Education
B.A., University of Kansas, 2009
B.S., University of Kansas, 2009
M.B.A., University of Kansas, 2013
J.D., University of Kansas, 2013
Research Interests
- Oil and Gas Law
- Property in Natural Resources
About
Joe Schremmer joined OU Law in 2023. He teaches courses in oil and gas, energy, and natural resources, as well as first-year property and contracts. His recent articles examine correlative rights, waste, property in pore space, subsurface trespass, and the surface-use rights of split estates. He is the sole update and revision author of Kuntz, A Treatise on the Law of Oil and Gas (Matthew Bender) (as of 2024) and a co-author of The Law of Oil and Gas: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press). Schremmer also directs OU Law’s Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Center (ONE C) as well as the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Masters of Legal Studies program at OU Law.
Before joining OU Law, Schremmer was the Judge Leon Karelitz Oil & Gas Law Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Before that, he practiced law in Wichita, Kansas for six years and was a partner with Depew Gillen Rathbun & McInteer, LC. His practice covered most aspects of upstream oil and gas production, including title examination, transactional work, practice before the Kansas Corporation Commission, and civil litigation. He was the president of the Oil, Gas, and Minerals Section of the Kansas Bar Association and was recognized multiple times as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers.
In law school, Schremmer served as the editor-in-chief of the Kansas Law Review and received the Samuel Mellinger Award recognizing the top overall graduate in the areas of scholarship, leadership, and service.
Additional Information
J.D.:
- Contracts 5114
- Oil and Gas 6540
- Oil and Gas Contracts 6550
- Property 5234
Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Trustee
Institute for Energy Law at the Center for American and International Law, Advisory Board
Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
Kansas Bar
Professor Schremmer's Scholarship on SSRN
Subsurface Trespass in the Restatement (Fourth) of Property: An Appraisal and Alternative Account, 77 Alabama L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025).
Conflicts and Confluences between Surface and Mineral Estates with CCUS, 24 Wyo. L. Rev. 295 (2024).
The Potential for Conflicts between CCS Projects and Mineral Extraction, 12 LSU J. of Energy Law & Resources 389 (2024).
Subsurface Property Issues in Recent Litigation, 60 Found. J. for Natural Resources & Energy L. 335 (2024).
The Concurrent Use of Land for Carbon Sequestration and Mineral Development, 75 Baylor L. Rev. 630 (2023).
Ad Coelum and the Design of Property Rights, 9 Tex. A&M J. Prop. L. 707 (2023).
Subsurface Trespass: Private Remedies and Public Regulation, 101 Neb. L. Rev. 1005 (2023).
A Unifying Doctrine of Subsurface Property Rights, 46 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 525 (2022).
Waste and the Governance of Private and Public Property, 93 U. Colo. L. Rev. 609 (2022) (with Tara K. Righetti).
Pore Space Property, 2021 Utah L. Rev. 1 (2021).
Regulating Natural Gas Venting and Flaring as Waste: A Review of the New Mexico Approach, 20 Oil Gas & Energy L. Intelligence 1 (2021).
Join with Me Won’t You: Civic Engagement, COVID-19, and the Millennial Generation of Law Professors, 69 J. Legal Educ. 689 (2020).
Crystal Gazing: Foretelling the Next Decade in Oil and Gas Law, 66 Rocky Mountain Mineral L. Institute 5-1 (2020).
Getting Past Possession: Subsurface Property Disputes as Nuisances, 95 Wash. L. Rev. 315 (2020).
Imputing Regulatory Failures in Oil and Gas Licensing: A Discussion and Proposal, 57 Washburn L.J. 265 (2018) (with Charles C. Steincamp).
Private Enforcement of the Kansas Wage Payment Act, 62 U. Kan. L. Rev. 1227 (2014) (with Sean M. McGivern).
Avoidable Fraccident: An Argument Against Strict Liability for Hydraulic Fracturing, 60 U. Kan. L. Rev. 1215 (June 2012).
Advanced Introduction to U.S. Oil and Gas Law (Edward Elgar Pub. forthcoming).
Kuntz, A Treatise on the Law of Oil and Gas (Matthew Bender) (as of 2024).
Patrick H. Martin, Bruce M. Kramer, Keith B. Hall, Tara K. Righetti, and Joseph A. Schremmer, The Law of Oil and Gas: Cases and Materials (11th ed. Foundation Press 2021).