Advocate Magazine

The Center for Business Law and Innovation at Lewis & Clark, encompassing our entire business law program, trains students in both law and strategic analysis, giving them the skills to support innovation efforts in the businesses they will serve. Our business law clinics support marginalized entrepreneurs and individuals with students actively engaged in these efforts.

Students are at the heart of Lewis & Clark. Read about the impact of the Roosevelt Robinson Scholarship from an interview of scholarship recipients who are now successful alumni, plus students who received awards in 2020 and more.

Many are well known nationally for their expertise in their particular area of law. All are accomplished. Read about faculty honors, our newest professor, the many national news outlets that quoted our faculty, how our faculty impacted the ABA and more.

The inequities of our criminal justice system are becoming increasingly apparent. Yet, the work involved in making improvements to such a vast and intricate structure remains as daunting as ever. While faculty worked to share knowledge to a wider community through webinars, our clinics are engaged in several efforts to improve the criminal justice system for all.

Even as society increasingly recognizes animals as sentient beings, the laws determining their treatment continue to vary radically. Ensuring the protection of all animals is at the heart of our Animal Law Program at the Center for Animal Law Studies. Our alumni and faculty are thought leaders, and our animal law clinics are involved in changing law and policy.

Civil litigation and dispute resolution are critical levers of change, whether protecting the rights of an entire class of people or a single individual.

In 1970, Lewis & Clark Law School became one of the first law schools to develop a curriculum focused on environmental, natural resources, and energy law. Now, the school is centering its work on one of the greatest challenges of the next 50 years: climate change. Our clinics, faculty and students are actively advocating for actions that support a healthier climate.