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Haley Nicholson ?22

Nailed It! Recent grad’s first oral argument in federal court

Haley Nicholson ’22 argued for increased environmental action as a certified law student
Matthew Gulick ?24, traveling.

Matthew Gulick, ’24, Awarded Prestigious Equal Justice Works Student Fellowship

Focus on environmental justice in underserved communities propelled selection among 300+ applicants.
Oregon Justice Building, home of the state?s Supreme Court and Court of Appeals in Salem

Oregon Supreme Court ruling is a Win for CJRC

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that private medical entities operating in jails must follow state public accommodations laws.

Law Commencement 2022

Class of ’22 Career Placements Show Outstanding Opportunities

Lewis & Clark Law grads in demand across practice areas, international borders.

Students at Lewis & Clark Law Balance Academic and Athletic Commitments

Extended NCAA eligibility as a result of COVID-19 allowed 3 students to continue playing the sport they love while enrolled at Lewis & Clark Law.

Winners Announced in 21st National NALSA Writing Competition

Two papers explored sovereignty in association with the COVID-19 pandemic; a third paper explored solutions to Tulsa’s post-McGirtwhite-collar crime.

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Faculty On Point

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.

Lisa Benjamin

Lisa Benjamin

Climate graphic of the week: US’s climate legal cases boom, but not its laws

Financial Times quotes Professor Lisa Benjamin: “The international legal community has latched on to the temperature goals, which had spurred on a lot of climate litigation. The combination of the Paris Agreement, and the latest stark findings about the need to rapidly cut emissions by the UN scientific body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has focused litigators’ minds on the urgency of the problem.”

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). 

Samir Parikh

Samir Parikh

Profitable companies enlist bankruptcy courts to sidestep cancer trials

Wall St. Journal quotes professor Samir Parikh in this story about how corporations facing unwieldy asbestos litigation are accessing the benefits of bankruptcy without filing chapter 11 themselves.

Thomas Buchele

Thomas Buchele

Logging project in Yosemite National Park halted after environmental lawsuit

The LA Times story quotes Professor Thomas Buchele: “halting this project will ‘provide the greatest protections to communities from fires’ and prevent logging in areas that would cause ‘irreparable harm’ to Yosemite’s forests.”

 

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