effectively on topics related to health law and policy; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection among health law and policy and issues of access to services, public and private financing of health industries, and the political and economic issues surrounding issues of health law and health services.
Property and Real Estate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of property and real estate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of property and real estate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to property and real estate law; Demonstrate an understanding of how property and real estate law affect other areas of law.
Environmental Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of environmental law; Perform legal analysis in the context of environmental law; Communicate effectively on topics related to environmental law; Demonstrate an understanding of how environmental law affects other areas of law.
Administrative and Regulatory Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of administrative and regulatory law and the administrative process, including the role of statutory authorization and work of administrative agencies; Perform legal analysis in the context of administrative and regulatory law; Communicate effectively on topics related to administrative and regulatory law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role administrative and regulatory law play in our legal system and in society as a whole.
Public Interest Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of public interest law; Perform legal analysis in the context of public interest law; Communicate effectively on topics related to public interest law; Demonstrate an understanding of how public interest law is connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Equity and Inclusion Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Perform legal analysis in the context of topics related to equity and inclusion; Communicate effectively on the legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Demonstrate an understanding of how equity and inclusion are connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Textbooks
"The Elements of Style" by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, and Roger Angell |