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Ilona Hyatt and Susan Felsteiner with CLEA Award

L&C Law Student Ilona Hyett ’24 Presented with National Clinic Student Award

Lewis & Clark Law School student Ilona Hyett earns the prestigious CLEA Outstanding Clinic Student Award for her remarkable contributions and exceptional work at the Small Business Legal Clinic.

Janet Steverson wins Leo Levenson

Professor Janet Steverson Honored with 2024 Leo Levenson Excellence in Teaching Award

Professor Janet Steverson was chosen by the graduating class of 2024 to receive the Leo Levenson Excellence in Teaching Award for her outstanding dedication to her students’ success and well-being.

Rural Oregon

Spotlight on the Small Business Legal Clinic: Empowering Entrepreneurs in Rural Oregon

The Small Business Legal Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School offers vital business legal support for small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout Oregon, including in rural areas where low-cost/no-cost legal services are not available.

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New Public Defense Practicum Partnership with Metropolitan Public Defenders

Starting in the 2024-2025 academic year, Lewis & Clark Law School is partnering with Metropolitan Public Defenders to offer a year-long Public Defense Practicum, giving 2L and 3L students practical experience in public defense at a time when Oregon is facing a crisis-level shortage of public defenders.

Beth & Kelsey

2024 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Competition Winners Announced

The International Law Writing Award, funded by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, grants $2,500 and $1,000 stipends for the best and second-best international law research paper written by a Lewis & Clark JD student. This year, Kelsey Chapman-Sutton is the first-place winner and Beth Sethi is the second-place recipient.

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Clinic Students Featured in Restorative Justice Podcast

“Cellblocks to Mountaintops,” a restorative justice podcast, investigates the story of Sterling Cunio, one of the “Oregon Five”– juveniles convicted of aggravated murder without an opportunity for parole. Cunio was a client of the law school’s Criminal Justice Reform Clinic, and clinic students worked on the cases that are featured in the podcast.

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Faculty On Point

Professor Raj Reddy

Rajesh K. Reddy

Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient

NBC News features insights from Raj Reddy regarding animal consciousness and its implications for animal law.

Professor Dan Rohlf

Dan Rohlf

Grizzly Population Surge Tests Boundaries of Species Protection

Growing grizzly bear populations pose legal challenges to transferring management from federal to state control, as courts remain skeptical of federal efforts despite significant population recoveries since the bears were listed in 1975.

Professor Jim Oleske.

Jim Oleske

Opinion: I’m not a lawyer. But I see what the same-sex wedding website case will mean.

Washington Post opinion quotes Professor Oleske, cited by Justice Sotomayor in the dissent, to describe the issues before the justices in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis.

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Jo Perini-Abbott

Oregon’s New Bar-Exam Alternative is the First of its Kind

The Washington Post quotes Professor Perini-Abbott on the impact this alternate pathway to the bar exam will have on students.

John Parry

John Parry

Brazil Blames U.S. Pilots in Crash That Killed 154. They’re Still Flying.

The Washington Post quotes Professor John Parry on the legal technicalities of extradition.

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