Environmental Law

GreenFlash: Updates from the Environmental Law Program

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  Lewis & Clark faculty and students in South Africa at CITES
  Lewis & Clark Law School’s International Environmental Law Project (IELP) is in South Africa for negotiations relating to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Professors Chris Wold and Erica Lyman, along with 4 students, are advising governments and non-governmental organizations on strategies for protecting African elephants, white rhinos, tigers, and sharks. More >
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  Prof. Blumm weighs in on treaty fishing rights case involving road culverts
  Prof. Blumm was interviewed for this story in Crosscut Magazine about the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the U.S. v. Washington treaty fishing rights case involving road culverts. A unanimous three-judge panel held that the culverts violate federal treaties signed with Washington tribes, and orders the state to replace its worst salmon-killing culverts that block passage upstream for the fish. More >
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  Prof. Blumm quoted in WSJ article about Malheur occupation
  Prof. Michael Blumm is quoted in this WSJ article about the prosecution of the occupiers of the Malheur federal wildlife refuge in Oregon. More >
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  LC alum Leah Feldon named Deputy Director of Oregon’s DEQ
  The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission confirmed Leah Feldon (’04) as DEQ deputy director. More >
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  Earthrise Law Center opens office in California’s bay area
  Earthrise Law Center, one of the law school’s legal clinics, has opened a satellite office in the San Francisco bay area and hired staff attorney Nina Robertson to oversee it. Earthrise also has a satellite office in Boston, MA. More >
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  Law profs - including Prof. Funk and Prof. Blumm - issue takedown of decision striking fracking rule
  Dozens of law professors - including Prof. Funk and Prof. Blumm from Lewis & Clark -  banded together this week to assail a federal court’s recent decision striking down the Obama administration’s hydraulic fracturing rule. The Environment and Energy reporter is LC alum, Ellen Gilmer. More >
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  For Fly-Fisher Mark Tuai, Environmentalism and Sport Inextricably Intertwined

  Mark Tuai gains real world experience being around a team of extraordinary attorneys dedicated to improving the environment.

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  Greenlight on alum, Jenny Loda: Profile of a Protector
  Jenny Loda ’12 is a staff attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity in Oakland, California, where she works to protect rare amphibians and reptiles across the country.  More >
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  Harsh Bhati reports from international environmental law practicum in Ecuador
  Harsh Bhati (LLM ’16) reports from the international environmental law practicum led by Prof. Lyman in Ecuador. 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. Rohlf quoted regarding challenge to critical habitat designation
  Prof. Rohlf quoted in article regarding challenge by the timber industry to the Fish and Wildlife Service’s critical habitat designation for the northern spotted owl. More >
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  Earthrise clinic professor Dan Rohlf discusses lawsuit against FEMA
  Dan Rohlf, Professor of Law and a Founding Member of Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark Law School, discusses the changes FEMA must make to its flood insurance program to protect riparian areas crucial for wildlife – especially salmon. More >
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  Greenlight on: Note from a former student to Prof. Blumm
  Prof. Blumm recently received the kind of note that reminds you why you became a professor to begin with. One of his former students, Sarah Kamman (LLM ’04), is now Vice President & General Counsel for Pacific Power. She was actively involved in negotiations regarding the future of the four mainstem Klamath river dams, which resulted in the signing of the amended Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement on April 6, 2016. She recently wrote Prof. Blumm to share the news and to tell him the impact he had on her work: More >
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  International LLM alum, Nawneet Vibhaw - an environmental champion in India
  Nawneet Vibhaw (LLM ’10) has continued to pursue his passion of addressing environmental issues since returning to India after receiving his degree at Lewis & Clark Law School. More >
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  Reflections from Paris: IELP student Liz Mering’s experience at the climate change meetings
  Liz Mering, a 3L student, shares her reflections. More >
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  Greenlight on Alum: Parks Gilbert (LL.M. ’13)
  Parks Gilbert, LL.M. ’13, works as an attorney at the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, which is the professional trade association for the 50 state fish and wildlife conservation agencies. Parks spends most of his time assisting with AFWA’s legal strategy, which focuses on supporting and restoring state legal authority over fish and wildlife resources. More >