Michael Helbing
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Adjunct Professor of Law Staff Attorney, Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy Location: University Park |
About Helbing
Mike Helbing currently serves as a Staff Attorney for Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy, where he is actively involved in many of the Center’s research and educational activities. Prior to beginning this role, Mike worked in positions that integrated law with science and policy. Most recently, he worked in the Office of the Chief Counsel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where he was Associate Chief Counsel for Litigation and a Senior Enforcement Advisor. He has also served as a Staff Attorney for Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), where he advised on legal and policy matters related to energy and the environment. In that role, he served on Governor Wolf’s Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force in 2015. Mike received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Penn State and a law degree from Yale Law School.
Education
J.D., Yale Law School
B.S., Penn State University
Publication
Joe Osborne, Mike Helbing, Jordan B. Yeager & Lauren M. Williams, Representing Citizens in Challenges to Oil and Gas Permits, in The Law of Oil & Gas in Pennsylvania, chapter 21 (Joel R. Burcat & Stephen W. Saunders eds., 2d ed. 2016)
News
Professors Wiseman & Helbing on hydrogen fuel readiness in PA
Penn State Dickinson Law and Penn State Law are reunifying to operate as Penn State University’s single law school, which will be known as Penn State Dickinson Law. While ABA approval for the reunification is pending, both schools are currently fully accredited. We submitted an application for acquiescence to operate as a single law school in July 2024 and plan to enroll a unified class in Fall 2025. Once reunification is complete, the separate faculties of each school will be members of the reunified Penn State Dickinson Law faculty.