Certificate Program
In 2002, the Center for the Study of American Indian Law and Policy at the University of Oklahoma College of Law instituted a Certificate Program in American Indian Law. Full-time degree-candidate OU Law students are eligible to receive the certificate upon the successful completion of the following:
- 5610 Federal Indian Law
Two of the following from the Indian Law curriculum:
- 5600 Native American Natural Resources
- 5600 American Indian Law Seminar—Selected Legal Problems
- 5602 Comparative Indigenous Peoples' Law
- 5600 Tribal Courts/Tribal Law
- 5600 Tribal Economic Development and Self-Determination
- 6311 American Indian Law Review (two semesters)
One of the following externships or approved employment in the field:
- 6400 Federal Indian Law Externship
- 6400 Extern Placement (provided the externship focuses substantially on the practice of American Indian Law), including a judicial externship (provided the externship focuses substantially on the practice of American Indian Law)
- — 100 hours of employment in the field of Indian Law as approved by Center Director
One of the following related courses from the general curriculum:
- 6540 Oil and Gas
- 6523 Environmental Law
- 6580 Water Law
- 5403 Administrative Law
- 5543 Federal Courts
- 6060 International Law Foundations