Environmental and Energy Law Concentration

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Foundational Courses (3 credits)

Fall Term

  • ​Environmental Law, Professor Marily Nixon (3 credits)
  • ​​​Energy Law, Professor John Hammond, Esq. (3 credits)

Elective Courses (5-6 credits required)

Fall Term

  • Administrative Law, Professor Elena Baylis (3 credits)
  • Animal Law (2 credits)
  • Expert Witness, Professor Michael George, Esq. and Professor Eugene Giotto (2 credits) 
  • Land Use, Professor Bruce I. Kogan (2 credits)

Spring Term

  • Climate Change and the Law, Professor Jennifer Smokelin (2 credits)
  • International Environmental Law, Professor Paolo Farah (3 credits)
  • Occupational Safety and Health, Professor Julie Vanneman, Esq. and Professor Chad Wissinger, Esq. (2 credits)

Skills Component (4-6 credits required)

  • Environmental Law and Policy Clinic (6 credits)
  • Environmental Moot Court Competition (1 credit)
  • Energy Law Moot Court Competition (1 credit)

​Spring Term

  • D.C. Externship, Professor Drew Roberts, Esq. (8-10 credits)