Under the supervision of WRLC’s Executive Director and Staff Attorneys, students will interview and counsel clients, engage in legal fact-finding, problem solve, draft legal memoranda and court filings, negotiate agreements, and represent clients at administrative hearings, trials and appeals. WRLC represents individuals and small businesses engaged in farming, ranching, forestry, dairying, mining, and land developments as well as small, local governments, water and irrigation districts and other entities dependent on natural resource use and development.
Areas of student work may include: water quality, grazing, wildlife, forestry, land use and zoning, transactions related to natural resource use, mining, and property rights issues. Students will also gain exposure to local practitioners and industry leaders and operators.
Country/Countries
Practice Areas
- Environmental
Practice Type
- Public Interest
Past Externs
Organization/Host | ||||
Katherine Jourdan | Portland | OR | 2018 Summer | Oregon Cattlemen at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt |
Lev Blumenstein | 2018 Spring | Western Urban Water at Perkins Coie | ||
Matt Dodson | Hillsboro | OR | 2016 Summer | FEI Company |
Matthew Query | Portland | OR | 2016 Summer | Oregon Cattlemen at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt |
John Peckler | Portland | OR | 2016 Summer | Stimson Lumber Company |
Sarah Mitchell | Portland | OR | 2016 Spring | Oregon Farm Bureau at Dunn Carney |
Rory Flay | Portland | OR | 2016 Spring | Indian Child Welfare Act, Indian Law & Litigation at Haglund Kelley |
Elizabeth Hohn | Portland | OR | 2016 Spring | Oregon Association of Nurseries at Jordan Ramis |
Derek Bradley | Portland | OR | 2016 Spring | Western Urban Water at Perkins Coie |
Kevin Bergstrom | Portland | OR | 2016 Spring | Rizzo Mattingly Bosworth PC |
Rebecca Rogstad | Washington | DC | 2015 Summer | Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies |
Elizabeth Hohn | Portland | OR | 2015 Summer | Western Urban Water - Washington Cattlemen’s Association, Public Lands Council & National Cattlemen’s Beef at Dunn Carney |
Justin Reiter | Houston | TX | 2015 Summer | International Association of Geophysical Contractors |
Jonathan Sikes | Austin | TX | 2015 Summer | Lower Colorado River Authority |
Ryelle Seymour | Portland | OR | 2015 Summer | Stimson Lumber Company |
Kristin Welsh | Portland | OR | 2015 Spring | Western Urban Water - Washington Cattlemen’s Association, Public Lands Council & National Cattlemen’s Beef at Dunn Carney |
Tyler Alexander | Portland | OR | 2015 Spring | Oregon Farm Bureau at Dunn Carney |
Vytas Babusis | Portland | OR | 2015 Spring | Oregon Cattlemen at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt |
Joseph Fearey | Portland | OR | 2015 Spring | Stimson Lumber Company |
Kehl Van Winkle | Portland | OR | 2015 Fall | Dorsay & Easton LLP |
Charles Lewis | Portland | OR | 2015 Fall | Indian Child Welfare Act, Indian Law & Litigation at Haglund Kelley |
Bryn Blomberg | Portland | OR | 2014 Summer | Oregon Cattlemen at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt |
Jarrett Wheeler | Portland | OR | 2014 Spring | Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walke at Coquille Indian Tribe |
Jonathan Quinsey | Portland | OR | 2014 Spring | Oregon Forest Industries Council |
William McLaren | Portland | OR | 2014 Spring | Western Urban Water at Perkins Coie |
Lee Charles Dudley | Portland | OR | 2014 Spring | Rizzo Mattingly Bosworth PC |
Kevin Johnston | Portland | OR | 2014 Spring | Oregon Cattlemen at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt |
Vytas Babusis | Portland | OR | 2014 Fall | Oregon Cattlemen at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt |
Aaron Berne | Hillsboro | OR | 2013 Summer | FEI Company |
Chelsea Lyn Jones | Portland | OR | 2013 Spring | Oregon Farm Bureau at Dunn Carney |
Tiffany Johnson | Portland | OR | 2013 Fall | Dunn Carney |
Aaron Berne | Hillsboro | OR | 2013 Fall | FEI Company |
Desean Garnett | Portland | OR | 2013 Fall | Oregon Forest Industries Council |
Bobby Schroeder | Austin | TX | 2012 Summer | Lower Colorado River Authority |
Carol Macbeth | Portland | OR | 2012 Summer | Schroeder Law Offices |
Bobby Schroeder | Austin | TX | 2012 Fall | Lower Colorado River Authority |
Laysan Unger | Portland | OR | 2011 Summer | Schroeder Law Offices |
Laysan Unger | Portland | OR | 2011 Fall | Oregon Farm Bureau at Dunn Carney |
Marla Quick | Austin | TX | 2007 Fall | Lower Colorado River Authority |