Home of the Melanoma Mama series, books by and about a late stage cancer patient who has learned that when life and death no longer matter, true joy is possible.

Lewis & Clark Law School jumped nine places to 58th in the U.S. News & World Report 2013 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” Along with Stanford University, University of California at Los Angeles, and University of California at Berkeley, Lewis & Clark is ranked one of the top 10 law schools on the West Coast.

Lewis & Clark Law School extends its leadership in the emerging field.

Phil Schiliro J.D. ’81, serves as special advisor to President Obama.

Lewis & Clark Law School Dean Robert Klonoff will join former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize recipient F.W. de Klerk for a forum addressing global issues.

After years of negotiation, PEAC has helped community activists in Northwest Portland to win a Good Neighbor Agreement with steel foundry company ESCO to reduce pollution by an estimated 20%. The agreement, incorporated in ESCO’s 5-year draft permit from the Oregon DEQ, requires ESCO to install new pollution controls, allow neighborhood representatives to audit emissions data, and hire a neighborhood-approved emissions testing firm to verify the effectiveness of the controls.

New student loan repayment changes announced.  Some will pay up to 1/3 less on their loans than under previous programs, and others will see up to 0.5% reduction in interest rates, but fine details will remain unclear until the federal rule making process completes.

Learn of an amazing story of personal peril and triumph, about one very ordinary man’s journey through more life threatening medical problems than most people will ever experience.

In 1965, an eighty-year-old Northwestern College of Law joined a century-old Lewis & Clark College and together set upon a voyage in world turbulent times to reach acceptance in the American family of accredited law education.

Professors at Lewis & Clark share their legal expertise in commentary appearing in top publications, including The Washington Post and The Oregonian.

Jessica Mason veered from the traditional path of new grads. She launched her own practice in November.

PEAC Fall 2011 Newsletter. Headlines include: “Sierra Club, et al., v. PGE Settlement Locks In Oregon’s Clean Energy Future”, “Introducing PEAC’s 2011-2012 Class”, “PEAC Lawyers Come to the Aid of Endangered California Condors”, “Columbia River Crossing: Case Update”, and “Leading Mumbai Environmental Activist Visits the Law School.”

A law school clinic helps Oregon win its independence from in-state coal power.

Hon Betty Roberts ‘66 died Saturday, June 25, 2011 of pulmonary fibrosis in her Portland home, surrounded by her four children. She was 88.

The Supreme Court cited a report co-authored by Dean of the Law School Robert Klonoff in a major class-action decision.

One-of-a-kind national conference explores growing legal field of victims’ rights

Ellie Dawson is one of more than 220 students who will participate in the commencement ceremony at Lewis & Clark Law School on May 28, 2011.

JD graduates of Lewis & Clark Law School may now apply for LRAP assistance during the 2012 funding year.  The LRAP helps graduates working public interest careers afford their law school loan payments.  Deadline to apply is January 30, 2012.

The Crag Law Center will celebrate its first decade on November 5 with Wild Shots, a benefit auction and party featuring wildlife and nature photography donated by acclaimed NW artists, including internationally renowned landscape photographer Robert Adams.

Paul Clement will serve as the 2011 Hon. Anthony Kennedy Lecturer on September 15, 2011.  Following Clement’s remarks, the Law School will host a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlains’ appointment to the Ninth Circuit.

Four law programs at Lewis & Clark Law School earned high rankings in the U.S. News & World Report2012 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The law school also ranks among the best law schools in the western United States and among the top ten law schools on the west coast with Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Berkley.

Initiatives proposed by the Center for Animal Law Studies legal clinic gain the attention of the Oregonian pet columnist.

When Mount Hood’s venerable Cascade Ski Club found itself in trouble in 2005, it recruited the son of an Egyptian-born OB-GYN — who had learned to ski on landfills in flatland Illinois — to help. And when the club found itself in even greater trouble in 2006, when it was sued by the operators of Mount Hood Ski Bowl, it relied on that same person, lawyer Richard Rizk. 

In the wake of a foiled Portland bomb plot, media outlets are turning to professor Tung Yin for his expertise in terrorism law.

On October 28, Lewis & Clark Law School and 3L Michael Liu
will receive prestigious awards from the Oregon State Bar/Oregon New Lawyers
Division Pro Bono Challenge.

Law professor Maggie Finnerty, a passionate advocate for local entrepreneurs, appeared on the radio program Exceptional Women Northwest.

Elisa Dozono’ 06 of Miller Nash LLP was honored by the Oregon Area Jewish Committee with the Emerging Leadership Award.

Law professor Dan Rohlf commented in The New York Times on the failure of federal wildlife agencies to accurately estimate the impact of Gulf drilling on endangered species.