Credit Requirement
The program will require students to take Environmental Law (four credits), International Environmental Law (two credits), and Advanced Environmental Law Seminar (two credits) in which they will write a thesis for an additional writing credit. The seminar and written work requirement will enable students to synthesize their studies and benefit from close interaction with faculty and other students concentrating in the field. Students will also be required to choose an additional seven credit hours from courses listed below under the heading Subject Area Core courses. Additional electives (eight credits) make this a 24-credit program.
Required Courses (9 credits)
Environmental Law (LW.11149 - 4 credits)
Advanced Environmental Law Seminar (LW.10086 - 2 credits)
Advanced Environmental Law Seminar Writing Credit (1 credit)
International Environmental Law Seminar (LW.10065 - 2 credits)
Subject Area Core Courses
Students must choose an additional 7 credits of classes included in the list below:
- Animal Law Seminar (LW.11551 – 2 credits)
- Climate Change Policy Seminar (LW.10006- 2 credits)
- Economic Analysis of Law (LW.10853 - 4 credits)
- Energy, Environment & Security: Law and Policy (LW.11530 - 2 credits)
- Energy Law Regulation and Policy (LW.12239- 2 credits)
- International Environmental Law Clinic (LW.10289 - 2 or 3 credits)(application required)
- International Law (LW.11218 - 3 credits)
- International Trade Law (LW.11426 - 4 credits)
- Land Use Regulation (LW.10579 - 4 credits)
- Legislation and the Regulatory State for Transfer Students and LL.M.s (LW.11633 - 4 credits)
- Oil Pollution and the Marine Environment (LW.12177 – 2 credits)
- Public Interest Environmental Law Practice (LW.10815 – 2 credits)
- Water Law (LW.12235 - 3 credits)
Suggested Courses
Additional courses related to environmental law that you may want to consider include:
- Advanced Administrative Law Seminar (LW.10066- 2 credits)
- Administrative Law (LW.10090 – 3 credits)
- Administrative Process Seminar (LW.10470 - 2 credits)
- Bioethics and the Law (LW.12267 – 2 credits)
- Colloquium on Globalization, Economic Development and Markets (LW.12249 – 2 credits)
- Environmental Law Clinic (application required)
- Innovation Policy Colloquium (LW.10930 - 3 credits)
- Colloquium on Law, Economics and Politics of Urban Affairs (LW.10634 - 2 credits)
- Community Development Law Seminar (LW.10732 - 2 Credits)
- Financing Development Seminar (LW.11806 - 2 credits)
- History and Theory of International Law (LW.10997 - 2 credits)
- Indigenous Peoples in International Law (LW.10902 – 2 credits)
- Innovation Policy Colloquium (LW.10930 - 3 credits)
- International Arbitration: Investment Arbitration (LW.11100 – 2 credits)
- International Commercial Arbitration (LW.11915 – 2 credits)
- International Investment Law and Arbitration (LW.12182 – 4 credits)
- International Human Rights Law (LW.11329 - 4 credits)
- International Law (LW.11218 - 3 credits)
- International Organizations (LW.10256 - 3 credits)
- Land Use, Housing and Community Development in New York City (LW.10651 - 3 credits)
- Law and Development (LW.10295 - 2 credits)
- Law and Global Governance Seminar (LW.10151 - 2 credits)
- Law of Nonprofit Organizations (LW.11276 - 3 credits)
- Legal Research Writing and Analysis II (LW.12130 – 2 credits)
- Project Finance (LW.12062 - 2 credits)
- Property (for 2Ls)(LW.11783 - 4 credits)
- Property Rights in Development Seminar (LW.11767 - 2 credits)
- Tort Law in the Modern Administrative State (LW.11027 – 2 credits)
- Toxic Harms (LW.11221 – 2 credits)
Wagner Courses
With permission from the program director and Vice Dean, master’s students may take up to 6 credits of courses directly related to the study of law at one of NYU’s other schools in completion of LL.M. requirements. Courses offered by Wagner related to environmental law may be of particular interest to students in this program. You may review course offerings at Wagner at http://wagner.nyu.edu/courses.
Contact Information
Prospective students should direct their inquiries to the Office of Graduate Admissions.
Current students may contact Professor Richard B. Stewart’s assistant, Basilio Valdehuesa:
Telephone: (212) 992-8165
Facsimile: (212) 995-4590
basilio.valdehuesa@nyu.edu
