collaboration, faculty
Mariia Tsypiashchuck, Susan Felstiner, Davida Finger, and Svitlana Bevz at the 2023 AALS Clinical Conference. Photo by Lyndsey Romick

Professor Helps Facilitate Workshop Series with Ukrainian Legal Clinics

Professor Susan Felstiner participates in a groundbreaking US-Ukrainian Clinicians Workshop Series, fostering collaboration and skill-building to empower legal education in Ukraine.

research
Kelsey Chapman-Sutton

International Law Research Fellow Named

The International Law Committee has selected 3L Kelsey Chapman-Sutton as the International Law Research Fellow for the 2023-24 school year.

international law program

2023 DWT International Law Writing Awards

Two 2023 grads win the Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Award for 2023.

Creating Change for Animals at CITES CoP19

Vanessa Gischkow Garbini (Animal Law LLM ’22, Brazil) reflects on her recent experience attending CITES CoP19 and why it gave her hope for addressing the loss of wild animals’ lives and stopping the extinction crisis.

faculty

Law vs. Antisemitism Conference Calls for Papers

The 2nd annual event in March 2023 discusses how the law has been used to both perpetrate and combat antisemitism. The deadline for papers is October 1, 2022.

Zach Pavlik & Akriti Bhargava

2022 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Competition Winners Announced

The International Law Committee announced the winners of the 2022 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP International Law Writing Awards this month.

faculty
Prof. Maloney at International Criminal Court

Pursuing International Justice for Forced Marriage Victims

Lewis & Clark Law Visiting Professor attended a hearing at the International Criminal Court as a member of her legal team invited to present views to the Judges on a Ugandan warlord’s appeal of his convictions for forced marriage of girls and women and other crimes against humanity.

faculty
Visiting Professor Kathleen Maloney

Missing: Judicial Emphasis on the Human Rights of Girls Violated by International Crimes

Lewis & Clark Law visiting professor highlights the need for better legal advocacy prosecuting and convicting international crimes against girls—as children and as women—to promote equality in rights and reparations. 

Akriti Bhargava Selected as 2021-22 International Law Research Fellow

The International Law Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Akriti Bhargava, 3L, as International Law Research Fellow for the 2021-22 academic year.
Currently, there are only 57 Maui dolphins remaining.

Save the Māui Dolphins: Earthrise Legal Fellow Delivers Oral Argument

Alum argues in the Court of International Trade to protect 57 remaining Māui dolphins.

   Emily Christiansen ('12), with other attorneys, recently won the decision in an international mass arbitration case against the Republ...

Alum wins a groundbreaking decision

Emily Christiansen (’12), with other attorneys, recently won the decision in an international mass arbitration case against the Republic of Cyprus.
John Mayer '21 places first place for his paper on 'South Africa's Reformed Investment Regime as a Model for Developing Countries'.

2021 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Competition Winners Announced

Established through the generosity of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, the International Law Writing Award program provides a $2,500 stipend for the best research paper written in the past year by a Lewis & Clark JD student on any topic in private or public international law, and a $1,000 stipend for the second best paper.

U.S. Ambassador Adrian Zuckerman and Federal Prosecutor Scott Kerin

Alum Receives U.S. Attorney General and Embassy Awards for His International Work

Alum Scott Kerin ’96 has recently been acknowledged for his work at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest combatting human trafficking.
international law feature, international law program

Amreen Bhasin Selected as 2020-21 International Law Research Fellow

The International Law Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Amreen Bhasin, 3L, as International Law Research Fellow for the 2020-21 academic year.
international law feature, international law
Adriana Gomez

2020 DWT International Law Writing Awards Recipients Announced

The 2020 Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) International Law Writing Awards winners are Adriana Gomez and Brittaney Bones. Established through the generosity of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, the Lewis & Clark Law School award program provides a $2,500 stipend for the best research paper written in the past year by a Lewis & Clark JD student on any topic in international or comparative law, and a $1,000 stipend for the second best paper.
environmental law, faculty, international law

Professor Serves as Legal Advisor at the Convention on Migratory Species

Professor Chris Wold has played a vital role as a legal advisor to the Convention on Migratory Species’ (CMS) since 2014, advising on voting and other procedures as well as drafting resolutions designed to protect migratory animals. This February, Wold was in India as an advisor to CMS at the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP).
international law program, international law, lecture

