Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy 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 JD degree with certificate programs, the LLM in Environmental Law on campus, our 100% online LLM program, our Master of Studies in Environmental Law (MSL) on campus (or non-lawyers), our 100% online MSL program (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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Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental Law Program ranked #1 by US News and World Report for 2022 LC’s Enviro Law Program Ranked #1 again by US News -
Lewis & Clark Law School’s 2021 environmental law moot court team of Alex Houston and Michael Benjamin Smith (both 3 L’s), and Haley Nicholson (2L), coached by Professor Craig Johnston, advanced to the semi-finals of the national environmental law moot court competition this spring. National Enviro Moot Court Team Advances to Semi-Finals -
Alum Susan Jane Brown ’00 is the 2020 recipient of the Oregon State Bar’s (OSB) Environmental and Natural Resources Section’s Annual Award for her leadership, service, and contributions in the areas of environmental and natural resources law. Susan Jane Brown, Alum and Adjunct Prof., Receives Prestigious OSB Environmental Award -
Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that Matthew Campa ’22 is the fourth 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. Matthew Campa Named Wyss Scholar -
Three alums at Trustees for Alaska are involved in a battle to protect the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska. Alumni Work to Protect Pristine Alaskan Watershed -
Four Lewis & Clark Law alums are engaged in legal battles related to food safety - for humans, animals, and the environment - through their work at the Center for Food Safety (CFS), a nationwide nonprofit whose mission is to empower people, support farmers, and protect the earth from the harmful impacts of industrial agriculture. CFS has won several important cases recently, thanks to the hard work of these alums.
LC Law alums, George Kimbrell and others, fighting for food safety and the environment. -
LC Law alum, John Hairston, caps 30 years of hard work and experience at Bonneville Power Administration and becomes first black CEO. Law alum, John Hairston, new CEO at Bonneville Power Administration. -
Law student Jessie Gittemeier ’22 was appointed to serve a two-year term as Portland’s Planning and Sustainability Commission’s Youth Commissioner. Jessie Gittemeier ’22 is New Youth Commissioner for Portland Planning & Sustainability Commission -
Several Lewis & Clark Law alums, Ryan Talbott, Derek Teaney, and Ben Luckett, played important roles in a recent D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals case, Allegheny Defense Project v Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), overturning 50 years of precedent. Ellen Gilmer, is the journalist who wrote a Bloomberg article analyzing the court’s decision. Lewis & Clark alums instrumental in historic gas pipeline case
