This year’s winning papers investigated how developing countries face inequities in expropriation for public purpose, and challenges to establishing standing in international environmental rights cases.

“Excellence and resilience in a fast-changing world” is the focus of the Law School’s strategic plan, with efforts to “future-proof” the school and ensure students’ success.

Green Energy Institute staff and students are advancing solutions under Oregon’s POWER Act to address the environmental and economic impacts of data center expansion. The Oregon Public Utility Commission’s recent ruling, citing GEI throughout, ordered some of the most innovative and protective outcomes from a public utility commission in the nation.

After 48 years of teaching, mentorship, legal scholarship, Lewis & Clark Law Distinguished Professor Brian Blum is retiring Spring 2026.

Professor Lydia Loren is retiring from Lewis & Clark Law School after a remarkable 30-year teaching career.

After introducing thousands of students to legal writing, Professor Bill Chin, 1994 graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School is stepping down. He reflects on his remarkable career.

Megan Senatori, Executive Director of the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, was honored by the American Bar Association with the 2026 Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award for her leadership and contributions to the field of animal law.

Law students learn how to file Habeas Corpus petitions in a law school practicum course, resulting in the release of one woman after being illegally detained after eight months in custody. 

“If Trump sends in Marines to follow ICE officers who are trying to arrest people who may be in the U.S. unlawfully, that would likely violate the Posse Comitatus Act, Tung Yin said.

When Lloyd Gray stood trial for rape in 1980, two jurors didn’t believe he was guilty and voted to acquit. Today, a split-jury verdict would mean a mistrial and possibly Gray’s freedom.

A Trump appointee has proposed rewriting a measure that requires companies to clean up “forever chemicals,” documents show. The new version would shift costs from polluters.

Congressional Republicans also plan to turn the Endangered Species Act into a dead letter.