Environmental and Natural Resources Law

GreenFlash: Updates from the Environmental Law Program

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  Eat, Pray Law- a food forum at LC law school
  Eat, Pray, Law: A Food Forum - March 13, 2015 - will explore a broad spectrum of food law and policy topics from the farm to the fork. Issues range from labeling and transparency to sustainability, urban agriculture, and food justice. Register online now. More >
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  Developments in the Public Trust - April 10, 2015
  The Environmental Law symposium at Lewis & Clark on April 10, 2015 will focus on Developments in the Public Trust. Registration is open. Students are free but please register. Reception to follow. More >
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  Environmental law program receives top U.S. News ranking
  Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental Law Program tied for No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 annual rankings of law schools. The ranking was produced through a survey of faculty from across the country teaching in the environmental law field. More >
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  Greenlight on recent LL.M. alumna Veronica Carrioni
  Veronica Muriel Carrioni, a recent LL.M. graduate, has been hired as the director of the Environmental Law Department of the Law School at Universidad Sergio Arboleda, located in Bogotá, Colombia. Veronica met the professors from the law school during a presentation at Lewis & Clark Law School. More >
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  The Green Energy Institute Releases Policy Report on Least-Risk Utility Resource Planning

  The Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School issued a report titled, “A Safe Bet: How Least-Risk Resource Planning Can Pave the Way for Renewable Energy.” The report discusses how utility resource planning rules that focus on procuring the lowest-cost resource mix may inadvertently encourage risky investments in fossil fuel-fired electricity resources, and recommends that states reduce ratepayer exposure to risk by adopting least-risk.

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  IELP assisting Malawi with review of wildlife legislation
  Lewis & Clark’s International Environmental Law Project (IELP) has been hired as a partner organization to conduct a comprehensive review of Malawi’s wildlife legislation and to make recommendations for amendment to ensure that the legislation reflects current international standards for wildlife legislation.  IELP will evaluate the legislation using criteria agreed by the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and using the new Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit produced by the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC). More >
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  Environmental and Natural Resources Law program- fall e-newsletter
  Lewis & Clark’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law program has published its fall e-newsletter. Check out all the stories and updates…. https://t.e2ma.net/message/yaudu/2hqqge
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  Lewis & Clark’s LLM and MSL program welcomes students from around the world
  Lewis & Clark’s LLM and Master of Studies programs continue to attract students from around the world. This year we have students from, Cameroon, the Congo, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Israel (via Michigan), Colombia, China, and Australia as well as New York, Boston, New Orleans and more….please say “welcome to Portland!” if you see them on campus. More >
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  We are #1 for Environmental & Energy Law according to Law Street’s Law School Rankings Team
  We are #1 for Environmental & Energy Law according to Law Street’s Law School Rankings Team. Home: Law
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  Greenlight shines on Lia Comerford, Earthrise fellow and recent LC alum
  Our “greenlight” is focused on recent alum, and Earthrise fellow, Lia Comerford. Lia was featured in a recent story “Judge Tells Six Flags to Look Harder” about a hearing in federal court in L.A. regarding discovery issues in a Clean Water Act case involving Six Flags Magic Mountain’s stormwater discharges into the Santa Clara river. More >