Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- Associate Professor of Law
- Faculty Director, Oil & Gas, Natural Resources, and
- Energy Center
Education
B.Sc. (Petroleum Eng.), University of Alberta, 2000
J.D., Southern Methodist University, 2005
LL.M., Yale Law School, 2014
Research Interests
- Oil & gas real property issues
- Domestic and international energy policy & geopolitics
- Intersection of law and oil and gas operations or new technology
About
Monika U. Ehrman is Associate 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 oil and gas real property issues, the intersection between law and oil and gas technology, and energy policy. Her courses, past and present, include Oil & Gas Law, Energy Law, Water Law, International Petroleum Transactions, Property, Oil & Gas Contracts, Oil & Gas Environmental Law, and Energy Negotiations. 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.
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 a delegate on the Educational Advisory Board 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
One Oil and Gas Right to Rule Them All
forthcoming Spring 2018
55 Houston L. Rev. __
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
Awards & Honors
Faculty Impact Award, The University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2017
Career Paths in Energy Conference Award, Institute for Energy Law, 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
American Association of Professional Landmen
Society of Petroleum Engineers
State Bar of Texas
- Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section
- College of the State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association
- Energy Law Section
- Environmental Law Section