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Because the world of environmental law is inherently interdisciplinary, the environmental lawyer of the 21st century will benefit from an education that reaches beyond the bounds of traditional law school. Environmental legal problems invariably involve scientific, policy or ethical issues, and The University of Montana-Missoula is uniquely qualified to bridge the legal, social and physical sciences. We have combined a strong environmental and natural resources law curriculum with an established graduate program in environmental studies to provide the Joint Program in Law and Environmental Studies. Students completing the Joint Program in Law and Environmental Studies will receive two degrees: the Juris Doctor and the Masters of Science in Environmental Studies.
The Environmental Studies Program (EVST) was established as an interdisciplinary graduate program at UM in 1970. The EVST Program allows students to select an area of focus that may range from policy to hard science. Students, with their academic advisers, design their own programs of study, choosing from courses throughout the University.
Students
enrolled in the Joint J.D./EVST Program can earn both
degrees in as little as four years. Students will normally spend
the first two years as full-time law students. The third and
fourth years will normally consist of courses in both the School
of Law and the EVST Program.
Students
who wish to participate in the Joint J.D./EVST Program
must satisfy the normal admission requirements for
both the Graduate School, Environmental Studies Program
and the School of Law. Students must apply independently
to each program, indicating their interest in the Joint
J.D./EVST Program. Please
note: the deadline for application to the Graduate
School Environmental Studies Program is February 1.
For further information and application materials regarding the Environmental Studies Program, please contact:
Environmental Studies Program
The University of Montana
Rankin Hall
Missoula, MT 59812
406.243.6273
If you wish to pursue a joint degree program, please notify the
Associate Dean of the School of Law as soon as you decide to do
so, but in no case later than the beginning of your second year
of law school.
Please be aware that you are not permitted to take any non-law
credits in addition to the 6 non-law (9 in the joint J.D./M.B.A.
program) credits you take as part of the joint degree program.
For the non-law credits you wish to take as part of any of the
joint degree programs, you must specify these courses with the
Academic Standards Committee before you take the courses.
No retroactive selection is permitted.
How the J.D./EVST Credit is Earned
The J.D./EVST degree may be earned in as little as four years
and the customary sequence is:
- The first two years as a full-time student in the School of
Law. No EVST courses may be taken during the first
academic year of law school.
- The third and fourth years devoted to courses in both the
School of Law and the EVST program.
The J.D./EVST credits are earned in the following way:
- The School of Law shall accept toward its degree six hours
of approved credit earned in the EVST program.
- Law students must notify the School of Law's Academic Standards
Committee of which EVST courses they plan to take for
law credit the semester before they take the course(s).
- The EVST program shall accept toward the EVST master's degree
the following courses:
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Introduction to Environmental Law