Scholarship applications are now being accepted for $50,000 in scholarship awards for students at EMLF member law schools.
Go to the scholarship information page for complete information and to download the application form. Scholarships will be awarded to students studying energy, environmental, natural resources, and mineral law at schools holding membership in the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation.
The deadline for applications is April 27, 2015. Scholarship recipients will be announced during the EMLF 36th Annual Institute on June 21-23.
Special Institute on Appalachian Midstream Assets
Note: the dates have changed; the program is now April 20-21.
The EMLF is sponsoring a program on the oil and gas midstream industry, April 22-23, 2015 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Canonsburg/Southpointe, PA.
Topics include FERC jurisdiction, safety regulations, environmental regulations, land use and planning, pipeline rights of way, ownership structures, Fair Labor Standards Act, insurance and indemnity, cyber threats and liability, litigation update, business considerations for regulated and non-regulated assets, gas gathering agreements, and natural gas liquids processing agreements.
Watch the EMLF website for complete information and online registration.
Call for Annual Institute Topics
Create the program you want for the 36th Annual Institute, June 21-23, 2015 at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida. Each year topics are generated by EMLF members who submit their ideas to the program committee, chaired this year by Dan Wolff at Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, with Coal Chair Shane Harvey at Jackson Kelly, Charleston, WV, and Oil and Gas Chair Joe Reinhart, Babst Calland in Pittsburgh, PA.
The Program Committee and the EMLF Officers and Executive Committee will meet together in mid-February to select the topics and speakers.
Deadline for topics is Tuesday, February 10. Submit suggestions to Sharon Daniels at sharon@emlf.org, covering any aspect of energy development, natural resources, ethics, electric power generation, oil & gas, coal, environmental, renewables, land and real property.
Your topic suggestion should include a brief description and any suggested speaker (including yourself), who can make a scholarly and balanced presentation. Each speaker at the Annual Institute is required to provide written materials which meet various state Continuing Legal Education requirements.
In addition, each speaker must write an original law review quality chapter for publication in Volume 36 of the Energy & Mineral Law Institute.
EMLF Welcomes New Members
Individuals: Michael Scott Blevins, Hayden Harper Energy, Hindman, KY; Lance K. Brubaker, The NLS Group, Columbus, OH; Thomas A. Hill, Eric Petroleum Corporation, Austintown, OH; Beth R. Minear, Contract Land Staff, LLC, Charleston, WV; Sam Petsonk, Mountain State Justice, Charleston, WV; Nathan D. Vaughan, Dover, OH; Guillermo Zuñiga, Energy Regulatory Commission, Mexico City, Mexico
Law School Member: Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, PA
Law Students: Mariah J. Aubrey, Appalachian School of Law; Carl D. Ballard, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Phillip L. Blevins, Appalachian School of Law; Charles P. Campisano, Capital University Law School; Stella O. Chukwueme, Penn State Dickinson School of Law; Aaron T. Epstein, South Texas College of Law; Charlotte M. Goudeau, LSU Law Center; Amy P. Normand, Appalachian School of Law; Charles M. Woner, West Virginia University College of Law