Welcome!

Lewis & Clark Law School is an extraordinary place in which to study environmental law, natural resources law, and animal law. Named the No. 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 2009-10 academic year we will be celebrating our 39th 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. The sidebar on the right connects you with the many facets of our program.

Clean Air and Climate Change

Our annual national environmental law forum, The Clean Air Act at a Crossroads: Turning 40, Confronting Climate Change, will bring national experts to campus April 22-23, 2010. In keeping with our reputation for problem-solving conferences on cutting-edge topics, forum speakers will look for creative solutions to current air quality and climate change issues.

Summer School 2010

It's time to think about summer school!  We're planning a wonderful lineup of five-week and two-week courses for law students, lawyers and agency professionals, starting with the essentials for any environmental practitioner, Administrative Law and Environmental Law.  This summer will see the return of the popular one-week Legal Ecology: Ecosystem Function and the Law field class taught in biodiversity-rich southeastern Oregon.  We'll have a new two-week intensive class, Comparative Environmental Law, surveying the world's legal systems and their approaches to environmental and natural resources law, as well as intensive versions of Climate Change and the Law, Natural Resources Law, Wetlands Law and a full lineup of Animal Law courses.  We also offer an Indian Law Summer Program and a host of general upper division law courses throughout the summer.  Expand your legal knowledge in one of the world's most beautiful law school settings - join us this summer!

Recent events available on podcast

Debate on Invasive Species

Global Justice and the World Trade Organization

2009 Animal Law Conference Animal Law: The Links

Climate Change and Wildlife Habitat

Pesticides and Farm Workers Panel

Groundwater Extraction and the Bottled Water Industry: Lessons from Maine for Oregon

22nd Annual NRLI Distinguished Visitor Lecture/Florida State Law Professor J.B. Ruhl on After Cap-and-Trade: The Climate-Forced Path of Environmental Law

2009 Distinguished Environmental Law Graduate Awards and Williamson Award

Alumnus George Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety, on Environmental Impacts of Factory Farming

Michael Zwirn, Director of U.S. Operations for Wildlife Alliance, on International Illegal Wildlife Trade

National Environmental Law Forum Greening the Grid: Building a Legal Framework for Carbon Neutrality

Questions?

Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program