Professor James W. Coleman is a scholar of energy law. He specializes in North American energy infrastructure, transport, and trade. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute focused on energy policy.
Professor Coleman has testified before Congress on steps to speed up energy infrastructure permits. He also worked with a team of experts as part of Alberta's Royalty Review to revise the Canadian province's management of its vast oil and gas resources.
Before joining Minnesota, Professor Coleman taught at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law, the University of Calgary’s law and business schools, and Harvard Law School. Earlier, he practiced environmental and appellate law at Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C., and clerked for the Honorable Steven M. Colloton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Professor Coleman received two degrees from Harvard University—a J.D. (cum laude) and B.A. in biology (magna cum laude with highest honors in the field). As a result of his undergraduate thesis on butterfly genetics, which required fieldwork in Central Asia, a species of lycaenid butterfly was named after him—Agrodiaetus ripartii colemani.
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American Oil & Gas and Global Energy Security
Wyoming Student Chapter
University of Wyoming School of Law - Room 1781000 University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82072
The New Administration & The Energy Future
Minnesota Student Chapter
University of Minnesota Law School229 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Permitting the Energy Transition
Duke Student Chapter
Duke Law School210 Science Drive
Durham, NC 27708
Dispelling the Energy Transition
Liberty Student Chapter
Liberty University School of Law1971 University Blvd
Lynchburg, VA 24502
Panel II: Can We Permit Abundant Energy Infrastructure?
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Luncheon Panel: Climate Change and the Free Market
The energy sector is undergoing a period of profound change. In the 1990s and 2000s...
Explainer Episode 57 - Natural Gas Bans, Appliance Efficiency Standards, and Consumer Choice
RTP's Fourth Branch Podcast
The debate over the electrification agenda and its implications for consumer choice and the environment...
Explainer Episode 49 - Utility Rate Modeling
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast
Energy consumers continue to see rising rates, but how do regulators decide the rate that consumers...
Deep Dive Episode 239 - Energy Security After Ukraine: What are the Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S. and its Allies?
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shocked the world – and directed renewed attention to the global...
Energy Security After Ukraine: What are the Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S. and its Allies?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shocked the world – and directed renewed attention to the global...