Public Interest Law Project
Organizations
Following is a list of organizations that have hosted Lewis & Clark interns funded by PILP Summer Stipends.
| Organization | State | Year(s) Involved | Organization Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 Friends of Oregon |
Oregon
|
1997
|
Environmental
|
| Advocates for the West |
Idaho
|
2003
|
Environmental
|
| Alaska Public Defender Agency |
Alaska
|
1992
|
Juvenile Rights
|
| American Lands Alliance |
Washington, D.C.
|
2000
|
Environmental
|
| Animal Legal Defense Fund |
Oregon
|
1998, 2000, 2001
|
Animal Rights
|
| Appalachian Voices |
North Carolina
|
2008
|
Environmental
|
| CALPIRG |
California
|
2003
|
Other Public Interest
|
| CASA for Children |
Portland, Oregon
|
2007
|
Public Interest
|
| Cascade Geographic Society |
Oregon
|
1996
|
Environmental
|
| Cascade Resources Advocacy Group |
Oregon
|
2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
|
Environmental
|
| Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services |
Oregon
|
2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009
|
Immigrant Rights
|
| Catholic Charities Of Santa Clara County |
California
|
2000
|
Immigrant Rights
|
| Cayuga County Guardian Ad Litem |
Ohio
|
2000
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Center for Biological Diversity |
Arizona
|
2000
|
Environmental
|
| Center for Constitutional Rights |
New York
|
2005
|
Public Interest
|
| Center For Food Safety |
San Francisco, CA
|
2007, 2009 (2 recipients)
|
Health, Environmental
|
| Center For International Environmental Law |
Geneva, Switzerland
|
2007
|
Health, Environmental
|
| Center for Marine Conservation |
Alaska
|
2000
|
Environmental
|
| Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice |
California
|
1997
|
Juvenile Rights
|
| Centre for Environmental Justice |
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
2005
|
Environmental
|
| Chippewa Cree Tribe |
Montana
|
2000
|
Native American
|
| Coalition for Work With Psychotrauma and Peace |
Croatia
|
2002
|
Human Rights
|
| Columbia Basin Institute |
Oregon
|
1998
|
Environmental
|
| Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission |
Oregon
|
1992, 1993
|
Native American
|
| Community Development Law Center |
Oregon
|
2006, 2007
|
Public Interest
|
| Columbia Riverkeeper |
Oregon
|
2003, 2006, 2008, 2009
|
Environmental
|
| Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde |
Oregon
|
1995
|
Native American
|
| Consultorio Juridico Ambiental |
Costa Rica
|
2004
|
|
| Defenders of Wildlife |
Washington, D.C.
|
1997, 2000, 2008
|
Environmental
|
| The Defender Association |
Washington
|
2009
|
Public Defender
|
| Disability Rights Oregon (Formerly Oregon Advocacy Center) |
Oregon
|
1992, 2008
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund |
Washington (1994, 2000, 2006, 2008), Alaska (1997), Hawaii (1998), California (1994, 1998), Colorado (2002)
|
1994 (2 recipients),1997 (2 recipients), 1998 (2 recipients), 2000 (2 recipients), 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
|
Environmental
|
| Earth Island Institute |
Washington, D.C.
|
2006
|
Environmental
|
| East Bay Community Law Center |
California
|
2004, 2008
|
Poverty Law
|
| Ecologic |
Berlin, Germany
|
2005
|
Environmental
|
| El Refugio Legal Services |
New Mexico
|
2001
|
Domestic Violence
|
| Environmental Defense Center |
California
|
2000
|
Environmental
|
| Environmental Justice Action Group |
Oregon
|
2002
|
Environmental Justice
|
| Environmental Protection Agency |
Oregon (1998), Washington (1994, 1998, & 2006)
|
1994, 1995, 1998, 2005, 2006
|
Environmental
|
| Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE) |
Minnesota
|
2006
|
Environmental
|
| Friends of the Columbia Gorge |
Oregon
|
1996, 1998, 2008
|
Environmental
|
| Gifford Pinchot Task Force |
Washington
|
2001, 2003
|
Environmental
|
| Grand Canyon Trust |
Oregon
|
2004
|
Environmental
|
| Great Ape Project |
Washington
|
2001, 2003
|
Environmental
|
| The Gulf Restoration Network |
Louisiana
|
2009
|
Environmental
|
| Hells Canyon Preservation Council |
Oregon
|
1997
|
Environmental
|
| Humane Society of the United States |
Washington, D.C.
|
2000, 2003, 2005
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Illinois Migrant Legal Assistance Project |
Illinois
|
2002
|
Immigration Rights
|
| Immigration Counseling Services |
Oregon
|
2003
|
Immigration Rights
|
| In Defense of Animals |
California
|
2008
|
Animal Law
|
| International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission |
California
|
1995
|
Other Public Interest
|
| International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) |
Vienna, Austria
|
2005
|
Human Rights
|
| International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) |
Washington, DC
|
2004, 2005
|
Labor Rights
|
| International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
India
|
2006
|
Environmental
|
| Juvenile Rights Project |
Oregon
|
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
|
Juvenile Rights
|
| Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center |
Oregon
|
1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
|
Environmental
|
| Land and Water Fund of the Rockies |
Idaho
|
1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
|
Environmental
|
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon |
Oregon
|
1999, 2000, 2002 (Roseburg); 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 (Portland)
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon: Immigrant’s Rights Project |
Oregon
|
1997
|
Immigrant Rights
|
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon: Lead Poisoning Campaign |
Oregon
|
1998
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon: Migrant Farmworker Program |
Oregon
|
1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2009
|
Immigrant Rights
|
| Legal Assistance to the Elderly |
California
|
1998
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project |
Maine
|
2006
|
Civil Rights
|
| Mennonite Central Committee |
Washington, D.C.
