Environmental Law Certificate
To qualify for a certificate of Concentration in Environmental Law, students will be required to complete 17 credits of courses related to environmental law, including the following:
Classroom Component
- Required core course: Environmental Law (3); and
- Elective Courses: the remaining credits necessary to qualify for the 17 credits of courses related to environmental law may be obtained in the following courses:
- Environmental Law Seminars which include:
- Advanced Legal Research: Environmental Law (1)
- Animal Law (3)
- Biodiversity Protection (3)
- Clean Air Act (3)
- Clean Water Act (3)
- Comparative Environmental Law & Politics (3)
- Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Law (3)
- Critical Issues in Environmental Law and Science (3)
- Energy Policy and Climate Change (3)
- Environment, Ethics and the Law (3)
- Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (3)
- Environmental/Administrative Law Workshop (2)
- Federal Regulation of Hazardous and Solid Waste (3)
- International Environmental Law (3)
- International Trade and the Environment (3)
- Introduction to Regulatory Systems (3)
- Lead Poisoning Prevention (3)
- Management of Global Fisheries (3)
- Nuclear Regulation (3)
- Pollution and Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay (3)
- Regulatory Risk Assessment (3)
- Risk Management and Chemical Use Regulation (3)
- Scientific Evidence (3)
- Tobacco Control and the Law (3)
- Toxic Torts(3)
- Transboundary Pollution (3)
- Wetlands Law and Policy (3)
- No more than a total of 8 credits from experiential environmental courses:
- Environmental Law Clinic (8)
- Environmental Externship (4 to 13)
- Asper Fellowship with environmental agency (2 or 3)
- Administrative Law (3); Land Use Control (2);
- Independent Written Work in Environmental law (1 or 2)
*Experiential Learning Component - completion of one of the following, but no more than 8 credits accepted towards the environmental concentration from this category:
- Environmental Law Clinic (8)
- Tobacco Control Clinic (SEE PROFESSOR KATHY DACHILLE, ROOM 491)
- Environmental Externship (4-13)
- With special permission from the director of the Environmental Law Program, students who are unable to participate in either the clinic or externship program may be able to satisfy the required experiential learning component through alternative means, including successful completion of an Asper Fellowship (2 or 3) with an environmental agency, participation in the National Environmental Moot Court Competition or National Environmental Negotiation Competition.
Research and Writing Component - Completion of a successful research paper on a topic related to environmental law. This requirement normally will be satisfied by a research paper prepared for an Environmental Law Seminar. It may also be satisfied by papers prepared for the Roscoe Hogan Competition, or papers prepared for writing certification on a topic related to environmental law.
* Evening students may be able to substitute environmental work related to their full-time job for this component. Please speak with Laura Mrozek about this option.
