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 LL.M. in Environmental Law, our Master of Studies in Environmental Law (for non-lawyers), and the “GreenFlash” below, and you will see that our faculty, students, and alums 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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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 2019 ranking 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 > -
Lewis & Clark Law School launches new Certificate in Energy, Innovation and Sustainability for JD students who want to prepare for careers in energy fields. More > -
Funded by the Wyss Foundation, a private, charitable foundation dedicated to land conservation in the Intermountain West, the Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and support a new generation of leaders focused on western land conservation issues. The selected Lewis & Clark Scholar will receive financial support during their 2L summer, 3L year and post-graduation.
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Marla Fox ’12 of WildEarth Guardians comments on the Forest Service’s current approach to restoration as the agency plans to log, thin, and set prescribed burns across more than 800,000 acres from Colorado-Wyoming border north across the Snowy and Sierra Madre ranges. More > -
In this “The Conversation” article, Prof. Blumm (Lewis & Clark Law) and Prof Wood (Oregon Law) explain the urgency of litigation brought by 21 young people which challenges U.S. energy policies on the basis that they are destabilizing the climate and violating established constitutional rights to personal security. The Conversation -
Erica Lyman, Staff Attorney and Clinical Professor for the International Environmental Law Project (IELP) comments on CITES decision to crack down on Japan’s commercial sale of endangered sei whale meat. Washington Post -
Professor Melissa Powers of Lewis & Clark Law School comments on President Trump’s plan to deregulate mercury emissions in attempt to save the coal industry. Earther -
IELP has just returned from Brazil where it contributed significantly to the success of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). IELP’s efforts began a few years ago when Professor Wold, working with IELP students, prepared a paper describing the human rights of indigenous peoples to whale for nutritional and cultural subsistence. The paper argues that there is a role for the IWC to manage those hunts. More > -
A number of Lewis & Clark Law School alumni now hold legal positions in Pacific Island nations that give them responsibility over environmental, natural resource, fishery and tourism management. Here are brief reports from four alumni—including several recent graduates—that highlight the nature of their work and explain how their experiences at the law school paved the way for their careers today. More > -
Professor Craig Johnston of Lewis & Clark Law School discusses the significance of Governor Brown’s major initiative to combat the Trump Administration’s rollbacks to environmental protections at the federal level. OPB -
Erica Lyman, Staff Attorney and Clinical Professor for the International Environmental Law Project (IELP), is the lead legal consultant on a U.S. FWS project to improve the conditions to combat wildlife trafficking in Angola, as well as a separate U.K-funded project to train prosecutors, police, and the judiciary on combating wildlife crimes. More > -
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Two accomplished legal and strategic professionals join the Green Energy Institute and Center for Animal Law Studies this spring. More > -
In early Fall 2017, the Wyss Foundation selected Lewis & Clark and its Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law program as one of the first law schools to be included in the Wyss Scholars Program. Lewis & Clark is pleased to announce that Cooper Rodgers is the inaugural Wyss Scholar at Lewis & Clark Law School. More > -
The Society of Environmental Journalists recognized LC alum, Ellen Gilmer (MSL ’14) as a top beat reporter for her stories on the Dakota Access Pipeline’s impact on tribes. More > -
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 >
NEWS
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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 2019 ranking 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. -
Lewis & Clark Law School launches new Certificate in Energy, Innovation and Sustainability for JD students who want to prepare for careers in energy fields. -
Funded by the Wyss Foundation, a private, charitable foundation dedicated to land conservation in the Intermountain West, the Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and support a new generation of leaders focused on western land conservation issues. The selected Lewis & Clark Scholar will receive financial support during their 2L summer, 3L year and post-graduation.
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Marla Fox ’12 of WildEarth Guardians comments on the Forest Service’s current approach to restoration as the agency plans to log, thin, and set prescribed burns across more than 800,000 acres from Colorado-Wyoming border north across the Snowy and Sierra Madre ranges. -
In this “The Conversation” article, Prof. Blumm (Lewis & Clark Law) and Prof Wood (Oregon Law) explain the urgency of litigation brought by 21 young people which challenges U.S. energy policies on the basis that they are destabilizing the climate and violating established constitutional rights to personal security.
EVENTS
January 10th, 2019
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12:10pm - 1:10pm:
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Information Session
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is hiring clerks for summer 2019 and beyond. Law clerks provide legal research and writing services for attorneys in BPA’s Office of General Counsel in one or more of the following four sections: Power, Transmission, General, and Natural Resources. (Application deadline: Jan 31, 2019)
April 5th, 2019
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All Day:
Festschrift in Honor of Professor William Funk
Festschrift is a German word that means “a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar.” Scholars from around the country will write and speak on three areas that reflect Professor Funk’s scholarship and teaching: Administrative Law, Environmental Law, and Constitutional Law. Papers will be published in Lewis & Clark’s Environmental Law journal. MCLE credit will be sought for this event.