2020 International Law Distinguished Visitor Gives Remote Lecture on Plastic Waste

On March 9, 2020, Lewis & Clark’s International Law Program hosted Professor Elizabeth Kirk to give the International Distinguished Visitor’s Lecture. Professor Kirk is Global Chair of Global Governance and Ecological Justice at the University of Lincoln. Professor Kirk’s talk was on ‘The Case for a Plastics Treaty’.
Nick Fromherz Peru

Nick Fromherz, staff attorney at LC’s International Env Law Project, speaks to enviro prosecutors in Peru

On March 10, Nick Fromherz, staff attorney and adjunct professor for Lewis & Clark’s International Environmental Law Project, spoke with approximately 100 environmental prosecutors in Lima, Peru. Fromherz was the lead speaker in a session focused on illegal fishing and fisheries crime.
business law, Center for Business Law and Innovation, international law feature

International Law and CBLI Host Conference on Import-Export Law

On March 6, 2020, Lewis & Clark’s International Law Program and Center for Business Law & Innovation (CBLI) hosted a conference on Importing and Exporting Amid a Trade War: Tariffs, Export Control, and Sanctions

business law, international law, student event

CBLI and the International Law Program Host Import and Export Symposium March 6

Lewis & Clark’s Center for Business Law and Innovation and the International Law Program are holding a half-day symposium titled Importing and Exporting Amid a Trade War: Tariffs, Export Control, and Sanctions. The event will be held at the Lewis and Clark Campus on March 6, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a reception following.
environmental law, events

Lewis & Clark Celebrates 50 years of Environmental Law, 1970 - 2020

Lewis & Clark Celebrates 50 years of Environmental Law, 1970 - 2020

Lewis and Clark Law School was one of the first law schools to create an environmental law program. Today, celebrating a 50-year milestone, it is one of the most robust programs in the nation and has consistently been ranked by U.S. News as the Number 1 or 2 environmental law program in the nation.

climate change, environment, environmental law, international law

Lewis & Clark and GNHRE Host Webinar on the Outcome of COP25

Lewis & Clark Law School and the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) are hosting the first webinar in the GNHRE webinar series on February 10, 2020 at 11:00a.m. EST on “The Outcomes of COP25-Implications for the Climate Vulnerable.”
international law feature, international law

International Externships Offer Unparalleled Experience for Law Students

Lewis & Clark offers a plethora of externship opportunities, including those that provide academic credits and a carefully supervised, well-crafted work experience. They are part of many law students’ practical training and can be done internationally.
international law
Ron Ragen receiving the plaque of recognition from Professor George Foster.

Lewis & Clark Law School Honors Ron Ragen for His Stewardship of the DWT International Law Writing Competition

The Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Award Competition at Lewis & Clark Law School began over 32 years ago from the vision of noted attorney Ron Ragen. On March 10, 2019, Lewis & Clark Law School presented a plaque to Ronald K. Ragen, former partner of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT), in recognition of exemplary service that Ragen has provided the law school and its students over many years.

international law
Alison Roth

2019 DWT International Law Writing Competition Winners Named

The 2019 DWT International Law Writing Awards winners are Alison Roth ’19 and Katelyn Kindberg ’19. Established through the generosity of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, the Lewis & Clark Law School award program provides a $2,500 stipend for the best research paper written in the past year by a Lewis & Clark JD student on any topic in private or public international law, and a $1,000 stipend for the second best paper.
Jun Jin

Attorney from USAID Visits Lewis & Clark Law

On Friday, May 3, attorney Jun Jin from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of the General Counsel gave a talk at Lewis & Clark Law School.
Bob Klonoff, international law feature, law students
Professor Klonoff with 240 pounds of donated law casebooks, and his Cambodian students.

Professor Strengthens Ties to Cambodia Law School, NGOs

Professor Bob Klonoff delivered some 240 pounds of law books to the Royal University of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - all donated by the Lewis & Clark law faculty. He also assists law students with externships in Cambodia.
awards, international law

International Law Writing: DWT Increases Awards

A rich tradition at DWT continues and gets a boost, as the 2019 International Law Writing Competition awards are increased.  April 18 is the deadline for submission of papers.

Professor Donald McRae, Distinguished Visitor

Leading Scholar on Investment, Trade & the Environment Delivers Lewis & Clark’s 2018-19 International Law Distinguished Visitor Lecture

On March 6, 2019, a leading authority on the law governing investment, trade and the environment—Professor Emeritus Donald M. McRae of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law—delivered the 2018-19 International Law Distinguished Visitor Lecture.
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