Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law
Environmental Law
Welcome! Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon is an amazing place to study environmental law, natural resources law, and energy law. Our environmental law program and center is considered one of the top environmental law programs in the country by the U.S. News & World Report. Check out our certificate programs, the LLM in Environmental Law, our 100% online LLM program, our Master of Studies in Environmental Law (for non-lawyers), and the “GreenFlash” below, and you will see that our faculty, students, alums, and programs are extraordinary. Please contact us at elaw@lclark.edu if you have any questions. We hope to hear from you!
GreenFlash: Updates from the Environmental Law Program
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US News announced its 2020 rankings of law schools, and named Lewis & Clark Environmental Law program as number one in the nation. More > -
Lewis & Clark Law School received a charitable bequest totaling $3.7 million to support public interest environmental law. The bequest, from Washington environmental activist John E. Diehl, is the second-largest single gift ever made to the law school. More > -
Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that Maddy Munson ’21 is the third Wyss Scholar to be selected from the law school. The Wyss Foundation is a private, charitable organization dedicated to western public lands issues, and its Scholars Program supports graduate-level education for the next generation of leaders in western land conservation. More > -
Three Lewis & Clark Law School alums, including Leah Feldon (’04), Cyndy Mackey (’86), and Laura Kerr (’14), will provide expert analysis at an upcoming symposium on Superfund issues organized by the Environmental Law Education Center (ELEC).
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How does a Jewish kid from Philly become a tribal court judge in Alaska? Just ask Judge David Avraham Voluck. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Voluck has been practicing federal Indian and tribal law from his home base in Sitka, Alaska, since 1996, save for a two-year sabbatical he took to attend the Rabbinical College of America.
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David Marín Cortés (LLM ’15) is the first Executive Director of the Secretariat for Environmental Enforcement Matters (SEEM) under the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) between the United States and Colombia. More > -
Lewis & Clark’s Environmental Law program (celebrating its 50th year in 2020) is ranked #1 in the U.S. in a recent analysis. The article notes the “forward-thinking courses”, summer courses, and student groups at the law school. More > -
Professor Erica Lyman (’05) will lead Lewis & Clark Law School’s International Environmental Law Project (IELP) as of September 1, 2019. As a staff attorney for IELP, Lyman has worked to promote consideration of climate change on World Heritage sites; served as a legal advisor for Palau and the Maldives during the climate change negotiations, including during the adoption of the Paris Agreement; crafted the legal arguments that eventually ended Japanese high seas whaling; and is currently working in 15 African countries on evaluating and drafting legislation to combat wildlife trafficking.
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Professor Lisa Benjamin, the newest faculty member of Lewis & Clark Law School has been appointed as a member of the Compliance Committee of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More > -
LC alum, Kathleen Ho, slated to head Hawaii’s Office of Environmental Quality ControlLC Law LLM alum, Kathleen S. Y. Ho, is slated to become the next Director of the Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC) in Hawaii. Ho has extensive experience in environmental law, having served as deputy attorney general in the Health Division since 1992.
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The Oregon State Bar (OSB) is presenting the 2019 President’s Sustainability Award to Lewis & Clark Law Professor Melissa Powers for her “contributions to the goal of sustainability in Oregon’s legal profession through education, advocacy, leadership in sustainable business practices, or other efforts.” More >
NEWS
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US News announced its 2020 rankings of law schools, and named Lewis & Clark Environmental Law program as number one in the nation. -
Lewis & Clark Law School launches new Certificate in Energy, Innovation and Sustainability for JD students who want to prepare for careers in energy fields. -
Lewis & Clark Law School received a charitable bequest totaling $3.7 million to support public interest environmental law. The bequest, from Washington environmental activist John E. Diehl, is the second-largest single gift ever made to the law school. -
Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that Maddy Munson ’21 is the third Wyss Scholar to be selected from the law school. The Wyss Foundation is a private, charitable organization dedicated to western public lands issues, and its Scholars Program supports graduate-level education for the next generation of leaders in western land conservation. -
Three Lewis & Clark Law School alums, including Leah Feldon (’04), Cyndy Mackey (’86), and Laura Kerr (’14), will provide expert analysis at an upcoming symposium on Superfund issues organized by the Environmental Law Education Center (ELEC).
EVENTS
February 28th, 2020
March 4th, 2020
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5:30pm:
2020 Kennedy Lecture featuring Harvard Professor Richard Lazarus, who will discuss his book on Massachusetts v. EPA
The lecture series, now in its eleventh year, is designed to promote discussion of cutting-edge issues affecting the U.S. Supreme Court and the Constitution. The program was established with the approval of Justice Anthony Kennedy when he visited the law school in the fall of 2008. This year’s speaker is Harvard Professor Richard Lazarus.
March 9th, 2020
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12:10pm:
Elizabeth Kirk, International Law Distinguished Visitor
Professor Elizabeth Kirk, Global Professor in Global Governance & Ecological Justice, University of Lincoln, UK, will deliver our International Law Distinguished Visitor lecture on “The Case for a Plastics Treaty.” Professor Kirk’s current research addresses complex, multi-faceted problems such as plastics pollution, energy efficiency and governance of the Arctic.
March 11th, 2020
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8:30am - 6:00pm:
Superfund 2020: the 25th Annual Conference on Environmental Contamination and Cleanup
This conference, sponsored by the Environmental Law Program at Lewis & Clark Law School, will bring together knowledgeable Superfund practitioners including - attorneys, scientists, engineers, industry, tribes, PRPs, local government, state and federal regulators, and others – to talk about cleaning up environmental contamination under state and federal Superfund laws.
March 14th, 2020
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9:30am - 4:00pm:
ENVX Symposium Spring Engagement to Portland Harbor Superfund Site
A day trip to the Portland Harbor Superfund site, a stretch of the Willamette River where federal and municipal agencies are addressing industrial pollution of river sediments. Participants will learn about the history and current status of this site, engage with a variety of partners who are impacted by the water quality, and have the opportunity to contribute public comments to the current proposed actions, The trip will be led by ENVS Associate Professor Jessica Kleiss.
This engagement is funded as part of the ENVX Symposium.