Certificate in Environmental Law
Every year, approximately ten graduates earn their Environmental Law
Certificate, finding employment with private law firms; county, state,
and federal government agencies; the judiciary; and nonprofit groups.
The Certificate is available only to University of Hawai‘i law students.
To qualify for a Certificate, a student must:
- meet the general JD graduation requirements
- successfully complete
- successfully complete a minimum of 8
credits from the following:
- Domestic Ocean and Coastal Law (Law 592)* or International Ocean Law (Law 593)*
- Environmental Compliance and Regulated Industries (Law 512)*
- Environmental Litigation Seminar (Law 529)*
- Hazardous Waste Law (Law 540)*
- International Environmental Law (Law 528)*
- Land Use Management and Control (Law 580)
- Legal Aspects of Water Resources Control (Law 588)*
- Topics in Environmental Law (Law 527)*
- Wildlife
and Natural Resources Law (Law 503)*
- successfully complete one of the following:
- maintain a cumulative grade point average
of 2.0 or better in the above Certificate courses (which may not be
taken on a credit/no credit basis)
- successfully complete one of the following:
-a two credit-hour approved externship (e.g., Environmental Division of the State Attorney General's Office);
-two credit-hour directed study that produces a paper on some aspect of environmental or natural resources law under the supervision of one of the environmental law faculty
-Second-Year Seminar on an approved environmental topic
-member of the Environmental or International Environmental Law Moot Court Team.
* Indicates alternate year course.
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DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES
Law students may take advantage of our dual degree program to pursue
their JD
and another graduate degree/certificate concurrently. Under this program,
a certain number of credits for one degree/certificate may be counted
toward the requirements for the second degree/certificate.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN OCEAN POLICY
This certificate program combines studies in ocean policy and sciences of the sea to provide an understanding of the natural environment, the technology that allows exploration and exploitation of that environment, and social factors that influence those environments. Under the Geography Department in the School of Social Sciences, the program ties together Asian, mainland U.S. coasts, and Pacific islands issues.
GRADUATE STUDIES IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) offers a fully accredited Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) degree, a PhD, and two certificates in planning: one for students with professional experience and another for students enrolled in an academic program other than planning at the University of Hawai‘i. The Department takes a multi-disciplinary approach to planning education that emphasizes research, professional practice, and community involvement. It focuses on Hawai‘i, the U.S., and the Asia Pacific Region. For further information, check DURP’s web site: www.durp.hawaii.edu.