Program Details
Curriculum & Format
Whether you’re already practicing energy law and seek to broaden your expertise or anticipate future involvement in energy work, the online LL.M. program comprehensively addresses all facets of energy law. From contract law specific to working in energy and natural resources to courses in upstream, midstream, and downstream law, this program will provide legal background to handle complex deals and negotiations.
Enjoy flexibility in assignment completion, encouraging you to engage with faculty and network with classmates through interactive online assignments, making the online experience as engaging as a classroom.
Requirements
These are the degree and course requirements essential for success in this program:
- Attend classes as a full-time or part-time student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Complete 24 units of credit over two semesters of study, subject to possible extension for cause
- Complete 12 hours of courses in the areas of Energy and Natural Resources Law and approved electives
- Take a two-credit class in American Legal Systems
- Take a two-credit class on Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis (international students only)
- Take three courses listed as (Core) courses
- File an official application for graduation.
Course List
With permission of a Faculty Lead, LL.M., you may substitute three hours with a College of Law J.D. or Directed Legal Research course.
Course # | Title | Professor | Credit |
LSO 5112 | Foundations of Contract Law for the Energy Industry | Gottshall | 2 |
LSO 5232 | Introduction to Real Property Law in Oil, Natural Gas, and Renewable Energies | Hampton | 2 |
LSO 6512 | Oil and Gas Law | Clark | 2 |
LSO 6501 | Introduction to Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences | Cullen | 1 |
LSO 6522 | Legal Drafting | Mullins | 2 |
LSO 6572 | The Power of Renewable Energy Transactions | Hampton | 2 |
LSO 6563 | Mineral Title Examination for the Energy Industry | Hampton | 3 |
LSO 6592 | Oil & Gas Environmental Law | Huber | 2 |
LSO 6553 | Oil & Gas Contracts | Gottshall | 3 |
LSO 6531 | Legal Research for the Energy Industry | Brice | 1 |
LSO 6581 | Water Law for the Energy Industry | Couch | 1 |
LSO 6513 | Oil & Gas Regulatory Practices | Trimble | 3 |
LSO 6573 | Energy Development on Public Lands | Timmermeyer | 3 |
LSO 6511 | Midstream Oil and Gas Law | Hagy | 1 |
LSO 6352 | Negotiations and Communications/Ethics (on campus) | Clark | 2 |
LSO 6502 | Project Economics and Finance (on campus) | Scott | 2 |
Made for Professionals
Powering Progress: Crafting Legal Minds in Energy and Natural Resources
The LL.M. in Energy and Natural Resources exposes you to legal education focused on the entire energy lifecycle – including courses on oil and gas contracts, upstream, midstream, downstream, and water law.
Get to Know Your Faculty
Your instructors are practicing attorneys at law firms, environmental agencies, and state departments. Their experience in the field has positioned them as experts in the law and science of energy and natural resources.
Gail Mullins received a J.D. with highest honors from The University of Oklahoma where she received the Nathan Scarritt Law Prize, the James F. Hawes Memorial Cup Award, the McKinney Stringer & Webster Scholarship, the West Publishing Scholarship, the Phi Delta Phi National Scholarship, and eight American Jurisprudence Awards.