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In January, an expedition to the Seventh Continent was guided by Clinical Professor of Law Erica Lyman as part of the L&C Travel Program. This incredible journey was tailored for an intrepid group of Lewis & Clark alumni, family, and friends. The route navigated the famed Drake Passage, visiting unique locations across the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctica Peninsula.

Karli Uwaine (’24) was selected as one of two 2023 Lewis & Clark Diehl Fellows.

Trisha Sharma (’24) was selected as one of two 2023 Lewis & Clark Diehl Fellows.

Lewis & Clark Law School student, Colin Pohlman (3L) and Jackson Moffett (JD ’23), helped plan and execute the combined New Directions in Environmental Law Conference and Food Law Student Leadership Summit, which took place at Yale Law School and Yale School of the Environment this spring.

The Haub Environmental Law Distinguished Junior Scholar Award is presented annually to an emerging junior environmental law professor who exhibits scholarly excellence and promise at an early stage in his/her career. 

The original article, cited in this story, was posted by Pace University and can be accessed and read here.

Prof. Craig Johnston gave a tutorial on RCRA on this Lawyer2Lawyer podcast.

Lewis & Clark Law adjunct professors, Edward Sullivan (Willamette JD ’69) and Jeff Litwak (L&C JD ’97), have taught land use courses at Lewis & Clark Law School for a combined sixty years, and recently issued an online casebook on Oregon land use.

Kelsey’s article, titled “A Time Line of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Wildfire Crisis Strategy”, was posted on April 3rd, 2023 to the American Bar Association website. The article discusses the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy and Implementation Plan, and more. 

The full article can be found here. 

Caroline Lobdell, adjunct professor and director of WRLC, was recognized by the Environmental & Natural Resources Section of the Oregon State Bar with their annual award.

Lewis & Clark MSL alum and Bridge Michigan reporter, Kelly House, is the winner of the 2023 Environmental Journalist Award from the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club.

Elijah (Eli) Savage JD ’24 was selected as one of two 2023 Lewis & Clark Wyss Scholars. He will focus on connections between land conservation and imperiled species with the Center for Biological Diversity in the summer of 2023.

Hank Shell (’24) was selected as one of two 2023 Lewis & Clark Wyss Scholars to focus on public land issues on the Colorado Plateau with Earthjustice’s Rocky Mountain office in summer of 2023.

As the nation’s oldest environmental law journal, the current Environmental Law student editorial leadership wants to use the law review’s position as a premier legal forum to foster diversity of authorship and shift the environmental discourse to issues faced by underrepresented populations. To that end, ELR is preparing articles that address the intersection of climate change, social, racial, public health, and environmental justice issues. 

Earthrise achieves a significant victory for the critically endangered Māui Dolphin.