The University of Texas at Austin

Certificate Requirements

Global Energy, International Arbitration and Environment LL.M. 

2012-2013 Certificate Requirements: 

To obtain a certificate in Global Energy, International Arbitration, or Environmental Law, an LLM student will be required to meet UT Law’s requirements for the LLM degree and take a minimum of 14 hours from the following list of courses, with at least 9 hours from one subject area.  The remaining hours may be distributed among either one or two of the other course areas below at the student’s option.  For example, a typical program would be:

  1. 3 Energy courses AND
  2. 2 Arbitration courses OR 2 Environmental courses; OR 1 Arbitration course AND 1 Environmental course.

Following is a partial list of courses offered in each of the three subject areas.  Not every course is offered every year, and additional courses are offered from time to time that meet the certificate requirements.

Energy Courses

International Petroleum Transactions

Oil and Gas Law

Energy Law

Wind Law

Emerging Issues in Renewable Energy Policy

Oil and Gas Taxation

Law, Science, and Finances of International Energy Transactions

Oil and Gas Leasing and Regulation

Energy Law and Policy

Environmental Courses

Environmental Law (survey)

Advanced Environmental Law – Air and Water

Advanced Environmental Law – Toxics

Advanced Environmental Law – Natural Resources

Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Development and Production

Property and Governance

Water Law and Policy in the 21st Century

Texas Environmental and Administrative Law

Land Use Law

Topics in Sustainable Development

Ocean Law

Environmental Litigation

Coastal Watershed Protection

Solving Toxic Problems: Putting Theory into Practice

Climate Change Law

International Arbitration

Arbitration

Alternative Dispute Resolution

International Commercial Arbitration

Investor-State Arbitration

Topics in the Theory and Practice of Arbitration

Arbitration in Latin America

Negotiation

International Business Transactions