Points of Pride
Lewis & Clark Students Past and Present Claim Prestigious National Fellowships
Jessica Gutierrez ’21 is one of 28 law school graduates from around the country selected for a two-year fellowship with the Immigrant Justice Corps. Gutierrez will be working at the Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy in New Orleans. Her focus will be on removal defense assistance to detained individuals located at detention centers throughout Louisiana.
New Recognition for Animal Law LLMs
Jessica Chapman ’21 was named the inaugural Outstanding Animal Law LLM Graduate in 2021. This newly established award is given in memory of Florence Kaufelt, a lifelong friend of animals.
Chapman has been a passionate advocate for farmed animal protection through our Animal Law Litigation Clinic, conducting extensive collaborative work that resulted in the rollback of planned increases to chicken slaughter line speeds.
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Law Writing Award Recipients
Stuart Leijon ’21 won the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2020 Robert C. Watson Award for his paper on granting new intellectual property rights to individuals. The work, “Data, People, and Property: Modernizing Privacy Through Intellectual Property Law,” proposes that a new intellectual property right could help mitigate the issues around improper use of consumer data collected by companies such as Instagram and Google.
John Mayer ’21 captured first place in the 2021 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Awards for “South Africa’s Reformed Investment Regime as a Model for Developing Countries.”
Lizzy Pennock ’21 placed second in the competition for “Human Rights on the High Seas: An Analysis of Various Pathways to Establishing Adequate Labor Standards in the International Fishing Industry.”
Harpole Scholarship Recipient
Lewis & Clark Law Review Cited by Supreme Court, Others
In April 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in an important copyright case, Google v. Oracle. The opinion cites an article published in Lewis & Clark Legal Review in 2011. “Making Sense of Fair Use” was written by Neil Netanel, who served as the Distinguished Intellectual Property Visitor in 2010. The lecture he delivered resulted in the paper that appeared in the review. Chenyu Wang ’11 was editor in chief for the review that year.
In related news, Washington and Lee University School of Law’s W&L Law Journal Rankings for 2020, based on the number of citations, lists Lewis & Clark Law Review at No. 46. Connor McDermott ’21 served as editor in chief for the review in 2020.
Supporting Students
The Enduring Impact of the Roosevelt Robinson Minority Scholarship
Commencement
Supporting Public Interest Students
2021 Mentor/ Mentee Awards
Judges Reflect at Martin Luther King Jr. Event
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From the Dean
Speaking with students is one of my favorite parts of being dean. At Lewis & Clark Law School, I’ve discovered a rare and powerful combination: students who pair fierce dedication to their mission with deep collaboration and a genuine commitment to each other’s success.
A Decade of Dedication:
Professor Lydia Pallas Loren’s Work on the Landmark Restatement of Copyright.
Legal Expertise Supports Migratory Species
Professors Chris Wold and Erica Lyman facilitated a workshop with CMS Parties to discuss the legal contours of some of the treaty’s most important provisions.
Beyond the Bar
Most graduates of law school go on to practice law, working in law firms or providing legal counsel to organizations and businesses. Yet, for some, the lessons of law apply more broadly, and the outcome of their law school education has been a surprising and successful career outside of law. Here are just a few of our alums who followed an alternative route.