Environmental Law Concentration

The LL.M. Environmental Law Concentration Program will offer LL.M. students with advanced exposure to environmental law and help prepare students for practice in the area.  The concentration is awarded upon successful completion of several environmental law related courses and a substantial research paper on an environmental law topic.

Requirements for Environmental Law Concentration

To qualify for the Environmental Law Concentration LL.M. students are required to complete at least one foundation course listed below and satisfactorily complete a total of 8 units of environmental classes. Students will select their classes from the list below.

Foundation Course

• 285 Environmental Law (4)

Elective Courses for LL.M. Environmental Law Concentration

* Elective courses are offered on a rotating basis. Not all courses will be taught in any given year. Please check the Course Descriptions webpage for current course offerings.

• Electives

• 235 Administrative Law (3)

  445B Advanced Aoki Water Justice Clinic (3-5)

  235C Advanced Topics in Administrative Law (2)

  224 Animal Law Seminar (2)

  445A Aoki Water Justice Clinic (3-5)

  257C Applied Statutory Interpretation: California's Housing-Framework Legislation (3)

  285K Biodiversity Law (1)

  215E Business Law and Climate Change (3)

  230C California Environmental Cases and Places (3)

  285A California Environmental Issues (2)

  285E Climate Change Law and Policy (3)

  258C Conscious Lawyering (1)

  274J Current Controversies in Intellectual Property Law (2)

  285J Drafting a Solar Farm Bill Practicum (2)

  282 Energy Law (2)

  285F Environmental Justice (2)

  285G Environmental Law Seminar: Emerging Technologies and the Environment (2)

  285B Environmental Practice (3)

  277 Federal Indian Law (3)

  285L Food Innovation Law and Policy (1)

  285C Food Systems Law and the Environment (2)

  440 Immigration Law Clinic (4 each semester)

  230 International Environmental Law (3)

  256 Land Use (2)

  284 Law and Economics (3)

  265 Natural Resources Law Seminar (2)

  264A Ocean and Coastal Law (3)

  287 Public Land and Natural Resources Law (2 or 3)

  282A Renewable Energy Seminar (2)

  445C Small Farmer Water Justice Clinic (3-5)

  281 State and Local Government Law (3)

  230B Sustainability Law (2)

  264 Water Law (3)

Writing Requirement

Students must complete a writing requirement by completing a paper on an environmental law topic approved by Dean Greenwood and/or Professor Morri. The paper may be completed through the LL.M. Legal Research and Writing class or an equivalent independent writing project. The same paper may be used to satisfy the law school writing requirement and the concentration writing requirement.