The Initiative on Space Law at the University of Houston Law Center is dedicated to helping law students learn about the growing field of Space Law. The Initiative is facilitative in that it brings together existing resources at the Law Center and fosters the development of student involvement with Space Law. Among these resources, the Initiative intends to enhance students’ study and practice of Space Law.
The Initiative on Space Law is involved with several faculty members at the Law Center, listed below.
Rebecca Bresnik (LL.M. ’08)
B.A. Univ. of Delaware; M.S. Univ. of Texas; J.D. Rutgers Law School; LL.M. Univ. of Houston Law Center
Prof. Bresnik is a Space Law specialist with over two decades of experience at NASA. She has been the Law Center’s primary instructor the Space Law course for most of the last decade.
For her full background, see her LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-bresnik-1212a27/
Chris Mirasola
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A. John Hopkins Univ.; M.P.P. Harvard Kennedy School of Government; J.D. Harvard Law School
Professor Mirasola is a rising scholar known for his expertise in international law and national security.
For his full background, see: https://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/main.asp?PID=8622
Course Title |
Example Course Listing |
Instructor(s) |
Comments |
Space Law |
Rebecca Bresnik |
This course is the Law Center’s lead offering for the topic of Space Law |
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International Law |
Chris Mirasola |
This course has important implications for and congruence with Space Law |
|
National Security Law |
Chris Mirasola |
This course has important implications for and congruence with Space Law |
|
| Administrative Law | Listing Link | Andrew Lanham | This course has important implications for and congruence with Space Law |
The Law Center regularly provides CLE training in a variety of disciplines. CLE content for Space Law is anticipated to be forthcoming.
International Space University operates various types of training and Prof. Bresnik has taught some Space Law content for them.
The Law Center and the Initiative on Space Law are actively seeking students interested in creating a new student organization to focus on Space Law. Any student interested in creating this new organization should email a statement of interest to Prof. Greg R. Vetter (gvetter@uh.edu).
This new student organization would join the many dozens of existing Law Center student organizations, all of which promote student learning by the active practice of students serving each other in officer positions and in generating programming for the Law Center community: https://www.law.uh.edu/organizations
