Professor Erica Lyman of Lewis & Clark heads the legal consultation on US Fish & Wildlife Service project to combat wildlife trafficking in Angola

Allison LePlante steps down as director of Earthrise after nearly 20 years of service at Lewis & Clark Law School. 

Sure, Chevron is “bad law,” the red flag of Westlaw ominously marking its grave. Yet, at least for purposes of studying administrative law, it should remain canon. Why? Although the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright alters the deference landscape in important ways—giving courts power at the expense of agencies—these changes may not be as profound as a surface-level inspection suggests. And even if they are, they cannot be appreciated unless juxtaposed with the Chevron era.  

Clinic Students assisted in the creation of a UNODC report, assessing the rates at which countries criminalize environmental harms. The report will eventually be published as a chapter in a larger UNODC environmental crimes publication.

The Global Law Alliance clinic, alongside Mercy for Animals, recently published a report exploring legal pathways under the Ramsar Convention to regulate industrial animal agriculture impacts on wetlands.