Lewis & ClarkLaw School

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, 2012
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
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund New York 2012 Civil rights
CALPIRG
California
2003
Public interest
CASA for Children
Portland, OR
2007
Juvenile rights
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
Juvenile rights
Center for Biological Diversity
Arizona, California
2000, 2011
Environmental
Center for Constitutional Rights
New York
2005
Constitutional rights
Center for Food Safety
San Francisco, CA
2007, 2009
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
Columbia Riverkeeper
Oregon
2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Environmental
Community Development Law Center (St. Andrews Legal Center)
Oregon
2006, 2007, 2010
Low-income communities
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Oregon
1995
Native American
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Oregon 2010 Native American
Consultorio Juridico Ambiental
Costa Rica
2004
Environmental
CRAG Law Center Oregon 2010, 2012 Environmental
Defenders of Wildlife
Washington, D.C.
1997, 2000, 2008, 2011
Environmental
The Defender Association
Washington
2009
Public defense
Delaware Riverkeeper Network Pennsylvania 2012 Environmental

Disability Rights Oregon

Oregon
1992, 2008
Disability rights

DNA People’s Legal Services

Arizona 2011 Native American
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, California, Colorado
1994,1997, 1998, 2000, 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, Washington
1994, 1995, 1998, 2005, 2006
Environmental
Federal Public Defender Oregon 2012 Public defense
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE)
Minnesota
2006
Environmental
The Freshwater Trust Oregon 2010 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
Greater Yellowstone Coalition Idaho 2010 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
Animal law
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 Fund for Animal Welfare Washington, D.C. 2010 Animal law
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
California
1995
Human rights
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
IUCN Environmental Law Centre Bonn, Germany 2012 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, 2010, 2012 (Portland)
Low-income communities
Legal Aid Services of Oregon: Immigrant’s Rights Project
Oregon
1997
Immigrant rights
Legal Aid Services of Oregon: Lead Poisoning Campaign
Oregon
1998
Low-income communities
Legal Aid Services of Oregon: Migrant Farmworker Program
Oregon
1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2009
Immigrant rights
Legal Assistance to the Elderly
California
1998
Elder law
Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project
Maine
2006
Civil rights
Mennonite Central Committee
Washington, D.C.
2003
Relief, development, peace
Mercy Corps
Oregon
2008
Human rights
Metropolitan Public Defender
Oregon
1995, 2010, 2011, 2012
Public defense
Midwest Environmental Advocates
Wisconsin
2008
Environmental
Mississippi Center for Justice
Mississippi
2004
Racial and economic justice
Multnomah County Legal Aid Service
Oregon
1991, 1992, 1993
Low-income communities
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression
Washington
1996
First Amendment rights
National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI)
Oregon
2006
Victims’ rights
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, California
1998, 2006
Environmental
Nature Conservancy
Alaska
2002
Environmental
Neighborhood Legal Services of California (Pacoima) California 2011 Low-income communities
Nez Perce Tribe - Office of Legal Counsel
Idaho
1997
Native American
Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Alaska
1995
Environmental
Northern California River Watch California 2010 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 Alameda County Public Defender California 2012 Public defense
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
Victims’ rights
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon
1999, 2006
Environmental
Oregon Gay & Lesbian Law Association
Oregon
1995
LGBT rights
Oregon Law Center
Oregon
1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
Low-income communities
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Oregon
2007
Environmental
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Oregon
1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Environmental
Oregon Natural Resources Council
Oregon
1995, 1996, 1999
Environmental
Oregon State Public Interest Research Group
Oregon
1996
Public interest
Oregon Water Trust
Oregon
2005
Environmental
Oregonians in Action
Oregon
1995
Land use, private property
Organizing People, Activating Leaders (OPAL)
Oregon
2005, 2007
Environmental justice
Pacific Rivers Council
Oregon
1997
Environmental
Pine Tree Legal Assistance Maine 2010 Low-income communities
Public Citizens Global Trade Watch
Washington, D.C.
2007
Globalization
Public Citizen’s Texas Office
Texas
2001
Environmental
Public Defender of the City of Alexandria, Virginia
Virginia
2007
Public defense
Redwood Summer Justice Project
California
1998
Environmental
Rhode Island Legal Services
Rhode Island
2004
Low-income communities
Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety & Health
California
1999
Labor rights
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, Virginia
2001, 2011, 2012
Environmental
Southern Utah Wilderness Association
Utah
1999
Environmental
Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees
Oregon
1992, 2010, 2011
Immigrant rights
St. Andrew’s Legal Clinic Oregon 2012 Low-income communities
Texas Civil Rights Project
Texas
2003
Civil rights
Texas Rural Legal Aid
Texas
1993
Low-income communities
The Urban League of Portland
Oregon
1998
Minority communities
Trout Unlimited
Oregon
1999, 2001
Environmental
Trustees for Alaska
Alaska
1999, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Environmental
Umatilla Indian Reservation
Oregon
1992, 1993, 1996
Native American
Unemployment Law Project
Washington
2003
Labor rights
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
Environmental
The Wilderness Society: BLM Action Center
Colorado
2009
Environmental
Willamette Riverkeeper
Oregon
2003
Environmental
WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
Massachusetts
2008
Pro bono
Yap State Gov’t AG Office, Micronesia
Micronesia
1994
Governmental
Youth, Rights & Justice Oregon 2012 Juvenile rights

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