Master of Environmental Law and Policy (MELP) Degree Requirements
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Master of Environmental Law and Policy (MELP) Degree Requirements
Required courses are subject to change. For more information, please view the latest Academic Regulations or contact the Office of the Registrar: registrar@vermontlaw.edu.
We are no longer accepting applications for the Master of Environmental Law and Policy. For those interested in the environmental and climate policy, please learn more about the new Master of Climate and Environmental Policy (MCEP).
30 credits
| REQUIRED COURSES All of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| REQ7186 | Legislation and Regulation Survey | 3 |
| ENV5115 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| ENV5122 | Communications, Advocacy, and Leadership | 3 |
In addition to the above, each student must satisfactorily complete at least three of the following five core courses:
| CORE COURSES: NATURAL RESOURCES LAW May choose one of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ENV5235 | Natural Resources Law | 3 |
| CORE COURSES: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE May choose one of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ENV5112 | Science for Environmental Law | 3 |
| ENV5430 | Ecology | 3 |
| CORE COURSES: ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MARKETS May choose one of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ENV5220 | Environmental Economics and Markets | 3 |
| ENV5229 | Environmental Issues in Business Transactions | 3 |
| CORE COURSES: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS May choose one of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| DIV7628 | Indian Tribes as Government Stewards of the Environment | 2 |
| ENV5305 | Environmental Ethics Seminar | 2 |
| ENV5310 | Environmental Health Law | 2 |
| ENV5375 | Global Energy Justice | 2 |
| ENV5383 | Food System Justice and Sustainability | 2 |
| ENV5385 | Global Food Security | 2 |
| ENV5406 | Animal Rights Jurisprudence | 2 |
| ENV5408 | Law of Animals in Agriculture | 2 |
| ENV5422 | Animal Welfare Law | 2 |
| ENV5446 | Environmental Justice | 2 |
| ENV5478 | Global Food Security and Social Justice | 3 |
| ENV5521 | Earth Law | 2 |
| JUR7330 | Moral Philosophy for Professionals | 2 |
| JUR7333 | Animal Law and Ethics | 3 |
| CORE COURSES: DISPUTE RESOLUTION May choose one of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ADR6410 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 3 |
| ADR6415 | Environmental Dispute Resolution | 3 |
| ADR6405 | Arbitration | 2 |
| ADR6412 | Mediation | 2 |
| ADR6413 | Mediation Advocacy | 2 |
| ADR6420 | Negotiation | 2 |
| ADR6450 | Advanced Dispute Resolution Writing Seminar | 2 |
| INT7450 | International Investment Arbitration | 2 |
Remaining electives may be chosen from the courses and experiential options listed above and from the following list of approved courses.
| ELECTIVE COURSES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| ADR6405 | Arbitration | 2 |
| ADR6410 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 3 |
| ADR6412 | Mediation | 2 |
| ADR6415 | Environmental Dispute Resolution | 3 |
| ADR6420 | Negotiation | 2 |
| ADR6450 | Advanced Dispute Resolution Writing Seminar | 2 |
| BUS6262 | Social Enterprise Law | 2 |
| BUS6305 | Non-Profit Organizations | 3 |
| BUS6350 | Non-Profit Management | 2 |
| CLI9302 | Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM students only) | 6 |
| CLI9326 | Advanced Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (JD or LLM only) | 6 |
| CLI9405 | Dispute Resolution Clinic I | 4 |
| CLI9427 | Energy Clinic | 4 |
| CLI9428 | Food and Agriculture Clinic | 4 |
| CLI9437 | Avanced Energy Clinic | 4 |
| DIV7620 | Native Americans and the Law | 3 |
| DIV7628 | Indian Tribes as Government Stewards of the Environment | 2 |
| ENV5105 | Administrative Law | 3 |
| ENV5108 | Introduction to Agriculture and Food Law and Policy | 3 |
