Stephen M. Johnson
 Professor

EDUCATION:

LAW TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Mercer University School of Law, Macon, Ga.  (1993 - present.) (Associate Dean - 2002-present)
Subjects taught:

Visiting Professor, University of Granada, Summer 2006 (Mercer/Stetson Summer Abroad Program).
Visiting Professor, Notre Dame Law School, Fall 2003.
Fulbright Lecturer, Waseda University and the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Summer 2003.
Visiting Fellow at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, London, England - Fall 2000.
Visiting Fellow at Strathclyde University Law School, Glasgow, Scotland - Nov. 1999.



PRIOR LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

LAW SCHOOL SERVICE:
BAR ADMISSIONS:
PUBLICATIONS AND CALI LESSONS

Books

Economics, Equity and the Environment, Environmental Law Institute (2004)

Wetlands Law and Policy: Understanding Section 404, Co-Editor of Book; Author of Chapter on Individual Permits,
ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources Law (2005).

Toxics in Your Community, Citizens Guide to accessing public information
on toxic and hazardous substances and hazardous waste in Georgia.


Articles

Bringing Deference Back (But for How Long?),
forthcoming in CATH. U. L. REV. (2007)

Good Guidance, Good Grief!,
forthcoming in MO. L. REV. (2007)

The Rulemaking Response to Rapanos,
in The Supreme Court and the Clean Water Act: Five Essays 20 (VT. J. ENVT'L. L. 2006)

Junking the Junk Science Law: Reforming the Information Quality Act,
58 ADMIN. L. REV. 963 (2005)

Ruminations on Dissemination: Limits on Administrative and Judicial Review under the Information Quality Act,
55 CATH. U. L. REV. 343 (2005)

Terrorism, Security and Environmental Protection,
29 WM. & MARY ENVT'L L. REV. 107 (2004)

Economic Instruments and Environmental Justice,
38 COMPAR. L. REV. (2003)

Economics v. Equity II: The European Experience,
58 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 417 (2001)

Federal Regulation of Isolated Wetlands after SWANCC,
31 ENVTL. L. REP. (ENVTL. L. INST.) 10669 (June 2001)

Private Plaintiffs, Public Rights: Article II and Environmental Citizen Suits,
49 KAN. L. REV. 383 (2001)

www.legaleducation.edu: Using Technology to Educate the Public,
50 J. LEGAL ED. 393 (2000)

www.lawschool.edu: Legal Education in the Digital Age,
2000 WIS. L. REV. 85 (2000)

Economics v. Equity: Do Market-Based Environmental Reforms Exacerbate Environmental Injustice?,
56 WASH. 7 LEE L. REV. 111 (1999) (Draft available online)

The Internet Changes Everything: Revolutionizing Public Participation
and Access to Government Information Through the Internet ,
50 ADMIN. L. REV. 277 (1998) (Pre-print available online).

NEPA and SEPA's in the Quest for Environmental Justice,
30 LOY. L.A. L. REV. 565 (1997).

The Brownfields Action Agenda: A Model for Future Federal/State
Cooperation in the Quest for Environmental Justice?,
37 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 85 (1996).

U.S. v. Lopez: A Misstep, but Hardly Epochal for Federal
Environmental Regulation, 5 N.Y.U. ENVTL. L.J. 33 (1996).

Avoid, Minimize, Mitigate: The Continuing Constitutionality of
Wetlands Mitigation after Dolan v. City of Tigard,
6 FORDHAM ENVTL. L. J. 689 (1995).

Defining the Property Interest in Wetlands Taking Analysis after
Lucas, 14 J. ENERGY, NAT. RESOURCES & ENVTL. L. 1 (1994).

Federal Regulation of Isolated Wetlands, 23 ENVTL. L. 1 (1993).

From Reaction to Proaction: The 1990 Pollution Prevention Act,
17 COLUM. J. ENVTL. L. 153 (1992).

Recyclable Materials and RCRA's Definition of Solid Waste,
XXI ENVTL. L. REP. (ENVTL. L. INST.) 10355 (July 1991).

The Basel Convention: The Shape of Things to Come for U.S. Waste
Exports?, 21 ENVTL. L. 299 (1991), reprinted in part in PERCIVAL & MILLER,
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, LAW, SCIENCE AND POLICY.

Beyond Philadelphia v. New Jersey, 95 DICK. L. REV. 131 (1990).

The Environmental Law Teachers' Clearinghouse - An Academic Web Portal
JURIST, Lessons from the Web (Sept. 1999).

Affirmative Action after Grutter and Gratz,
6 WASEDA PROC. OF COMPAR. L. 101 (2003).

Sifting Through the Sediment: The Supreme Court's Rapanos and Carabell Opinions,
2006 Suppl. to WETLANDS LAW AND POLICY (ABA SEER 2005) (Co-authored with Kim D. Connolly & Mark Ryan).


AMICUS BRIEF
Rapanos v. United States; Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2006 U.S. S.Ct. Briefs (Lexis) 79 (Jan. 13, 2006).


CALI LESSONS

NEPA Basics (1998)
Wetlands Basics (1997) - winner of the Trautman competition.
Superfund Basics (1996).
Citizen Suits under the Clean Water Act (1995).


ELECTRONIC TEACHING TOOLS

Multi-School Virtual Environmental Law Guest Speaker/Discussion List Program

Environmental Law Teachers Clearinghouse

Wetlands Resources


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