Professor Mark Davis, Director

As a leader in environmental legal education, Tulane has offered JD students the option to pursue a certificate in Environmental Law since 1979. The certificate program is designed to prepare students for the legal problems they will confront in practice, whether on behalf of government agencies, industrial clients, private litigants, or public interest groups.

Students must complete and pass the following requirements totaling 15 credit hours:

Basic Courses

Students must take two of the following three courses:

Course List

Course ID	Title	Credits
4LAW 4060	Administrative Law	3
4LAW 4990	Env Law: Pollution Control	3
4LAW 6080	Env Law: Natural Resources	3

Enrichment Courses

Students must take additional environmental law or related courses from the following list totaling nine credit hours (or six credit hours if all three foundation courses are taken):

Course List

Course ID	Title	Credits
3LAW 3770	Oil and Gas	2
4LAW 4460	Env'L Law:Comparative	3
4LAW 4930	Env Law: Historic Preservation	2
4LAW 4960	Energy Regulation	3
4LAW 5030	Env Law-International	3
4LAW 5040	Env Law-Coastal Law	2,3
4LAW 5090	Environmental Law: Water Resources & Policy	2
4LAW 5730	Law of The Sea	3
4LAW 6000	Marine Pollution	2
4LAW 6110	EU: Energy & Environmental Law	3
4LAW 6400	Intro Int'l & Comp Energy Law	3
4LAW 6620	Renewable Energy Survey	2 to 3
4LAW 6860	Environmental Litigation	2
4LAW 7040	Energy Law	2 or 3
MINI 4000	Wind Law	1
MINI 4040	Climate Change and the Law	1
MINI 6480	Climate Change: Underlying Drivers & Potential Solutions	1
CLIN 5250	Environmental Law Clinic	3
NCLS 9100	Directed Research	1-3

Note: Other courses in this area may be available in some years and may be counted toward the certificate with the approval of the faculty.

Program String and Field of Study: LSCER_PR, LENV

For more information contact:

Professor Mark S. Davis

Research Professor and Director, Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy

Director, Robert C. Cudd Professor of Environmental Law

msdavis@tulane.edu