REEL Certificate Program

Earn a Certificate in Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law


The Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law (REEL) Certificate is awarded to students who Replace with take and pass 16 – 18 hours of courses designated as those which best prepare students for careers in energy, environmental and natural resources law. It enables students who concentrate their elective intellectual pursuits to have special recognition. The REEL Certificate requirements are:

I. Administrative Law or Legislation (3 hours)

II. Four courses from the following, with at least one from each block (12 hours)

BLOCK A (Energy/Regulatory):

Advanced Oil & Gas**
Basic Oil and Gas*
International Energy and Natural Resources Law
Regulated Industries
State Administrative Law

BLOCK B (Resources):

Advanced Oil & Gas**
Basic Oil and Gas*
Native American Natural Resources
Natural Resources & Environmental Law on Federal Lands***
Water Law

BLOCK C (Environmental Law):

Environmental Law
International Environmental Law****
Land Use Controls
Natural Resources & Environmental Law on Federal Lands***

At students request, other additional courses may be added and categorized as deemed appropriate by the Director and Associate Director of NELPI, in consultation with the Associate Dean.

* Basic Oil and Gas may apply to the Resource or Energy Block at the election of the student, but not to both.

** Advanced Oil and Gas may apply to the Resource or Energy Block at the election of the student, but not to both.

*** Natural Resources & Environmental Law on Federal Lands may apply to the Resources Block or Environmental Law Block at students election, but not to both.

**** Seminar may apply to the Resources Block or advanced study at students election, but not to both.

III. Advanced Study (1-3 hours)

ADVANCED STUDY OPTIONS:

  1. Energy Law Journal certificate requirements met.
  2. Tulsa Law Review certificate requirements met and student wrote a note or comment for the Journal on a natural resources, energy or environmental topic, and the Director and Associate Director of NELPI concur that the note or comment is the equivalent of a seminar paper.
  3. Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law certificate requirements met and student wrote a note or comment for the Journal on a natural resources, energy or environmental topic, and the Director and Associate Director of NELPI concur that the note or comment is the equivalent of a seminar paper.
  4. Completion of a seminar in the energy, resources, or environmental area with a grade of C or higher.
  5. Completion of an Independent Study project with a grade of C or higher, the topic of the project having been approved by the Director and Associate Director of NELPI.
  6. Participation for credit on the Pace Environmental Moot Court Team or in another moot court competition deemed equivalent by the REEL Certificate Advisor.

TOTAL:       16-18 hours

Students are encouraged to discuss this certificate with the REEL Certificate Advisor,

Marla Mansfield
marla-mansfield@utulsa.edu
918-631-2449


• [Click HERE to download the REEL Certificate Requirements.]
• [Click HERE to download the REEL Certificate Application.]