Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law

GreenFlash: Updates from the Environmental Law Program

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  Jack Jacobs (LLM’10) and adjunct professor Jon Norling found Gridshare
  Lewis & Clark alum, Jack Jacobs (LLM ’10), and adjunct professor, Jon Norling, co-founded GridShare, a  new crowdfunding portal that allows investors to directly invest in U.S.-based clean energy solutions. More >
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  LL.M.’s with Energy focus: Lewis & Clark’s program highlighted
  Lewis & Clark Law School’s LL.M. program is featured in this article by B. Xu posted on llm-guide.com regarding master of law programs with an energy focus.   More >
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  LC’s Environmental Law Program one of the best in the country
  Lewis & Clark’s Environmental Law program has once again been recognized as one of the best in the country. US News and World Report recently released its annual rankings of top specialty law programs, and Lewis & Clark is ranked #2. In environmental law courses, students learn about energy law and policy, conservation of natural resources, sustainable development, global warming and more. Our passionate faculty, students, alums and staff are the heart of our program. More >
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  Prof. Melissa Powers: Reforming ODOE Will Benefit Everyone
  In this opinion piece, Prof. Melissa Powers argues that Oregon’s Department of Energy needs a new administrative structure to regain its status as a clean energy powerhouse. More >
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  LC alum, Ryan Hamilton, recognized as “Pittsburgher” shaping the legal community
  LC alum, Ryan Hamilton, an attorney with Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, was recognized as a “Pittsburgher” shaping the legal community; “he provides the legal tools needed for those working to increase sustainability in Western Pennsylvania. He’s helped clients with public trail access issues, conservation easements, eminent domain, property disputes and more. Because of Ryan’s work, individuals have a say in their community’s future and development,” his nominator wrote.  More >
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  Adjunct Prof. Litwak, compact law expert, comments on states’ climate action
  This Energy Wire news story by Ellen Gilmer (LC Law alum), discusses how a coalition of states determined to act aggressively to combat climate change despite President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement has drawn a side-eye from legal scholars who say the group risks treading on federal turf. LC Adjunct Prof. Jeff Litwak weighs in as well. More >
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  Lewis & Clark Signs Pledge on Climate Change
  180 College & Univ Leaders Sign Pledge on Climate Change, including Lewis & Clark Interim President David Ellis. More >
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  Professor Michael Blumm – Access to Oswego Lake and the Public Trust Doctrine

  Prof. Michael Blumm has been involved in an important case involving the public trust doctrine in Oregon regarding access to Oswego Lake (located in the community of Lake Oswego, down the road from the law school). The plaintiffs – assisted by Blumm - challenged a city ordinance that prohibits the public from entering the lake from three adjacent city parks, as well as a city policy limiting use of a city-owned swim park to city residents.

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  MSL alum Ellen Gilmer ’14 speaks on Senate failure to pass CRA on Obama’s methane rule

  Lewis & Clark Law School alum Ellen Gilmer (MSL’14) of E&E news speaks on The Cutting Edge on the failure of the Senate to disapprove a methane rule enacted by the Obama Administration through a Congressional Review Act resolution. Gilmer discusses possible next steps going forward. Watch the video HERE.

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  Food and Environmental Law Symposium Draws Crowd
  The Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law program combined its 16th annual environmental law symposium with the law school’s 3rd annual food law forum which was held on April 7th. The forum, titled “21^st Century Food Law: What’s On Our Plates?”, focused on food related issues and included panels on food labeling, food production and environmental/animal impacts, as well as food and health policies and ethics. More >