Published four times a year, ONE J promotes legal scholarship in the oil and gas, energy, and natural resources fields and provides helpful case summaries for practitioners.
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Who We Are
The Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal (ONE J) focuses on all facets of the energy and natural resources industry—including oil and gas, wind and other renewables, water, and agriculture. Since ONE J began operation in the spring of 2015, its student editorial boards have published over 6,900 pages in eight volumes of scholarly articles and case summaries. Students publish a new ONE J issue online four times a year.
According to September 2023 statistics from Digital Commons, ONE J works have been downloaded 165,774 times from 195 countries since the journal’s founding. Readership for ONE J consists of scholars and practitioners around the world. The journal also hosts an annual symposium each spring.
Students at the College of Law are eligible to join ONE J during the summer before their 2L year. Rising 2L students may receive offers for membership based on either their performance in first-year classes or their written submissions during the annual law review writing competition. Rising 3L students and transfer students are also eligible for membership through the writing competition.
What's New at ONE J
ONE J's newest issue, volume 10, number 2, was published in January 2025 and has been posted to the Current Issues page. This edition includes the following articles: “Overview of Oil and Gas Activities in the Amazonian Territories,” by Leonardo Costa da Fonseca & Marcio Pina Marques; “Fixing the Last Frontier: How Law and Policy Governing Commercial Fishing Have Failed Alaska’s Environment and Economy,” by Andrew Ilemsky; and “Infrastructure, Equity and Climate Change: The Promise of the Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act (IIJA),” by Dante R. Gurule.
Editors serving on the ONE J editorial board for the 2024-2025 academic year are: Editor-in-Chief: Alexandra Jury; Managing Editor: Madelyn Musson; Submissions Editor: Jason Kersey; Article Editors: Lisa Campbell, Madison Taylor, and Lucia Kezele; Student Editors: Kohl Lester, Karim Yehia, Layni Thompson, Meredith Gunner, Mitchell Jacob, Diamond Mayberry, and Andrew Ilemsky; Symposium Editor: Winchell Gallardo; Outreach Editor: Alyssa Biasatti; and Media Editor: Reese Charles.
Volume 10, number 1, was published in September 2024 and has also been posted to the Current Issues page. This edition features eight student publications: “(Re-)Drill, Baby, Drill! Why Congress and BLM Should Encourage Geothermal Via Old Oil Wells,” by Jason W. Kersey; “Nuclear in My Backyard: Was the 5th Circuit Correct in Splitting the Circuits Over the Storage of Spent Nuclear Waste?,” by Kohl Lester; “If It Ain’t Broke: Considering Legislatively Mandated Formula Rate Plans for Oklahoma’s Electric Utilities,” by Meredith Gunner; “No Girls Allowed: How Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Keep Women Out of Oil Fields,” by Alyssa Biasatti; “Preventing Poor Pore Policy: A Call for Interstate Cooperation,” by Madison Taylor; “Lying by Emission: Why Agencies Should Be Required to Disclose the Upstream and Downstream Environmental Impacts of Their Projects,” by Reese Charles; “Navigating the Skies: Addressing the Regulatory Shortcomings of CORSIA and the Carbon Market While Proposing a Revised Framework for Accountability and Enforcement,” by Karim Yehia; and “A Tres C Approach: Three Steps to Oil and Gas Lease Termination,” by Lucia Kezele. The issue also includes recent case summaries on topics within the ONE J fields.
Back issues of ONE J from vol. 1, no. 1 are available free of charge at the journal's Digital Commons archive.
How to Contact Us
Alexandra Jury, Editor-in-Chief: alex.jury@ou.edu
Madelyn Musson, Managing Editor: madelynmusson@ou.edu
Jason Kersey, Submissions Editor: jasonkersey@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-5191
ONE J’s regular mailing address is: ONE J: Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 300 Timberdell Road, Norman, OK 73019
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