|
2003
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Mercy Corps |
Oregon
|
2008
|
Human Rights
|
| Metropolitan Public Defender |
Oregon
|
1995
|
Public Defender
|
| Midwest Environmental Advocates |
Wisconsin
|
2008
|
Environmental
|
| Mississippi Center for Justice |
Mississippi
|
2004
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Multnomah County Legal Aid Service |
Oregon
|
1991, 1992, 1993
|
Other Public Interest
|
| National Campaign for Freedom of Expression |
Washington
|
1996
|
Other Public Interest
|
| National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) |
Oregon
|
2006
|
Other Public Interest
|
| National Wildlife Federation |
Oregon
|
1997
|
Environmental
|
| Native American Program of Oregon Legal Services |
Oregon
|
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008
|
Native American
|
| Natural Resources Defense Council |
Oregon (1998), Califiornia (2006)
|
1998, 2006
|
Environmental
|
| Nature Conservancy |
Alaska
|
2002
|
Environmental
|
| Nez Perce Tribe - Office of Legal Counsel |
Idaho
|
1997
|
Native American
|
| Northern Alaska Environmental Center |
Alaska
|
1995
|
Environmental
|
| Northwest Constitutional Rights Center |
Oregon
|
2007
|
Public Interest
|
| Northwest Environmental Advocates |
Oregon
|
1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
|
Environmental
|
| Oceana |
Oregon
|
2009
|
Environmental
|
| Office of Family & Children’s Ombudsman |
Washington
|
1999
|
Juvenile Rights
|
| Oregon Center for Environmental Health |
Oregon
|
2001
|
Environmental
|
| Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence |
Oregon
|
1993, 1994
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
Oregon
|
1999, 2006
|
Environmental
|
| Oregon Gay & Lesbian Law Association |
Oregon
|
1995
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Oregon Law Center |
Oregon
|
1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Oregon League of Conservation Voters |
Oregon
|
2007
|
Environmental
|
| Oregon Natural Desert Association |
Oregon
|
1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
|
Environmental
|
| Oregon Natural Resources Council |
Oregon
|
1995, 1996, 1999
|
Environmental
|
| Oregon State Public Interest Research Group |
Oregon
|
1996
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Oregon Water Trust |
Oregon
|
2005
|
Environmental
|
| Oregonians in Action |
Oregon
|
1995
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Organizing People, Activitating Leaders (OPAL) |
Oregon
|
2005, 2007
|
Public Interest
|
| Pacific Rivers Council |
Oregon
|
1997
|
Environmental
|
| Public Citizens Global Trade Watch |
Wasington, D.C.
|
2007
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Public Citizen's Texas Office |
Texas
|
2001
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Public Defender of the City of Alexandria, Virginia |
Virginia
|
2007
|
Public Interest
|
| Redwood Summer Justice Project |
California
|
1998
|
Environmental
|
| Rhode Island Legal Services |
Rhode Island
|
2004
|
|
| Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety & Health |
California
|
1999
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Save Our Wild Salmon |
Oregon
|
2001
|
Environmental
|
| Siskiyou Project |
Oregon
|
2002
|
Environmental
|
| Sitka Tribe of Alaska |
Alaska
|
1994, 1995, 2000
|
Native American
|
| Southern Environmental Law Center |
Georgia
|
2001
|
Environmental
|
| Southern Utah Wilderness Association |
Utah
|
1999
|
Environmental
|
| Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees |
Oregon
|
1992
|
Immigrant Rights
|
| Texas Civil Rights Project |
Texas
|
2003
|
Civil Rights
|
| Texas Rural Legal Aid |
Texas
|
1993
|
Other Public Interest
|
| The Urban League of Portland |
Oregon
|
1998
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Trout Unlimited |
Oregon
|
1999, 2001
|
Environmental
|
| Trustees for Alaska |
Alaska
|
1999, 2001, 2008
|
Environmental
|
| Umatilla Indian Reservation |
Oregon
|
1992, 1993, 1996
|
Native American
|
| Unemployment Law Project |
Washington
|
2003
|
Other Public Interest
|
| United States Department of the Interior, Div. of Indian Affairs |
Oregon
|
1999
|
Native American
|
| United States DOJ, Environmental Enforcement Division |
Washington, D.C.
|
1999
|
Environmental
|
| University of Namibia, Faculty of Law (UNAM) |
Namibia
|
2006
|
Human Rights
|
| Verde Native Plant Nursery |
Oregon
|
2006
|
Environmental
|
| Water Watch of Oregon |
Oregon
|
1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009
|
Environmental
|
| Western Environmental Law Center |
Oregon
|
2004
|
|
| The Wilderness Society: BLM Action Center |
Colorado
|
2009
|
Environmental
|
| Willamette Riverkeeper |
Oregon
|
2003
|
Environmental
|
| WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School |
Massachusetts
|
2008
|
Other Public Interest
|
| Yap State Gov’t AG Office, Micronesia |
Micronesia
|
1994
|
Other Public Interest
|
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The Public Interest Law Project is located in The Lewis & Clark Law School.
email pilp@lclark.edu
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President Elizabeth Oshel
