Short Course: Energy Law

Course Outline

Energy law is front and centre to many of today's global crises, yet few understand it deeply enough to be confident in their professional work. The world is facing an array of critical energy law problems, from the Russia-EU energy crisis, the climate change energy transition crisis, the many pollution crises that result from energy-related disasters, and perhaps most importantly of all, energy justice. This course provides a deep introduction to the solutions and challenges of energy law.

Bringing together a distinguished team of experts from academia, leading law firms, and industry, the course provides a well-rounded account of the principal legal and regulatory issues in the renewable and non-renewable energy sector from an international and comparative perspective.

Are our current energy laws and policies strong and robust enough to ensure the global average temperature at the end of the century does not exceed 2°C as per the Paris Agreement? Or do we need to explore a much more diverse range of technological and regulatory options to reduce the amount of carbon emissions, for instance by making combined use of hydrogen and carbon capture and storage technologies? What are the investment implications arising from a changing climate? And what does it all mean for the lawyers at the heart of these decisions and transactions?

These are the sort of questions we will be looking at throughout this course.

Course topics and tutors

• Energy Law as a Complex System: Economics of Energy, Energy Security & Environmental Sustainability
  Paul Griffin, White and Case; Solicitor of England and Wales
• Oil & Gas Regulation in the Energy Transition
  Carlos Bellorin, IHS Markit; SciencesPo Paris; Queen Mary University London
• Climate Change Litigation and the Energy Sector
  Dr Ivano Alogna, Expert in Climate Change Law & Litigation; Research Leader in Environmental & Climate Change Law, BIICL, Lecturer in Environmental Law, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
• Maritime Boundary Disputes & Implications for Seabed Energy Investments
  Dr Constantinos Yiallourides, BIICL and Macquarie University, Centre for Energy & Natural Resources Innovation & Transformation
  
• Nuclear Energy Law & Regulation
  Prof Dr Roy A Partain, Energy Law Expert; Member of State Bar of Texas; University of Aberdeen; Visiting Fellow, BIICL
• Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)
  Prof Dr Roy A Partain, Expert in Energy Law; Member of State Bar of Texas; Chair, University of Aberdeen; Visiting Fellow, BIICL
• Decommissioning of (Abandoned or Disused) Offshore Installations
  Dr Tibisay Morgandi, Energy Law Expert; Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University London
• The Energy Charter Treaty in the Energy Transition
  Dr Aikaterini Florou, University of Liverpool
• Role of Lawyers in Energy Crisis and Disaster Response
  Keith Ruddock, Former General Counsel for Shell's International Upstream business
• Renewable Energy Law: The Legal Landscape and Future Direction
  Dr Madeline Taylor, Expert in Energy Law; Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation, Macquarie University

Download the Programme 

Course leaders

Dr Constantinos Yiallourides, Research Leader in Law of the Sea, BIICL and Lecturer, Macquarie University and Prof Dr Roy Andrew Partain, Chair Professor of Mathematical Models of Law, University of Aberdeen; Member of State Bar of Texas; Visiting Fellow, BIICL.

Who is the course for?

The course would be beneficial for legal practitioners, students, law academics and non-lawyers with an interest in the global governance of energy and natural resources, environmental law, climate change and energy transition law.

Format of the course

The virtual course format will consist of a series of 10 sessions in which live (synchronous) teaching is offered via Zoom. Participants will be able to interact with the tutors and amongst themselves during the sessions.

Participants at BIICL short courses are also invited to join exclusive events for trainees following completion of the course.

Pricing and registration

The course cost is £775 per person (including VAT).

Course Discounts

Member discount: 15% discount for individual members of BIICL
Details of individual memberships 

Group discounts:

• 15% discount for groups of 3 or more attendees from NGO organisations or staff of government
• 15% discount for groups of 5 or more attendees from commercial organisations

To apply for any of the group discounts please Contact Us.

Training scholarships

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is committed to equality and opportunity in the legal profession and to support greater engagement of under-represented groups in the legal profession.

In our efforts in this regard we are delighted to offer 3 scholarships for each of our short courses to participants from communities and backgrounds currently under-represented in the legal community.

Applications for training scholarships must be received at least three weeks ahead of the course start date (1 September 2023).

Find out more about training scholarships 

Join in the conversation @BIICL #BIICLEnergyLaw