Environmental & Natural Resources Law & Policy LLM

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• ENRLP LLM Requirements

  ENRLP LLM candidates are required to obtain a minimum of 24 credits; most courses are worth 3 credits. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 2.7 to remain in good standing.

  A full-time student may earn the degree in one academic year (or over 2 consecutive semesters); a part-time student may earn the degree in 2 years. Program time limit is 3 years from the time of matriculation. 

  All students entering the program are required to complete:

  • L4707 – American Legal Systems, Research, and Writing
  • Capstone requirement: At least 15-25 written pages on an appropriate legal subject with a significant legal research component, approved by the ENRLP Program Director. This can be achieved either through an elective course taken after the first term of the program or by registering for a 2-3 credit Directed Research Project.

  Students may pursue one of the following specializations:

  • Environmental Law and Policy
  • Energy Law and Policy
  • Mineral Law and Policy
  • International Resources Transactions Law and Policy
  • Water Law and Policy

  Please find additional information on the following link: http://www.law.du.edu/forms/enrgp/specialization.cfm

• ENRLP Course Information

  You may customize your course of study, depending upon your goal to work internationally, within the United States, or both. The Sturm College of Law offers over forty courses in these advanced degree programs, divided equally between international and domestic issues. There are no required courses, you may customize your degree by selecting any approved courses. Please be advised that not all courses are offered every year and that some courses may be offered in only one semester every year.

  All students entering the program are required to complete:

  • L4064 – Introduction to the American Legal System (International students only – certain exceptions may apply.)
  • Capstone requirement:  At least 15-25 written pages in an appropriate legal subject with a significant legal research component, approved by the ENRLP Program Director. This can be achieved either through an elective course taken after the first term of the program or by registering for a 2-3 credit Directed Research Project.

  View the current Sturm College of Law class schedules 

  To View all Sturm College of Law course descriptions 

  View ENRLP discipline courses 

• Documents & Forms
  • Specialization Form
  • Directed Research Guidelines
  • Directed Research Form
• External Courses

  While working in the advanced degree program, you may extend your academic credentials by taking additional credited courses offered outside the College of Law. LLM and MLS ENRLP (formally MRLS) students may take up to six credit hours at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies and Daniels College of Business, or at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. LLM, MLS ENRLP(formally MRLS) and JD students may also participate in one of our inter-university exchanges.

  Josef Korbel School of International Studies (Korbel)

  

  The Josef Korbel School of International Studies has an internationally renowned curriculum of graduate studies programs that attract students from many countries. Korbel prepares students for positions in government service, international organizations, and international business. Students gain expertise in a general area of international relations, such as international politics, comparative politics, political theory, and international economics.

  The Daniels College of Business

  

  The Daniels College of Business Administration provides programs in business and commercial law. Many Korbel and Daniels faculty members and associates have experience within the field of international natural resources studies.

  Colorado School of Mines

  

  The University of Denver Sturm College of Law and the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) have had a long and successful relationship, offering law students interested in a career in natural resources and environmental law the opportunity to pursue a graduate-level degree at CSM jointly with their JD degree at the University of Denver. LLM and MLS ENRLP (formally MRLS) students in the International Natural Resources and Environmental Law Graduate Studies program also may take CSMcourses. The Colorado School of Mines is just twenty minutes from the Sturm College of Law campus.

  The Colorado School of Mines was established in the late 1800s and is regarded as preeminent among universities worldwide, offering courses in engineering, economics, geology, petroleum, environment, and other earth science disciplines. CSM’s departments of Geophysics and Resource Economics are considered among the finest in the world. The school maintains its own “working laboratory” mine in nearby Idaho Springs, and a geological and petroleum camp near Pueblo, Colorado.