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Prof.
William Want
P.O.
Box 535
Charleston, S.C. 29402
Office:
385 Meeting St., 3rd floor
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Phone: 843.377.2432
Email: bwant@charlestonlaw.edu
Career
J.D.,
Yale University;
B.S., Washington and Lee University
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William
Want
Associate
professor
William Want is a highly regarded nationally in the field of
environmental law. His treatise, Law
of Wetlands Regulation, published by West, is the most
relied upon text on the subject. He is also a co-author of a book
on hazardous wastes and the author of numerous environmental law
articles.
Before joining the law school faculty, Professor Want served
as a sole practitioner in Charleston, where he focused on complex
environmental litigation. Previously, he was a senior litigation
counsel at the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the
U.S. Justice Department.
He has taught as an adjunct professor at George Washington Law
School and as a visitor at Maryland Law School. Professor Want
is a founding board member of two important environmental organizations:
the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Coastal Conservation
League.
Professor Want received his J.D. from Yale Law School and graduated
summa cum laude in economics from Washington and Lee University.
He is a winner of the Lyndhurst Foundation Award of $120,000 for
his contributions to environmental protection.
Course
Interests/Research/Teaching Areas
Recent
articles
The Lucas Case: The Trial Court Strategy and the Case’s
Effect on the Property Rights Movement, 27 Stanford Environmental
Law Journal 271 (Jan. 2008)
U.S. Supreme Court Review of Rapanos v. United States and
Carabell v. United States Army Corps of Engineers: Implications
for Wetlands and Interstate Commerce, 36 Environmental Law
Reporter 10214 ((2006)
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