Energy Law · Earth Institute
I learned about the legal system that encompasses the U.S energy sector. I learned about types of energy, and their jurisdiction and administrative procedures, as well as regulation and the legal recourses for transitioning to clean energy.
I learned about many energy law cases that have taken place in the United States in the past 100+ years, as well as the legal concepts that are related to these cases and other laws/policies that formed in relation to these cases. The
I learned about the pertinent organizations that regulate energy, the structure of the U.S. energy structure, and what steps need to be taken to modernize the structure.
This course teaches you in the ins and outs of energy law. As a Sustainable Development major, pursuing a JD post-grad, I found this course to be extremely engaging and pertinent. You will get the opportunity to learn about the energy industry and its regulation (and the challenges it faces). You will be pushed to be strategic in your thinking as you address issue spotters and policy questions.
Lectures are really long and tiring as they go fast paced for a course that is just 3 points.
I would recommend this to anyone interested in the details of energy structure and who does not expect the entire class to be focused on renewables or the sustainable development of energy policy.
It’s kind of boring. I took a different environmental law class in the past and thought I would love this one, but the professor is monotonous and leads a very dull lecture that is difficult to pay attention to. 2 hours never felt so long. 1 Columbia University: Arts & Sciences Fall 2021 Course: SDEVUN3366_001_2021_3-ENERGYLAW : SDEVUN3366_001_2021_3 - ENERGY LAW Instructor: Michael Gerrard
How to write legal papers and take notes of legal cases.
Broad, and simultaneously very specific, coverage of energy market regulation and legislation in the US
Some legal writing, a lot about FERC, energy regulations, renewable energy