Education
J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2005 (with distinction)
Certificate of Specialization in American Indian Law
Fulbright Scholar – Eastern Europe
Editor – Białostockie Studia Prawnicze [Legal Studies Journal of Bialystok, Poland]

Ph.D., Geophysics (Petroleum Seismology), Texas A&M University, 1999
Dissertation: Geologic Evolution and Structural Controls on Hydrocarbon Flow in the Ship Shoal Block 274/293 Field, Offshore Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico (May 1999)

M.S., Geophysics, Wright State University, 1995
Thesis: Geology of the Stotlers Crossroads 7.5-Minute Quadrangle in Eastern West Virginia(June 1995)

B.S., Geology, Wright State University, 1993

Areas of Expertise
Domestic Energy Law
International Energy Law
Mining Law
Oil & Gas Law
Property

Admitted to practice in New Mexico and Texas.

Christopher Kulander joined the South Texas College of Law Houston in August 2014 as Professor and Director of the school’s new Oil & Gas Law Institute. At South Texas College of Law Houston, he teaches courses covering oil & gas, energy, and property law. He received his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma, where he was managing editor for theOklahoma Bar Mineral Law Newsletter, note editor and assisting managing editor for the American Indian Law Review, and research assistant for Owen L. Anderson, Eugene Kuntz Chair of Oil and Gas Law.

Before teaching, Professor Kulander practiced full-time for four years in the Houston office of Haynes and Boone LLP within the Energy Practice Group, focusing on energy lending, finance, and bankruptcy. Prior to that, he practiced for two years with Cotton & Bledsoe in Midland, Texas, focusing on oil and gas title and leasing.

Before law school, he received his B.S. and M.S. in geology from Wright State in Dayton, Ohio, and his Ph.D. in geophysics (petroleum seismology) from Texas A&M, after which he worked as a geophysicist for the U.S. Geological Survey. He has written and published in the fields of oil and gas law, land use control, American Indian law as well as in geology and petroleum seismology.