George Washington University, Law School LL.M. in Energy Law and Sustainability
George Washington University, Law School

George Washington University, Law School

LL.M. in Energy Law and Sustainability

Washington, USA

LLM

1 up to

2 years

English

Full time, Part time

Aug 2027

USD 2,743 / per credit *

On-Campus

* full-time tuition and fees for 24 credit program maximum

Key Summary

About: The LL.M. in Energy Law and Sustainability builds on GW Law’s Environmental and Energy Law programme, established at the start of the modern environmental law era and expanded over almost 50 years. The programme emphasizes energy law and sustainability via the Sustainable Energy Initiative and courses on climate change, fisheries depletion, air pollution, water scarcity, and new energy sources. Based in Washington, DC, students learn from national and international experts and can intern with leading government and nonprofit organizations, gaining policy, regulatory, and sustainability skills.

Career Outcomes: Graduates pursue roles as environmental lawyers, energy policy advisors, NGO attorneys.

Established at the beginning of the modern environmental law era, the George Washington University Law School's Environmental and Energy Law Program has been at the forefront of education in the field for almost 50 years. Over the past decade, the program has been expanded to increase our focus on energy law, adding new classes and creating the Sustainable Energy Initiative. Today, the program is expanding significantly to provide the next generation of environmental and energy lawyers with the tools they need to tackle the local, national, and international challenges facing the planet and its inhabitants, including climate change, fisheries depletion, air pollution, water scarcity, and developing new sources of energy.

GW Law is located in the heart of the nation’s capital, where environmental and energy law policy is debated and made. The law school’s location provides students with unique opportunities to learn environmental and energy law from nationally and internationally recognized experts in the field and to work as interns with some of the most influential government and nonprofit environmental organizations in the world.

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