Connecticut MCLE - Energy Law Courses

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Understanding Interests in Oil and Gas Lands and Production

The theory of “ownership in place” creates a unique position for the laws surrounding oil and gas companies. The theory, which stipulates that reserves can maintain their status in perpetuity, allows legal agreements, including those that are ambiguous or erroneous, to be upheld even centuries later. This CLE course will examine the creation and interpretation of oil and gas land and production interests and how some of the most common sources of ambiguity, including severance and royalties, may... More Info

$29

1.25General Credits
Fundamental Rights to a Clean, Safe and Healthy Environment: The Case for Green Amendments

Environmental law is constantly in flux these days and its intersection with constitutional law makes for a fascinating study that may prove promising in the area of public interest environmental law and advocacy, specifically fundamental environmental rights. Known as Green Amendments, these are self-executing provisions that may be added to the bill of rights of a constitution which serve to recognize and to protect people’s rights, include people of future generations, to clean wate... More Info

$55

1.5General Credits
New Challenges For Brownfield Redevelopment: Emerging Contaminants

The Brownfield Cleanup Program was supposed to remediate the contamination of former industrial sites for new uses. But just as states across the country were to implement it, a new class of contaminants called “Emerging Contaminants” or “Forever Chemicals” arose, complicating the sites’ development. This CLE course will explain the benefits of the Brownfield Cleanup Programs and explain the various financial and liability release incentives it contains. Ongoing issues with this remediat... More Info

$55

1.5General Credits
Preparing and Reviewing Oil and Gas Title Opinions

Faulty titles in vast tracts of Texas land combined with a lack of standardization in how title opinions are drafted has made professional, well-written opinions that can be relied upon an instrument of negotiation in disputes. Routinely sold between landowners and oil companies, these title opinions may be used as a basis for settlement even decades after they are written. This CLE course, presented by Oil and Gas attorney Josh Stein, will address the different forms of title opinions and their... More Info

$55

1.75General Credits
The Emerging Environmental Crisis

The issue of emerging contaminants in our drinking water is a fascinating and relatively new area of environmental law. This CLE course will begin with a focus on efforts to protect our supplies of drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act, a federal statute regulated many, but not all, of these contaminants. In fact, there is an entirely unregulated segment called emerging contaminants. Presented by New York environmental attorneys James Rigano, Nicholas Rigano and Alyse Delle Fave, the... More Info

$55

2General Credits
Renewable Energy Law: A National Perspective On Today's Hottest Trend

This CLE course offers a comprehensive overview of today’s most volatile issue and industry—solar and renewable energy. This course offers a broad perspective on the industry nationwide, its effects and impacts, and will also focus intently on the unique nature of New Jersey’s solar energy market, the SREC market and the impact it has on the industry across the country. More Info

$81

2.5General Credits
The Rights of Nature: Theory, Laws, and Emerging Jurisprudence

This CLE course will present lawyers with the fundamentals of creating legally enforceable rights for ecosystems, which is an emerging area of environmental law which elevates protections to a level comparable with human civil rights laws. The course will explain the legal theory behind “rights of nature” laws and will also examine the anatomy of laws that have already been adopted by US municipal governments. Case studies on the enforcement of rights of nature laws as well as of inter... More Info

$55

2.5General Credits