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2025 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Competition Winners Announced

The International Law Writing Award, funded by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, grants $2,500 and $1,000 stipends for the best and second-best international law research paper written by a Lewis & Clark JD student. This year, Natalie Lerner is the first-place winner, and Timothy Martell is the second-place recipient.

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International Visitor Lecture: How Environmental Agreements Helped Avoid the Tipping Point in Earth’s Temperature

Durwood Zaelke, professor and advocate against super pollutants, shared his insights on global environmental agreements that protect the climate and avoid triggering a tipping point in the Earth’s temperature.

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Law Student to Present at International Conference in South Africa

When Lewis & Clark Law student Danielle Morvan ’25 takes the stage at an international legal conference in South Africa, she’ll shine a spotlight on how forced arbitration quietly strips vulnerable consumers of their day in court.

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Rachel Ballard Selected as 2024 International Law Fellow

The International Law Committee has selected Rachel Ballard ’25 as the International Law Research Fellow for the 2024-25 school year.

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2024 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Competition Winners Announced

The International Law Writing Award, funded by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, grants $2,500 and $1,000 stipends for the best and second-best international law research paper written by a Lewis & Clark JD student. This year, Kelsey Chapman-Sutton is the first-place winner and Beth Sethi is the second-place recipient.

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Prof. Benjamin Advocates to Establish State Obligations re: Climate Change

Professor Lisa Benjamin co-authored briefs to the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to establish state obligations around climate change as part of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Clinic students supported the effort.

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Mariia Tsypiashchuck, Susan Felstiner, Davida Finger, and Svitlana Bevz at the 2023 AALS Clinical Conference. Photo by Lyndsey Romick

Professor Helps Facilitate Workshop Series with Ukrainian Legal Clinics

Professor Susan Felstiner participates in a groundbreaking US-Ukrainian Clinicians Workshop Series, fostering collaboration and skill-building to empower legal education in Ukraine.

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Kelsey Chapman-Sutton

International Law Research Fellow Named

The International Law Committee has selected 3L Kelsey Chapman-Sutton as the International Law Research Fellow for the 2023-24 school year.

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2023 DWT International Law Writing Awards

Two 2023 grads win the Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Award for 2023.

Creating Change for Animals at CITES CoP19

Vanessa Gischkow Garbini (Animal Law LLM ’22, Brazil) reflects on her recent experience attending CITES CoP19 and why it gave her hope for addressing the loss of wild animals’ lives and stopping the extinction crisis.

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Law vs. Antisemitism Conference Calls for Papers

The 2nd annual event in March 2023 discusses how the law has been used to both perpetrate and combat antisemitism. The deadline for papers is October 1, 2022.

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Zach Pavlik & Akriti Bhargava

2022 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Competition Winners Announced

The International Law Committee announced the winners of the 2022 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP International Law Writing Awards this month.

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Prof. Maloney at International Criminal Court

Pursuing International Justice for Forced Marriage Victims

Lewis & Clark Law Visiting Professor attended a hearing at the International Criminal Court as a member of her legal team invited to present views to the Judges on a Ugandan warlord’s appeal of his convictions for forced marriage of girls and women and other crimes against humanity.

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Visiting Professor Kathleen Maloney

Missing: Judicial Emphasis on the Human Rights of Girls Violated by International Crimes

Lewis & Clark Law visiting professor highlights the need for better legal advocacy prosecuting and convicting international crimes against girls—as children and as women—to promote equality in rights and reparations.