As a lawyer who focuses on energy law, you will often be at the center of major development projects with significant community, economic and environmental implications. In general, you will help ensure the continuous and sustainable availability of energy resources that fuel the economy, while protecting wildlife, the environment and the climate from the impacts of development.

Here are a few examples of the type of work you might expect as an energy lawyer.

• Participate in projects to procure and distribute energy resources, ensure their replenishment and long-term supply, and investigate and develop new and alternative resources.
• Work with private companies building solar, wind or hydropower energy capacities.
• Assist developers, municipalities or landowners with procuring water and land use rights for energy operations.
• Engage with regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with existing standards or work to develop new ones.