Environmental Law & Natural Resources Law Program

Lewis & Clark Law School is an extraordinary place in which to study environmental law, natural resources law and animal law. Named the #1 environmental law program in the nation by U.S. News and World Report eight times since 1997, our academic program also was the first in the nation to receive the American Bar Association Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law. During the 2007-08 academic year we are celebrating our 38th year of educational leadership in environmental and natural resources law.

We welcome you to explore our trail-blazing environmental law program and to visit our beautiful campus.

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Earth Day at L&C Law!

Lewis & Clark's Environmental Law Caucus will host its annual Earth Day Celebration on Tuesday, April 22 beginning at noon in the Legal Research Center. The celebration features sustainable food and beer, bluegrass music, and speakers including Multnomah County Sustainability Manager (and alum) Kat West on county climate change initiatives and Professor Dan Rohlf on conservation stories centered around the law school, watershed, and eco-region.

Going Green: Advising Clients
in the New World of Sustainability

Lewis & Clark's Student Advocates for Business and Environmental Responsibility (SABER) presents Going Green: Advising Clients in the New World of Sustainability, April 25, 2008 at the Oregon Convention Center. Lawyers and business leaders will discuss how to find green financing for your projects, what constitutes sustainable business practices, what you need to know about incorporating green design and construction into new projects, how to market green, the latest developments in renewable energy, and much more.

National Moot Court Champions!

Carrying on a long tradition of moot court excellence, law students from Lewis & Clark have won this spring's National Center for Animal Law Moot Court Championship and the Pace National Environmental Appellate Moot Court Championship. This is the second straight championship year for our animal moot court team, and the fifth championship in fifteen years for the environmental moot court team. Congratulations to our moot court champions - Erin Smith, Lauren Goldberg, Bethany Cotton, Liz Crosson and Diana Fedoroff, and to their coaches, Clinical Professor Allison LaPlante and Professor Craig Johnston.

Additionally, Lewis & Clark law students took second place in the Merhige National Environmental Negotiation Competition held at the University of Richmond, Virginia. This is the third year in a row Lewis & Clark has reached the competition finals. Congratulations to Ryan Phillips and Jake Bush, who ably represented Lewis & Clark in the semifinal and final rounds, as well as teammates Ashley Yorra and Brook Detterman and coaches Lin Harmon and alumni (and former Merhige finalists) Jared Kahn and Katherine Lin.

Change by Degrees

In order to prepare current and future lawyers for the world of climate change, Lewis & Clark Law School has launched a Change by Degrees initiative for the 2007-08 academic year.

Lewis & Clark College is the home of the exciting nationwide climate change education and action initiative, Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America. As one part of the Degrees Project, on January 31 the Law School joined over 1,750 institutions and organizations across the country in providing a day of learning activities focusing on climate change. Selected podcasts of Lewis & Clark events

For more information about Change by Degrees, contact Associate Dean Janice Weis at jweis@lclark.edu.

Summer Environmental Law Classes

Lewis & Clark welcomes law students and lawyers from around the country to our summer environmental law program. We will offer five-week, three-credit evening courses in Environmental Law and Administrative Law, as well as two-credit afternoon intensives in Climate Change and the Law, Comparative Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law and Wetlands Law. Summer 2008 will feature the debut of a new Legal Ecology field class, Legal Ecology: Urban Biodiversity and the Law, combining classroom lectures with day trips to field sites around the beautiful Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.

Contact the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program