Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Certificate Program Requirements
Students must notify the associate
dean for academic affairs before the end
of their first full academic year of their
intention to satisfy the certificate requirements.
In addition to all other degree requirements,
students must complete:
- A core consisting of Environmental Law
Survey, Public Lands and Natural Resources,
and Administrative Law;
- Any one of the following clinical or writing
experiences: Legislative Clinic (with
a paper on an environmental or natural
resources law topic), Public Policy
Clinic (with a paper on an environmental
or natural resources law topic), externship
with the Kansas City regional office
of the Federal Environmental Protection
Agency (arranged by faculty and under
faculty supervision), externship with
a local environmental or natural resources
law public interest group (under faculty
supervision), or preparation of an 2-credit Independent
Research paper (with a paper on an environmental or natural resources law topic); Kansas Law Review
or Kansas Journal of Law and Public
Policy; (with a note or comment on an environmental or natural resources law topic)
- A minimum of nine additional hours of
credit from among the following electives:
Agricultural Law, Biodiversity Law, Environmental Law
Seminar, Governmental Control of Land
Development, International Environmental
Law, National Environmental and Energy
Policy, Regulation of Air and Water
Pollution, Native American Natural Resources,
Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous
Waste, Regulatory Law and Policy, Oil
and Gas, Water Law.
In addition to fulfilling these requirements, a student must have a cumulative
grade-point average of at least 3.0 in
courses that count toward the certificate to be eligible for the certificate.
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