Certificate 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 (two of the following three courses):

  • Administrative Law
  • Environmental Law Survey
  • Public Lands and Natural Resources

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 Clinic with a placement at a federal, state, or tribal environmental protection agency (arranged by faculty and under faculty supervision); placement with a local environmental or natural resources law public interest group (under faculty supervision); or preparation of a 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 twelve additional hours of credit from among the following electives:

  • Agricultural Law
  • Biodiversity Law
  • Environmental Law Seminar
  • Governmental Control of Land Development
  • International Environmental Law
  • International Law Seminar (with a paper on an environmental or natural resources law topic)
  • Land Transactions
  • Local Government Law
  • Energy Law and Policy
  • Native American Natural Resources
  • Oil and Gas
  • Public International Law
  • Regulation of Air and Water Pollution
  • Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste
  • Special Topics Courses (with the approval of the associate dean)
  • Water Law

If a student takes all three of the core courses, one of the courses will count toward the elective course.