Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law

GreenFlash: Updates from the Environmental Law Program

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  LC’s Environmental Law program one of best in the U.S.
  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 >
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  New Certificate in Energy, Innovation, and Sustainability
  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 >
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  Wyss Scholars Program Application now available (Deadline: January 15)

  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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  “These kids and young adults want their day in court on climate change”
  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
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  Clinical Professor Erica Lyman comments on key CITES decision regarding Japan’s sei whale hunt
  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
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  Professor Melissa Powers weighs in on Trump’s plan to alter rule regulating emissions of mercury
  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
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  IELP Contributes to the Success of the International Whaling Commission
  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 >
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  Alumni Manage Environmental Resource Issues in Pacific Islands
  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 >
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  Professor Craig Johnston discusses Governor Kate Brown’s announcement of the Oregon Environmental Protection Act
  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
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  Professor Erica Lyman of Lewis & Clark heads the legal consultation on US Fish & Wildlife Service project to combat wildlife trafficking in Angola
  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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  Prof. Rohlf fights for scientific integrity
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  Lewis & Clark earns top ten spot on sustainability campus index
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  Strategy Professionals Join Centers for Green Energy, Animal Law
  Two accomplished legal and strategic professionals join the Green Energy Institute and Center for Animal Law Studies this spring. More >
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  2L student Cooper Rodgers selected for prestigious Wyss Scholars Program
  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 >
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  Ellen Gilmer (MSL ’14) wins award for beat reporting on Dakota Access Pipeline
  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 >
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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 >