| ENV5112 | Science for Environmental Law | 3 |
| ENV5115 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| ENV5125 | Land Use Regulation | 3 |
| ENV5205 | Air Pollution Law and Policy | 3 |
| ENV5209 | The Law of Toxics and Hazardous Substances | 3 |
| ENV5210 | CERCLA Liability and Cleanup | 3 |
| ENV5212 | Climate Change and the Law | 3 |
| ENV5214 | Climate Change Mitigation | 3 |
| ENV5218 | International Climate Change Law (COP) | 3 |
| ENV5220 | Environmental Economics and Markets | 3 |
| ENV5223 | Environmental Governance in the Developing World | 2 |
| ENV5226 | Energy Law and Policy in a Carbon-Constrained World | 3 |
| ENV5228 | Energy Regulation, Markets and the Environment | 3 |
| ENV5230 | Global Energy Law and Policy | 2 |
| ENV5235 | Natural Resources Law | 3 |
| ENV5239 | Land Transactions and Finance | 3 |
| ENV5245 | Water Resources Management | 3 |
| ENV5246 | Water Quality | 3 |
| ENV5250 | Watershed Management and Protection | 3 |
| ENV5303 | Advanced Energy Writing Seminar | 2 |
| ENV5304 | Comparative Environmental Law Research | 2 |
| ENV5305 | Environmental Ethics | 2 |
| ENV5310 | Environmental Health Law | 2 |
| ENV5335 | Extinction and Climate Change | 2 |
| ENV5336 | Climate Change, Extinction and Adaptation | 2 |
| ENV5342 | Legal Adaptations to Global Warming | 2 |
| ENV5343 | Climate Change Adaptation in Human Systems | 2 |
| ENV5344 | Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy | 2 |
| ENV5346 | New Frontiers in Environmental Policies | 2 |
| ENV5349 | Regulating the Marine Environment | 2 |
| ENV5350 | Risk Assessment | 2 |
| ENV5356 | Scientific Controversies | 2 |
| ENV5365 | Climate Change: the Power of Taxes | 2 |
| ENV5375 | Global Energy Justice | 2 |
| ENV5380 | Food Regulation and Policy | 3 |
| ENV5381 | Local Farm and Food Law in Practice | |
| ENV5383 | Food Justice and Sustainability | |
| ENV5401 | Agriculture and the Environment | 3 |
| ENV5405 | Ecosystem Conservation Strategies | 2 |
| ENV5406 | Animal Rights Jurisprudence | 2 |
| ENV5408 | The Law of Animals in Agriculture | 2 |
| ENV5410 | The Farm Bill | 2 |
| ENV5411 | Federal Regulation of Food and Agriculture | 2 |
| ENV5362 | Representing Farmers and Food Producers | 3 |
| ENV5422 | Animal Welfare Law | 2 |
| ENV5423 | Ocean and Coastal Law | 3 |
| ENV5430 | Ecology | 3 |
| ENV5446 | Environmental Justice | 2 |
| ENV5449 | Environmental Litigation Workshop | 2 |
| ENV5462 | Public Lands Management: Montana Field Study | 3 |
| ENV5468 | Oil and Gas Production and the Environment | 2 |
| ENV5469 | Oil and Gas Development and the Environment | 3 |
| ENV5474 | Land Conservation Law | 2 |
| ENV5478 | Global Food Security and Social Justice | 2 |
| ENV5479 | Law and Policy of Local Food Systems | 2 |
| ENV5490 | End Use Energy Efficiency | 2 |
| ENV5500 | Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions | 2 |
| ENV5510 | Essentials of the Electric Grid: Engineering | 1 |
| ENV5521 | Earth Law | 2 |
| ENV5540 | Public Health and Food and Agriculture Policy | 2 |
| ENV5561 | Environmental Enforcement and Compliance | 2 |
| ENV5564 | Peace, War and the Environment | 2 |
| GPP7819 | Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (JD students only) | 2 |
| INT7412 | Law of the European Union | 2 |
| INT7413 | European Union Law Trento | 3 |
| INT7421 | International Environmental Law and Policy | 3 |
| INT7440 | Comparative U.S.-China Environmental Law | 2 |
| INT7446 | International Trade and the Environment | 2 |
| INT7450 | International Investment Arbitration and the Environment | 2 |
| JUR7307 | Culture and the Environment | 2 |
| JUR7330 | Moral Philosophy for Professionals | 2 |
| JUR7333 | Animal Law and Ethics | 3 |
| PUB7510 | Legislation | 3 |
| PUB7525 | Legislative Clinic | 6 |
| PUB7585 | State and Local Governance and Finance | 3 |
| WRI7380 | Advanced Environmental Legal Research | 1 |
Note: This page is offered as a quick, simplified glance of a complex topic. Please consult the Academic Regulations for full and official degree requirements.