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1. To offer comprehensive training in the fields of energy, environmental, and natural resources law
2. To produce nationally and internationally recognized scholarship and research that contributes to the public policy debate
3. To facilitate communication among the many individuals, companies, organizations, and public bodies interested in energy, environmental, and natural resources, with the expectation that such communication will lead to more enlightened national and international laws and policies

• Energy Bar Association – Energy Law Journal Professional Board of Editors
• American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy & Resources (ABA-SEER)
• National Energy Policy Institute (NEPI)
• Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law Society (REELS)
• SERL Board of Visitors

The Sustainable Energy and Resource Law Board of Visitors is comprised of energy, environmental, and natural resources professionals in the midst of prestigious careers.

Energy Law (Oil & Gas, Electric Power, Renewable Energy)

Private Practice

Jason Aamodt (JD ’96), Partner, Indian & Environmental Law Group, PLLC

Pamela Anderson (JD ’85), Shareholder, Hall Estill

Brendan Cook (JD ’81), Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Houston, Texas

Jim Roth, Director and Chair of Clean Energy Practice Group, 
Phillips, Murrah, PC

Thomas Schroedter (JD ’79), Shareholder, Hall Estill

John Williams (JD ’92), Partner, Connor & Winters LLP

Government Practice

Laurence Yadon, General Counsel of a major federal power agency

Corporate Practice

Angie Beehler (JD ’94), Former Senior Director, Energy Regulation/Legislation; 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Curtis Craig (JD ’80), Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Explorer Pipeline Company

Curtis Frasier (JD ’82), Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel; Shell Oil Company in the US, Royal Dutch Shell Upstream Business in Americas

Henry Hood, Former General Counsel & Senior Vice President – Land, Chesapeake Energy

Kirk Moore (JD ’81), Associate General Counsel, Noble Energy, Inc.

Stuart Solomon, President, Chief Operating Officer; AEP-Public Service Company of Oklahoma

Environmental Law

Private Practice

David Page (JD ’81), Of Counsel, Leach & Sulllivan, LLP

Non-Profit Advocacy

Kelly Hunter Foster (JD ’96), Senior Counsel, WaterKeeper Alliance; Former head of Environmental Division, Oklahoma Attorney General Office

Natural Resources (Water, Public Lands)

Private Practice

Kevin Patrick (JD ’78), Founding Shareholder; WaterLaw: Patrick, Miller, Kropf

Government Practice

Charles Babst, Jr. (JD ’91), Attorney-Advisor with a major federal natural resources management agency

Robert A. Butkin
Professor of Law, SERL Director, Energy Law Journal

Melissa J. Luttrell
Assistant Professor of Law

Judith V. Royster
Professor of Law

Rex J. Zedalis
Professor of Law

SERL provides editorial and staff support to the student editorial boards of two preeminent professional law journals in the energy/environment industry, the Energy Law Journal and the Year in Review. Students who work on these publications have the rare opportunity to enhance their academic experience and publish articles and reports of crucial interest to practitioners and students.

Conferences, Symposia, and Public Forums

Throughout each year, TU Law brings together national, regional, and local thought leaders in energy, resources, and environmental law and policy. Below are a few notable events recently hosted by the TU Law SERL program and student organizations.

• Oil & Gas in the 21st Century Conference
• Oklahoma Environmental Agencies Roundtable
• Institute for Energy Law Hartrick Symposium
• Oil & Gas Tax Policy Roundtable
• Water Week
• Wind Regulation Roundtable