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Elucidating The Elephant: Interdisciplinary Law School Classes, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Elucidating The Elephant: Interdisciplinary Law School Classes, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

This Essay explores the use of interdisciplinary law school classes as a fundamental way to connect law students with future colleagues who are receiving different professional training, as well as with concepts related to but outside of traditional doctrinal law. While these classes offer rich learning opportunities, their design and implementation present a host of different issues. Part I of this Essay briefly explores the history and range of interdisciplinary class opportunities, looking both outside and within the law school context. Part II provides an overview of the benefits and barriers to successful interdisciplinary law school courses. Part III offers …


The Ecology Of Breastfeeding, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

The Ecology Of Breastfeeding, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

This essay reflects on the ecological advantages of breastfeeding, and argues that that laws promoting and supporting breastfeeding should be included among laws labeled as “environmental.”


The Ramsar Convention On Wetlands: Assessment Of International Designations Within The United States, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

The Ramsar Convention On Wetlands: Assessment Of International Designations Within The United States, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, more commonly knows as the Ramsar Convention, is one international framework used to protect wetlands. At this time, the United States has designated 22 sites as wetlands of international importance. In this Article, Royal C. Gardner and Kim Diana Connolly analyze survey data collected from each of these 22 sites to determine whether and how Ramsar designation benefits these wetland areas. The authors first provide a brief overview of the Ramsar Convention, including its function within the United States. They then break down the survey data, looking at both …


Spinning Sackett: Assessing New And Traditional Media Coverage So Far, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Spinning Sackett: Assessing New And Traditional Media Coverage So Far, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


Survey Says: Army Corps No Scalian Despot, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Survey Says: Army Corps No Scalian Despot, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

Justice Antonin Scalia and others have described the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ('the Corps') administration of the permitting process as burdensome and inefficient. Empirical data gathered from the Corps, however, do not bear out this assessment. In this Article, Kim Diana Connolly evaluates data collected from Corps Customer Service Surveys as well as the apparent disconnect between applicant experiences and the public's negative perception of the permitting process. She begins the Article with an overview of the Corps' regulatory permitting process, then lays out the history of and context for the Corps' Customer Service Surveys. Next, she summarizes available …


Can Happy Subjects Have An Enlightened Despot? Customer Satisfaction Among Army Corps Permit Applicants, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Can Happy Subjects Have An Enlightened Despot? Customer Satisfaction Among Army Corps Permit Applicants, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


Has The Field Grown Too Complex For A State-Specific "Handbook" On Environmental Law? (Reviewing The Government Institute's South Carolina Environmental Law Handbook (3rd Ed. 2000)), Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Has The Field Grown Too Complex For A State-Specific "Handbook" On Environmental Law? (Reviewing The Government Institute's South Carolina Environmental Law Handbook (3rd Ed. 2000)), Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


Bridging The Divide: Examining The Role Of The Public Trust In Protecting Coastal And Wetland Resources, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Bridging The Divide: Examining The Role Of The Public Trust In Protecting Coastal And Wetland Resources, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


Looking To Local Law: Can Local Ordinances Help Protect Isolated Wetlands?, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Looking To Local Law: Can Local Ordinances Help Protect Isolated Wetlands?, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


Is It Time For Real Reform: Nysba's 20 Years Of Examining The Bar Exam, Mary A. Lynch, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Is It Time For Real Reform: Nysba's 20 Years Of Examining The Bar Exam, Mary A. Lynch, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


Coastal Regulation In South Carolina: Will The Rising Sea Change The Nature Of Governing Law, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Coastal Regulation In South Carolina: Will The Rising Sea Change The Nature Of Governing Law, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


Keeping Wetlands Wet: Are Existing Protections Enough?, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

Keeping Wetlands Wet: Are Existing Protections Enough?, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


An Introduction To The Essential Fish Habitat (Efh) Consultation Process For The South Atlantic Region, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

An Introduction To The Essential Fish Habitat (Efh) Consultation Process For The South Atlantic Region, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


A Decade Of Uncertainty: Precon, Leaked Guidance, And Where To Go From Here?, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

A Decade Of Uncertainty: Precon, Leaked Guidance, And Where To Go From Here?, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.


African Wetlands Of International Importance: Assessment Of Benefits Associated With Designations Under The Ramsar Convention, Royal C. Gardner, Kim Diana Connolly, Abou Bamba Nov 2017

African Wetlands Of International Importance: Assessment Of Benefits Associated With Designations Under The Ramsar Convention, Royal C. Gardner, Kim Diana Connolly, Abou Bamba

Kim Diana Connolly

A party to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands must designate at least one site within its territory as a Wetland of International Importance. To assess the benefits associated with these international designations, the authors conducted a survey of 26 Ramsar sites in 18 countries in Africa. After a brief introduction to the Ramsar Convention, the article describes the sites that were surveyed, focusing on the ecosystem services they provide and the challenges they face. The article then examines how the sites are identified with the Ramsar Convention and found that designation provided benefits such as: increased support for protection and …


A Retrospective On Lucas V. South Carolina Coastal Council: Public Policy Implications For The 21st Century, Kim Diana Connolly Nov 2017

A Retrospective On Lucas V. South Carolina Coastal Council: Public Policy Implications For The 21st Century, Kim Diana Connolly

Kim Diana Connolly

No abstract provided.