Aviation Law Certificate
The Certificate in Aviation Law is designed to prepare students for law practice, in or related to, the aerospace industry.
The program is designed to create legal professionals with a working knowledge of the field of aviation, a necessary foundation for effective law practice in the industry and for guiding sound policymaking in the transportation and national security sectors.
Law students who complete this innovative program will receive the Certificate in Aviation Law and be uniquely qualified for law practice in or related to the aerospace industry.
Courses
For School of Law students, the Aviation Law Certificate Program requires successful completion of 9 credits of graduate aviation courses, successful completion of Administrative Law, and successful completion of the J.D. program.
For full-time visiting students at the School of Law, the Aviation Law Certificate Program requires successful completion of 9 credits of graduate aviation courses, along with successful completion of Administrative Law (either at the School of Law during the visiting year or at the student's home school prior to the visiting year).
Required Courses
- Administrative Law (3 credits)
9 credits (or appropriate substitute courses as determined by Department of Aviation)
- Aviation Economics AVIT 502 (3 credits)
- Aviation Public Policy and Regulations AVIT 510 (3 credits)
- Aviation Environmental Concerns AVIT 512 (3 credits)
- Aviation Safety Management Systems AVIT 513
- Aviation Management Theory AVIT 514 (3 credits)
- Airline Labor Relations and Law Law #348 / AVIT 517 (3 credits)
- Ethics in Aerospace AVIT 521 (3 credits)
- Strategic Airport Planning AVIT 520
- UAS Management AVIT 522
- Aviation Safety Data Analysis AVIT 523
- Air Traffic Management AVIT 524
- Legal Issues in Aviation AVIT 525
- Drones and the Law Law #350 / AVIT 526
- UAS Remote Sensing AVIT 527 (3 credits)
- Space Law #LAW 351 / SPST 565
- Remote Sensing Law and Policy #LAW 352 / SPST 575
Requirements
Through the School of Law, the Aviation Law Certificate Program is open to all School of Law students who have completed the first-year curriculum and are in good academic standing.
- The certificate will be awarded to School of Law students simultaneously with the J.D. degree and will be reflected on the student's law school transcript. For full-time visiting students, the certificate will be awarded at the end of the visiting year and will be reflected on the School of Law transcript for the visiting year.
- Law students currently enrolled and in good standing in other ABA-accredited law schools may complete the program as full-time visiting second- or third-year students at the School of Law.
- For School of Law students, the Aviation Law Certificate Program requires successful completion of 9 credits of graduate aviation courses along with successful completion of the J.D. program. The certificate will be awarded to School of Law students simultaneously with the J.D. degree and will be reflected on the student's law school transcript.
- For full-time visiting students at the School of Law, the Aviation Law Certificate Program requires successful completion of 9 credits of graduate aviation courses, along with successful completion of Administrative Law (either at the School of Law during the visiting year or at the student's home school prior to the visiting year). The certificate will be awarded at the end of the visiting year and will be reflected on the School of Law transcript for the visiting year.
- The successful completion of the required 9 credits of graduate aviation courses will be counted toward the minimum credit hours required for the J.D. degree and as courses involving attendance at regularly scheduled class sessions at the School of Law under the School of Law's General Academic Requirements and Regulations policy. Students may wish to take additional aviation courses beyond those required for the certificate program; students should note that these additional aviation courses will not count toward the minimum credit hours required for the J.D. degree and may require permission of the instructor and/or admission to the Graduate School. Finally, the tuition cost for the 9 credits of graduate aviation courses is non-waiveable.
"The Aviation Law Certificate allows law students to tap into UND's interdisciplinary expertise in aviation and prepare themselves to work in a unique and specialized area of law."Bradley Myers, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Administration