The Environmental Law Reporter (ELR) has named “Forgotten Waters,” by Professor Michele Okoh, as one of its top 20 articles of 2023. The article, published in the Georgetown Law Journal, investigates the legacy of discrimination and environmental racism in access to safe drinking water and evaluates the Safe Drinking Water Act and Rural Electrification Act through that lens. Okoh is a criminal law, criminal procedure, and environmental justice scholar whose publications touch frequently on the intersection between criminal justice and public health. ELR publishes the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, in collaboration with Vanderbilt University Law School and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), to research and identify top environmental law and policy articles.
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.
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.
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.