The UNM School of Law is widely known for its faculty strength in the areas of natural resources and environmental law. The school offers a number of electives in these subjects. Introductory and advanced courses in water, oil and gas, and environmental law are taught annually.
Special topics lecture and seminar courses are also frequently available.
Recently, for example, there have been courses devoted to New Mexico land and water legal history, federal public land and resources law, environmental protection legislation, land use planning, regulation of natural gas production and transportation, international environmental law, and emerging issues in western states water law. These course offerings are one way students can pursue interests in the natural resources and environmental law fields. Students who wish to undertake in-depth study of current resource and environmental problems are afforded valuable opportunities through the Natural Resources Journal and the Natural Resources Certificate in Law.