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Marla Mansfield
Marla Mansfield
Professor Mansfield received her B.A. from Yale, summa cum laude, and her J.D. with honors from the University of Wyoming. Before teaching, she was an attorney for the Department of Interior based in the Rocky Mountain Regional Solicitor's office. She is editor of the Year in Review for the American Bar Association's Section on Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law and writes the Mineral Law Newsletter for the Oklahoma Bar Association. Professor Mansfield is a past chair of the Environmental Law Section of The Association of American Law Schools and a trustee of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Her research interests include environmental, mineral, energy, and administrative law.
Education and Degrees Earned
- B.A., YALE UNIVERSITY, 1974, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
- 1970-1972 - J.D., UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, 1978
- All but thesis, English M.A. University of Wyoming: 1974-1975
Areas of Academic Specialty
- Environmental and Natural Resources law (including public lands and oil and gas)
- Energy Law
- Administrative Law
- Supreme Court law-federalism, standing, administrative law
Previous Teaching Experience
- University of North Dakota: School of Law
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: 1988-89
- University of Oklahoma: College of Law
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: 1986-1987
- University of Wyoming
College of Commerce & Industry
INSTRUCTOR AND RESEARCHER: 1977-1978 - Business Law
- College of Arts and Sciences: TEACHING ASSISTANT: 1974-1975 - English
Previous Relevant Work Experience
- CONSULTANT IN PRIVATE PRACTICE: July, 1987 to July, 1988
- ATTORNEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR: Office of the Regional Solicitor, Rocky Mountain Region: January 1980-July 1986, Advised the Bureau of Land Management on all aspects of mineral and public land administration including environmental laws. Department of Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Special Achievement Award: Sept. 23, 1982
- ASSOCIATE, SHERMAN AND HOWARD 633 17th Street Denver, CO 80202: August 1978-December 1979, Emphasis: real estate - acquisitions, financing, and subdivision documentation.
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Sections: Administrative Law; Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Legal Education)
- Energy Bar Association
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Mineral Law Section, Publication Committee (1993)
- Phi Beta Kappa