A webinar to share perspectives on how the Global Stocktake can address the food-climate nexus in a way that is ambitious, equitable, and just.
Join the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in the Lower Student Lounge of the LRC as she discusses her new book: Citizen Justice: The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas.
The final event of this year’s ENVX symposium will be a waste studies-art workshop in partnership with SCRAP, the ReBuilding Center, and Cara Tomlinson’s Art 229, Art and Ecology class. Speakers include Adrian Brown, SCRAP Executive Director; Maya Winshell, BA ’21, SCRAP Education and Events Coordinator; Jackie Kirouac-Fram, Executive Director of the ReBuilding Center; and Christa McDermott, a social psychologist at PSU whose work focuses on reducing consumption. Participants should bring a t-shirt and a piece of clothing to mend for an upcycled art project that will be completed during the workshop.
A panel discussion about the market challenges and opportunities of the transition to renewable energy will be held on Wednesday evening.
Panelists include:
The panel will be moderated by Yuko Aoyama and Clarence Edwards will provide closing comments.
Do you have questions for Yuko Aoyama and Clarence Edwards, the keynote speakers for the ENVX Symposium? Drop in to this informal Q&A time, pick up a quick lunch, and get your questions answered.
Please join keynote speakers, Yuko Aoyama and Clarence Edwards, for a post presentation reception.
Keynote presentations by Yuko Aoyama, an industrial economic geographer, and Clarence Edwards, a legislative advocate on climate change and US foreign policy. The title of Dr. Aoyama’s talk is Variable Capitalisms: Understanding Fixity, Fluidity, and Hybridity. The title of Mr. Edwards’ talk is The Type of Capitalism You Practice Matters. The two presentations will be followed by a discussion lead by Jessica Kleiss, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, and audience Q&A.
Participants of this event will participate in a carbon emissions trading game, CarbonSim, which was developed by the Environmental Defense Fund. This event is in partnership with Elizabeth Bennett’s IA 340 International Political Economy class. Pizza will be provided for participants.
Guest Rachel L. Cushman will present a lecture entitled “Chinook Sovereignty & Environmental Justice.”
The Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Program is excited to host Professor Helen Kang as our 35th Distinguished Visitor.
Please join Professor Kang on September 20th for her lecture Bearing Witness to Environmental Injustice: The Path Forward during our annual Distinguished Visitor Event. Please note, RSVP is required for this event. RSVP information is available below.
Energy Bar Association’s Western Chapter, Oregon State Bar’s Energy, Telecom, & Utility law Section, and the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School Co-Sponsored Half-Day Conference
Friday, September 15, 2023 | 8 am – 12:30 pm | Lewis & Clark Law School Campus, Portland, OR
Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Program, in collaboration with Environmental Law, presents its 2023 symposium: Protecting Biodiversity: Five decades of progress but an uncertain future
Former Judge and Lecturer Janice Rogers Brown will present the 2023 James L. Huffman Lecture In Honor of the Western Resources Legal Center. The lecture, titled “The Arc of the Covenant: Views on Constitutional Government and the Rule of Law”, will be held on the law school campus in Classroom 3 of the McCarty Classroom Complex. A reception for all attendees following the lecture will be held in the Upper Student Lounge of the Legal Research Center (LRC).
Join us for a screening of Elemental: Reimaging Our Relationship With Wildfire, a documentary five years in the making by Ralph Bloemers.
The screening will be held in Council Chambers of the Templeton Student Center on the Lewis & Clark College campus Lights snacks and beverages will be provided at the screening of the event, with a live Q&A with experts following the film.
RSVP is required for this event through EventBrite. Register here.
Join Green Energy Institute Staff Attorney, Carra Sahler as she moderates a panel via Zoom on how we may see the IRA used in ways we may not expect and what implementation actions will look like over the next year with Dan Esposito and Hadley Tallackson from Energy Innovation and Alex Piper from the RMI.
The 2021 Distinguished International Law Visitor is Philippe Sands, Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals, University College London, University of London. He will speak about the flight of Nazis from Germany to Argentina, as well as the origins of the legal concepts of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Announcement to 2L Students
The Wyss Scholars Program for the Conservation of the American West
Applications due January 13, 2021
Funded by the Wyss Foundation, 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.
Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to provide a scholarship for one student studying energy law provided by a gift from MDU Resources Foundation. The recipient may be a JD, LLM, or MSL student. The scholarship amount is $3,000. The award will be applied directly to financial aid. To be eligible, students must be planning to receive their degree from Lewis & Clark Law School. Applications are due Thursday, December 31, 2020.
Join LC Law Professor Mike Blumm for a talk about Chernaik v. Brown, the state case in which youth plaintiffs assert that the public trust doctrine applies to the atmosphere, and that the state of Oregon violated its trust obligations by failing to take action to prevent runaway greenhouse gas emissions.
Trade and investment disputes frequently concern environmental issues. Because both the WTO dispute settlement process and investment arbitration produce decisions that are binding, they can effectively make determinations about environmental issues. Drawing on my experience in both trade and investment disputes dealing with environmental issues, I will explore some of the advantages and disadvantages of the treatment of environmental issues in these dispute settlement processes. Also, the processes are under current criticism and questions arise whether reforms to them will have a positive or negative effect on the way environmental issues are dealt with. Finally, on the basis of my own experience I will look at other types of dispute settlement mechanisms that also deal with environmental matters, specifically negotiation and conciliation.
Professor Tarlock is University Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Program in Environmental and Energy Law at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is an internationally recognized expert in environmental law and the law of land and water use. He has published a treatise, Law of Water Rights and Resources, and is a co-author of four casebooks, Water Resource Management, Environmental Law, Land Use Controls, and Environmental Protection: Law and Policy.
We are pleased to announce Kenneth R. Feinberg as our 2017 Kennedy Lecture Speaker. Mr. Feinberg is an American attorney, specializing in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Feinberg was appointed Special Master of the U.S. government’s September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and served as the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation. Additionally, Feinberg recently served as the government-appointed administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund. Feinberg was appointed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to administer the One Fund—the victim assistance fund established in the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Most recently, Feinberg was retained by General Motors to assist in their recall response and by Volkswagen to oversee their U.S. compensation of VW diesel owners affected by the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
This course will mainly cover issues of property law and natural resource protection that apply to the development of natural gas and oil. Topics will include:
As part of the course, students will have the opportunity to read and work on actual lease and easement documents. Whenever possible, the focus will be on contemporary issues that lawyers in the field are currently working on.