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  • <article class="featured-story"> <div class="featured-story_image"> <span class="lw_item_thumb"> <a href="/live/news/46933-earthrise-prevails-in-receiving-preliminary"> <picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/10/width/725/height/725/crop/1/src_region/0,0,640,480/90808_2016-09-10_11.53.12.rev.1634234710.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/10/width/725/height/725/crop/1/src_region/0,0,640,480/90808_2016-09-10_11.53.12.rev.1634234710.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/10/width/725/height/725/crop/1/src_region/0,0,640,480/90808_2016-09-10_11.53.12.rev.1634234710.jpg" alt="" width="725" height="725" data-max-w="640" data-max-h="480" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a> </span> </div> <div class="featured-story_text"> <h3 class="featured-story_title"> <a href="/live/news/46933-earthrise-prevails-in-receiving-preliminary">Earthrise prevails in receiving preliminary injunction to protect old growth forests</a> </h3> <div class="featured-story_summary"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">A federal judge halted a 78-acre (31.5-hectare) commercial timber harvest in central Oregon at the request of Earthrise and on behalf of the <a href="#0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project</a>.</span> </div> <a class="featured-story_btn" href="">Read More <span class="sr-only">about Earthrise prevails in receiving preliminary injunction to protect old growth forests</span></a> </div> </article>
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Entering Class Continues Trend of Excellence

The LSAT median jumps 4 points; 77% report they are the first lawyer in their family.

Professor Lisa Benjamin: Recipient of the Huffman Scholarship Award

The annual Huffman Scholarship Award recognizes outstanding faculty scholarship.

Environmental Law’s 50th Anniversary Event: An Evening With Sally Jewell

Former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will share her thoughts on addressing climate change, and how we can be better advocates.
Professor Aliza Kaplan

Professor Receives Oregon State Bar’s Highest Honor

Aliza Kaplan, Professor of Lawyering and Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School, received the Oregon State Bar’s highest honor, the Award of Merit.

Mitch Tsai ?10 founded his public interest environmental law firm in Southern California in 2015.

Environmental Law Alum Addresses Housing, Development Issues in California

Mitch Tsai, ’10, says his firm can’t keep up with public interest demands
from California’s housing affordability crisis and greenhouse gas reduction targets.
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Faculty On Point

Aliza Kaplan

Aliza Kaplan

“COVID-19 and the Slaughterhouse Industry” (Panelist)

COVID-19 and the Slaughterhouse Industry, Duke Law School on October 5, 2020 (with Diana R.H. Winters, Assistant Director, Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy, UCLA; Hannah Connor, Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity; David Muraskin, Senior Attorney, Public Justice).

Michael Blumm

Michael Blumm

“Elephants in Tennessee: A First-Hand Account of the Fight for Nosey’s Freedom and Legal & Ethical Issues Relating to Elephants in Captivity”

(CLE Lecture) for the Tennessee Bar Association on December 7, 2020 (with Rachel Mathews, PETA Foundation; Callie Waldrep, Lawrence County, Alabama, Assistant District Attorney).

Tung Yin

Tung Yin

“Watching the Terror Watchlist” (Podcast)
Co-presented with Joe Whitley & Adam Pearlman, April 17, 2020.
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