- Professor of Law
- Faculty Director, Oil & Gas, Natural Resources, and
- Energy Center
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Energy Management, OU Price College of Business
Education
B.Sc. (Petroleum Eng.), University of Alberta, 2000
J.D., Southern Methodist University, 2005
LL.M., Yale Law School, 2014
Research Interests
- Natural resource property issues
- Domestic and international energy policy & geopolitics
- Oil & gas real property issues
About
Monika U. Ehrman is Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Oil & Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Center (ONE C) at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Her scholarly interests are in the area of natural resources real property, energy policy, and oil and gas law. Her courses, past and present, include Property, Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law, Water Law, International Petroleum Transactions, Energy Negotiations, Oil & Gas Environmental Law, and Oil & Gas Contracts. She currently teaches in the J.D. and graduate programs at OU Law and in the Executive Energy Management Program at the OU Price College of Business.
Professor Ehrman serves on the Board of Directors of Matador Resources Company. Prior to teaching, she served as general counsel of a privately-held oil & gas company in Dallas; senior counsel with Pioneer Natural Resources; and associate attorney at Locke Lord LLP. Her practice experience includes oil and gas litigation and energy transactional work. Before law school, Professor Ehrman worked as a petroleum engineer in the upstream, midstream, and pipeline sectors of the energy industry. In addition to her experience with the technical aspects of the industry, she also worked as an analyst in the areas of commodity risk management and energy trading. She is currently a Trustee for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and Energy & Mineral Law Foundation and Vice President Education for the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. In addition to serving on various oil and gas law committees, she also served as an Editor of the Oil and Gas Reporter for the Institute for Energy Law. She is the faculty advisor to the Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal (ONE J), published by the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Professor Ehrman received her B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta; J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law; and Master’s in Law from Yale Law School. During law school, she was Research Assistant to Professor John Lowe at SMU and to the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy.
Additional Information
Publications
Response to Joshua Macey's Zombie Energy Laws
(in progress 2020)
___ Vand. L. Rev. En Banc ___
Application of Natural Resources Property to Hidden Resources
2020
14 Int'l J. Commons 627
(double-blind peer review; invited for symposium at NYU Law School for panel moderated by Michael Heller)
2020
6 SMU Ann. Tex. Surv. 217
(with Owen L. Anderson)
Forms Manual to Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law
West 7th ed. 2018
(John S. Lowe, Owen L. Anderson, Ernest E. Smith, David Pierce, Chris S. Kulander & Monika U. Ehrman)
Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law
West 7th ed. 2018
(with Jon S. Lowe, Owen L. Anderson, Ernest E. Smith, David Pierce, and Chris S. Kulander)
A Call for Energy Realism: When Immanuel Kant Met the Keep it in the Ground Movement
2019
2019 Utah L. Rev. 435
One Oil and Gas Right to Rule Them All
forthcoming Spring 2018
55 Houston L. Rev. __
Symposium, Reclaiming Energy Efficiency in an Age of Petroleum Exclusion
2018
71 Ark. L. Rev. 481
(invited symposium article)
Symposium, The Future of the Canadian Energy Industry in a Low Price Commodity Environment
2017
2 LSU J. Energy L. & Reg. 263
2017
33 Ga. State L. Rev. 609
2014
117 W. Va. L. Rev. 549
2014
46 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 423
Competition is a Sin: The Evaluation and Effects of a Natural Gas OPEC
2006
27 Energy L.J. 175
Courses Taught
J.D.:
- Energy Law 6510
- International Petroleum Transactions 6552
- Oil and Gas Contracts 6550
- Oil and Gas Environmental Law 6100
- Oil and Gas Law 6540
- Property 5234
- Water Law 6580
M.L.S.:
- Negotiations 6352
- Oil & Gas Law 6512
Awards & Honors
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Educator of the Year, 2019
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Professor-in-Residence, 2018
Faculty Impact Award, The University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2017
Career Paths in Energy Conference Award, Institute for Energy Law, 2017
Institute for Energy Law, Conference Award, Co-Chair of Hartrick Symposium: Career Paths for Young Attorneys in the Energy Sector, 2017
Professional Associations
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
Energy Bar Association
Society of Mineral Lawyers of Oklahoma City
State Bar of Texas
- Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section
Dallas Bar Association
- Energy Law Section