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Environmental & Energy Law
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 since 1970. Over the past decade, the program has been expanded to increase our focus on the global and social justice dimensions of environmental and energy law , adding new classes, an environmental justice division clinic, the Sustainable Energy Initiative, and the LLM Double-Degree Program in Energy & Climate Law and Energy & Environmental Law with the University of Groningen. 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.
To learn more about recent developments in our program, read our feature story in the Summer 2025 issue of GW Law Magazine.
Academics
JD Degree
Prepare for leadership in environmental, energy law practice, and declare your concentration.
LLM Degree
Advance legal expertise in sustainability, energy policy, and environmental justice — with the option to pursue an LLM double-degree.
MSL Degree
Empower professionals with legal tools for environmental and energy leadership.
Joint Degrees
Integrate legal studies with science, policy, business, and innovation disciplines.
Program News
GW Law Student Wins Rudge Creative Solutions Award
July 22, 2026
Grant Gibson, a rising 3L, received the Howard J. Rudge Creative Solutions Award for his paper about affordable housing and historic preservation in May.
The National Jurist Names GW Law Top School for Environmental Law
July 9, 2026
The Environmental and Energy Law Program at GW Law received an A+ rating from the National Jurist.
GW Law Hosts 2026 Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium
March 6, 2026
Nearly 300 energy and environmental law experts, students, and faculty visited GW Law for the annual J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium.
Environmental & Energy Law News