A new joint JD/MS degree program between the EMSE EEM concentration and the Energy Law program of the Law School will launch when the next GW Bulletin becomes effective.
The new JD/MS degree program in Energy Law and Management degree program was developed by Dr. Kristoffer Svendsen, Associate Dean for Energy Law, and Dr. Jonathan Deason, Lead Professor for the EEM focus area.
According to the plan developed by Deason and Svendsen, for the JD portion of the joint Energy Law and Management degree program, the Law School will accept 12 CH in the SEAS EMSE EEM focus area as follows:
• EMSE 6260. Energy Management
• EMSE 6285. Analytical Tools for Energy Management
• Plus two electives from the following list:
- EMSE 6200. Policy Factors in Environmental and Energy Management
- EMSE 6220. Environmental Management
- EMSE 6225. Air Quality Management
- EMSE 6230. Hazardous Waste Management and Cleanup
- EMSE 6235. Water Quality Management
- EMSE 6240. Environmental Hazard Management
- EMSE 6245. Analytical Tools for Environmental Management
- EMSE 6290. Climate Change: Policy, Impacts, and Response
- EMSE 6295. Environmental Security
For the MS portion of the joint JD/MS Energy Law and Management degree program, SEAS will accept, as electives, 12 CH of Environmental and Energy Law Courses from the following list:
• Environmental Law (6430)
• Energy Law and Regulation (6438)
• Natural Resources Law (6440)
• Wildlife and Ecosystems Law (6431)
• Air Pollution Control (6432)
• Water Pollution Control (6434)
• Coastal, Navigation, and Wetlands Resource Law (6437)
• Control of Solid and Hazardous Wastes (6442)
• Regulation of Toxic Substances Risk (6444)
• Energy, Climate, & Derivatives (6447)
• Environmental and Toxic Torts (6449)
• Federal Facilities Environmental Law Issues (6450)
• Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (6452)
• International Environmental Law (6454)
• Climate Change Law and Justice (6455)
• Sustainable Communities Law and Policy Seminar (6457)
• Environmental Negotiations (6458)
• Selected Topics in Environmental Law (6461)
• Environmental Crimes (6464)
• Environmental Law Seminar (6466)
• Environmental Lawyering (6469)
• Human Rights and Environmental Protection (6571)
The new joint degree program follows up on the recent adoption of an Energy Systems Management joint certificate program between the EEM focus area and the GW School of Business. The Energy Systems Management graduate certificate program with GWSB can be seen at here and here.