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Lewis & Clark Law School had a significant presence at the climate change negotiations in Paris (UNFCCC 21st Conference of the Parties aka “COP 21”) in December. Erica Lyman, Clinical Professor and Staff Attorney for the
International Environmental Law Project (IELP), and a group of four LC law students, along with numerous alumni, were actively involved in the proceedings in various roles.
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On behalf of Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA), Earthrise has successfully resolved a lawsuit compelling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate new water quality standards for the State of Oregon for three toxic pollutants: aluminum, cadmium, and copper.
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Our “greenlight” is focused on “almost alum” Josh Fortenbery (3L), who was recently hired as an Honors Attorney with the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington D.C.
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Prof. Funk weighs in on farmer’s request for jury trial in Clean Water Act case in Oregon.
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Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon invalidated yet another federal plan for operating the federal hydropower system in a manner consistent with salmon recovery. The court threw out the latest “biological opinion” written by the National Marine Fisheries Service to chart a path for operating the federal dams to help recover salmon. The court also found that the agencies that actually operate the dams – the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), and Bonneville Power Administration – violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to prepare and Environmental Impact Statement on dam management
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Prof Blumm and Viki Nadol (alum) wrote an op-ed on how Lake Abert, Oregon’s only saltwater lake, which supplied habitat for some 3 million migratory shorebirds and supported a commercial brine shrimp fishery, is now dying from a lack of water..
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Prof. Powers weighs in on common law claims and class action lawsuits in this Oregon Public Broadcasting interview regarding the legal claims related to air pollution from Bullseye Glass in SE Portland.
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Brandon Kline, a Green Energy fellow and Lewis & Clark Law School alum/LLM student, has been selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar.
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Haley Blake just completed her Master of Studies (MSL) degree at LC and landed her dream job working with the Nestucca, Neskowin & Sand Lake Watersheds Council. While at LC she worked on the Oregon Coast Coho Recovery Plan while externing with NOAA and the Wild Salmon Center.
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The Animal Law Section of the AALS awarded
Pamela D. Frasch, Assistant Dean, Animal Law Program and Executive Director,
Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, the inaugural AALS Animal Law Section Award for Excellence in Animal Law: Teaching, Scholarship, and Service.
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Veronica Muriel, LLM alum, talks about her time at Lewis & Clark as an international LLM student, and about working at Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Prof. Blumm explains constitutional issues re: occupation of Malheur refuge.
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The International Environmental Law Project (IELP) at Lewis and Clark Law School will have a delegation, including Prof. Erica Lyman and four students, at the climate change meetings in Paris (COP21). Their work “inside” the COP focuses on supporting small island States.
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Lewis & Clark Law School welcomed Rena Steinzor, Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and a founder and past president of the Center for Progressive Reform, as its 28th annual Natural Resources Law Institute Distinguished Visitor. Prof. Steinzor’s public lecture, “How White Collar Criminal Enforcement Can Save the Environment”, argued for prosecution of individuals at corporations involved in criminal acts related to the environment, and addressed the related social justice issues.
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Today, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Vessel General Permit (VGP) that governs the discharge of 21 billion gallons annually of ballast water—laden with invasive species—to the nation’s waters.
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Prof. Dan Rohlf is quoted in this Seattle Times article about a controversial federal cormorant culling program under which federal agents could eventually kill as many as 11,000 adult double-crested cormorants and destroy even more nests in the estuary of the Columbia River as part of a plan to save native salmon.
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Harsh Bhati, a new LLM student from India, recently co-authored an article on Waste to Energy projects in India which was published in the Environmental Policy and Law IOS Press.
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For the fourth year in a row,
Sierra magazine has named Lewis & Clark one of its top
“Cool Schools,” a list that honors America’s greenest colleges and universities. At number 9, Lewis & Clark is the only school in Oregon to be included in the top ten.
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We recently heard from international LLM students Viv Fernandes (Australia), and David Marin Cortes (Colombia) who are gaining practical experience at the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington D.C. this summer (thanks to Prof. Wold).
