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Lewis & Clark Law School Announces Summer 2024 Course Lineup
Lewis & Clark Law School’s Summer 2024 courses offer a comprehensive mix of online and in-person options, welcoming law students from all institutions to enrich their legal education and advance their career pathways.
greenflash2024 Wyss Scholar: Ian Connolly to Focus on Collaborative Solutions to Complex Issues
Ian Connolly JD ’25 is one of two Wyss Scholars selected from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2024. Funded by the Wyss Foundation, a private, charitable foundation dedicated to land conservation, the Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and support a new generation of leaders focused on land conservation issues. Ian plans to to leverage his education on behalf of wild places and communities across the west.
greenflash2024 Wyss Scholar: Hayden Wyatt to Focus on Forest Conservation
Hayden Wyatt JD ’25 is one of two Wyss Scholars selected from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2024. Funded by the Wyss Foundation, a private, charitable foundation dedicated to land conservation, the Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and support a new generation of leaders focused on land conservation issues. This summer Hayden will work for Cascadia Wildlands, his internship focused on forest conservation.
Earthrise Filed Motion for Summary Judgment in Ozarks Logging Case
Earthrise’s team filed its Motion for Summary Judgment on behalf of its client, the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (BRWA) to halt the Robert’s Gap Project, a large logging project, in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests of Arkansas.
greenflashProfessor Michele Okoh’s Forgotten Waters is Top 20 Article of the Year
Professor Michele Okoh’s article, entitled Forgotten Watersand published in the Georgetown Law Journal, has been selected as one of the top twenty articles of 2023 by the Environmental Law Reporter.
GEI and Sierra Club File Amicus Briefs Arguing for Appealability of PUC Orders
GEI and Sierra Club join together to file two separate amicus briefs arguing that processes overseen by the Public Utility Commission end in final orders that are subject to appeal.
LLM Alum advocates for forest policy in Pakistan
Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law LLM alum Ayman Irfan’s ’23, one of the first women environmental lawyers from Pakistan, wrote an article advocating for forest policy in Pakistan that was published on the American Bar Association’s Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources website.
GEI Publishes Explanation of Public Utility Commission Order on HB 2021
Read a helpful explanation of the Public Utility Commission’s order concluding Oregon’s electricity decarbonization law does not require the retirement of renewable energy certificates.
GEI Enters 2024 Ready to Work
Read about GEI’s work on HB 2021, wildfire liability, and post-California Restaurant Ass’n v. Berkeley pathways.
GEI Director Carra Sahler is Interviewed: Ninth Circuit’s Berkeley decision leaves pathways open
Director and Staff Attorney Carra Sahler offered her thoughts about the effect on building decarb efforts after the Ninth Circuit’s decision invalidating Berkeley’s natural gas ban in buildings. Read the interview here.
renewable energy, sustainabilityGreen Energy Institute Wins NW Energy Coalition Award
Lewis & Clark’s Green Energy Institute has been awarded the Bob Olsen Memorial Conservation Eagle Award by the NW Energy Coalition.
Bill Anders’ on his iconic Earthrise Photo
Major General William Anders sat down with NASA’s Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Adviser to discuss his famous Earthrise photo, the basis of our name and an image that we continue to take inspiration and motivation from.
Caroline Lobdell ’02 Leaves a Rich Legacy of the Western Resources Legal Center
After 16 years as WRLC’s founding executive director and supervising attorney, Caroline Lobdell has stepped down. She leaves behind a rich legacy.
Jessie Barrington ’13 Appointed as New Executive Director of WRLC
Professor Jessie Barrington takes the helm as the new Executive Director of the Western Resources Legal Center, succeeding Professor Caroline Lobdell after her impactful 15-year tenure.
- EVENTSApril 5: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Environmental Law Spring Symposium with Keynote Speaker Nicholas Kristof
Friday April 5, 2024 Symposium
ANIMAL AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: THE REALLY BIG COW IN THE ROOM
Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law is located in Wood Hall on the Law Campus.
MSC: 51
email elaw@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-6649
Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law
Lewis & Clark Law School
10101 S. Terwilliger Boulevard MSC 51
Portland OR 97219