Professor Hannah Wiseman graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 2002 and received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 2007.  At Yale Law, Professor Wiseman was a managing editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation and received the Israel H. Peres prize for the best student note or comment appearing in the Yale Law Journal in 2007.  After receiving her J.D., Professor Wiseman clerked for the Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She then spent two years as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Texas School of Law, where she taught Environmental Law, Energy Law, Electricity Law, and Land Use & Environmental Law.  She is also a member of the Texas Bar and has served as of counsel on historic zoning matters.

Professor Wiseman’s scholarship addresses issues at the intersection of land use, energy, and environmental law.  She focuses on innovative local approaches to the regulation of land use and the challenges of effectively governing the siting of energy infrastructure.  She also regularly writes and lectures about the regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a prevalent natural gas extraction practice.  Professor Wiseman’s articles have been published in the Georgetown Law Journal, South Carolina Law Review, Fordham Environmental Law Review, Tulane Environmental Law Journal, and Villanova Environmental Law Journal.  Her most recent article—a coauthored piece about innovation in distributed renewable technology—is forthcoming in the Emory Law Journal.   Professor Wiseman has received the Warren E. Burger Prize from the American Inns of Court and a Burton Award for Legal Achievement for her writing.

Teaching Experience

2010-Present Assistant Professor. University of Tulsa College of Law.

2008-2010 Visiting Assistant Professor. University of Texas School of Law.

2007 Teaching Assistant. Yale University.

2001-2002 Teaching Assistant. Dartmouth College.

Previous Relevant Work Experience

2010-Present Fellow. National Energy Policy Institute. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

2007-2008 Law Clerk.  The Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

2002-2004 Research Assistant and Analyst.  ICF Consulting (now ICF International), Climate and Atmosphere Policy Practice.  Washington, D.C.

Education

Specialization

• Property
• Land Use
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• State and Local Government Law
• Administrative Law

Selected Publications

Articles and other contributions to periodicals

• (2011) Trade Secrets, Disclosure, and Dissent in a Fracturing Energy Revolution, 111 Colum. L. Rev. Sidebar 1 (2011). available at Sidebar.
• (2010) Public Communities, Private Rules, 98 Geo. L. J. 697 (2010). available at Lexis, Westlaw.
• (2010) Regulatory Adaptation in Fractured Appalachia, 21 Vill. Envtl. L. J. 229 (2010) (invited symposium contribution). available at Lexis, WestlawNext.
• (2010) Evolving Regulation in the New Energy "Boomstates," 36 Admin. & Reg. L. News, No. 1 (Fall 2010) (invited short version of Regulatory Adaptation in Fractured Appalachia).
• (2009) Untested Waters: The Rise of Hydraulic Fracturing in Oil and Gas Production and the Need to Revisit Regulation, 20 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 115 (2009). available at HeinOnline, Lexis, Westlaw.
• (2008) Pro Bono Publico: The Growing Need for Expert Aid, 60 S.C. L. Rev. 493 (2008). available at HeinOnline, Lexis, Westlaw.
• (2008) Notice and Expectation Under Bounded Uncertainty: Defining Evolving Property Rights Boundaries Through the Public Trust and Takings, 21 Tul. Envtl. L. J. 233 (2008). available at HeinOnline, Lexis,
• (2007) Searching for Balance in the Aftermath of the 2006 Takings Initiatives, 116 Yale L. J. 1518 (2007). available at HeinOnline, Lexis, Westlaw.

Works in Progress

• (2011) Expanding Regional Governance in an Energy Anticommons, 35 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev.____ (forthcoming 2011).
• (2011) Local Energy, 60 Emory L. J. ____ (forthcoming 2011) (with Garrick Pursley).
• (2011) Formulating a Law of Sustainable Energy: The Renewables Component, ____ Pace Envtl. L. Rev. ____ (forthcoming 2011) (invited symposium contribution).

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Selected Professional Activities

Professional Affiliations

State Bar of Texas