Area of Concentration Requirements
The Area of Concentration requires a minimum of 12 credits. The requirements for the program are divided into three categories—foundational, elective, and skills. Students must take 1 of the listed foundational courses, 5-6 credits from among the listed elective courses, and 4-6 credits from among the listed skills courses.
Foundational Courses (1 course required)
- Environmental Law & Practice (4 credits)
- Energy Law & Regulation (3 credits)
Elective Courses (5-6 credits required)
- Administrative Law (3 credits)
- Oil & Gas Law (3 credits)
- The Law of Shale Gas Regulation (1 credit)
- Environmental Policy & Politics (2 credits)
- Climate Change and the Law (2 credits)
- Land Use (2 credits)
- Scientific Evidence (2 credits)
- Expert Witnesses (2 credits)
- Toxic Torts (2 credits)
- Environmental Litigation (2 credits)
- Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law (1 credit)
- Water & Shale Gas Development (1 credit)
Skills Component (4-6 credits required)
- Environmental Law Clinic (6 credits)
- Environmental Moot Court Competition (1 credit)
- Energy Law Moot Court Competition (1 credit)
- Environmental Litigation (2 credits)
- Externship in the area of Energy or Environmental Law (4 credits)
