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Join the Next Generation of Animal Advocates

We are now welcoming applications for our Animal Law LLM (for lawyers) and our MSL (for non-lawyers)—both offered in-person and online—for Fall 2023.

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Boley Library Displays ‘Orphan Wells’ Photo Collection

Megan Kirkwood’s photographs, Orphan Wells of Caddo County, illustrate the aftermath of oil and gas development in the United States.

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Lewis & Clark Has Oregon’s Highest Bar Pass Rate

84% of Lewis & Clark’s 118 graduates passed the 2022 Oregon July Bar Exam on their first try, compared to the statewide average of 78%.
Julia Minn

Juliana Minn ’16 Directs Small Business Legal Clinic

The Small Business Legal Clinic has a new director: Alumna Juliana Minn.
Exterior entrance of Aubrey R. Watzek Library featuring a concrete cast of an owl carving made by Chief Don Lelooska (1933–96) of the C...

Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage Month Stories

November is Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage Month, so we asked five L&C community members to share their stories and what this month means to them.
Aliza Kaplan

Professor Receives Awards for Outstanding Criminal Justice Work

Three awards were given to Professor Aliza Kaplan, Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic and Professor of Lawyering for her criminal justice work in Oregon.
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Faculty On Point

Lisa Benjamin

Lisa Benjamin

Live Interview on BBC World Service Radio

BBC World Service Radio interviewed Professor Lisa Benjamin on greenwashing and advertising (39:00). 

Samir Parikh

‘Texas two-step’: the US legal move letting corporations off the hook

Financial Times quotes Professor Parikh on the use of bankruptcy in MDLs: Critics say the controversial legal manoeuvre allows companies to bypass their responsibilities. But judges are beginning to crack down.

Emeritus Professor of Law Bill Funk

Bill Funk

Courts join push to defang federal business regulation

Reuters story quotes Emeritus Professor of Law Bill Funk regarding courts’ actions to curtail agencies’ regulatory and enforcement powers.

Professor Dan Rohlf

Dan Rohlf

The future of American conservation lies in restoration, not just protection

Professor Dan Rohlf is quoted extensively in this Popular Science article reviewing two new federal funds and whether they could share billions of dollars with local wildlife agencies to help save biodiversity.

Lydia Loren

Why Bridgerton Fans Turned Against the Bridgerton Musical

Slate quotes Henry J. Casey Professor of Law Lydia Loren on copyright law and its protection for creative intellectual property. ““Copyright monetizes and propertizes our shared cultural experiences.”

The Shared Earth Foundation Visiting Professor Russ Mead

Russ Mead

In a first, state bill would require nearly perfect welfare record for research dog and cat suppliers

Science magazine quotes Professor Russ Mead in a story about a new Virginia Law that would make Virginia the first state able to punish research animal breeders for violations of the AWA, a federal law enforced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

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