Environment and Natural Resources Law and Policy, Certificate

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A nine-credit certificate comprising one required foundational course (ENR Law & Policy) and a flexible selection of electives, allowing students to tailor their learning to specific areas such as wildlife law, NEPA compliance, public lands, and water law.

Program Information

Students must complete fifteen (15) total credits of coursework in the EENR law area, including enrolling in Administrative Law and either Environmental Law or Public Lands and Natural Resources Law. Students also must complete an EENR law-related writing project that satisfies the College of Law’s advanced writing requirement. Students enrolled in the joint J.D./M.A. in ENR program with the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources can count their theses toward this requirement.

Please direct any inquiries regarding the EENR certificate program to Professor Jason Robison.

3 credits of Required Core Course:

ENR 5750 - ENR Law and Policy Credits: 3

3 credits of Keystone Electives from:

ENR 5760 - Wildlife Law Credits: 3
or ENR 5770 - NEPA Law and Policy Credits: 2
or ENR 5780 - Public Lands Credits: 1

3 credits of Custom Electives from:

ENR 5450 - Negotiation Credits: 3
or LAW 6700 - Indian Law Credits: 3
or AGEC 4700 - Economics of Range Resources Credits: 3
or INST 5555 - Political Ecology Credits: 3
or POLS 5555 - Political Ecology Credits: 3
or LAW 6860 - Water Law and Policy Credits: 3
or LAW 6915 - Topics in Law Credits: 1-3