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General Information About the CenterThe law school offers a JD degree to students who complete the requirements for graduation. The law school also offers a Certificate in Natural Resources and Environmental Law. In addition, in conjunction with the Environmental Studies graduate programs the law school offers a joint JD and environmental studies graduate degree. Finally, many law school courses are open to graduate students from other units at the University of Colorado.Involvement in Environmental Education and ResearchThe law school offers a wide variety of elective courses and seminars in natural resources and environmental law, including Water Law, Mining Law, Pollution Law, International Environmental Law, Public lands Law, Land Use Law, and Energy Law. The Colorado Journal on International Environmental Law and Policy is a student-managed law review. Law students compete to join the review; in their second year students manage all aspects of the publication and also write articles that are considered for publication.The Natural Resources Law Center is a research and education institute located within the law school. It offers law students an opportunity to participate in current research projects and to meet leading lawyers, judges, legislators and regulators who attend conferences and present lectures at the law school. The Environmental Law Society is a student organization that offers social opportunities to law students, hosts visiting lecturers, and conducts service projects. The faculty who teach in this area conduct research on a wide range of subjects, from ground water allocation to drought management, implementation of the Endangered Species Act, reform of the Clean Air Act, regulatory approaches to controlling emissions of greenhouse gases, and the implications of energy resource development for the Rocky Mountain West. Approximately one-third of the law students are members of the Environmental Law Society. The law school's courses and seminars on environmental and natural resources law routinely fill and are some of themost popular course offered at the law school. ResearchersDavid Getches is dean of the law school and an internationally recognized expert in water law and the rights of indigenous peoples. Charles Wilkinson is a nationally recognized expert on public lands and natural resource issues as well as the rights of American Indian tribes. Lakshman Guruswamy is an internationally renowned expert in international environmental law. Sarah Krakoff is widely published on a range of public lands issues and also is an expert on American Indian law. James Martin is director of the Natural resources Law Institute and is actively involved in a number of air quality and energy resource projects. James Corbridge has published widely and is considered one of the state's and the region's experts on water law.Other InformationThe law school's career services office provides extensive assistance to students who seek opportunities to clerk for government agencies, law offices, and non-governmental organizations. In addition, the law school offers externship credits for students who wish to pursue an intensive course of study with a government agency, NGO, or law firm.How to Learn MoreThe admissions office is the best place for a prospective law student to start. Their web page provides extensive information and contact information for anyone contemplating our law school: http://www.colorado.edu/law/admissions/index.htm. The Natural Resources Law Center has its own web page and it also provides background information on the Center's work: http://www.colorado.edu/law/centers/nrlc.Contact InformationNatural Resources Law CenterUniversity of Colorado School of Law 401 UCB Boulder, CO 80309-0401 303-492-1286 (phone) 303-492-1297 (fax) email: nrlc@spot.colorado.edu
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