
Comparative Report to Curb the Expansion of Industrial Animal Agriculture
The analysis of how courts are addressing industrial animal agriculture in four countries is the first of its kind from the Farmed Animal Protection Project of the Center of Animal Law Studies (CALS).
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Top Stories

Year in Review
Top Stories of 2025
As the calendar year draws to a close, we’ve compiled a sampling of top stories from the undergraduate college, the graduate school, and the law school.

Justice for Animals and the Environment on a Global Scale
The law school’s Global Law Alliance is helping to advance environmental and wildlife protections across the globe while giving students hands-on experience in international law.

2025-2026 Multnomah Bar Association Fellows Announced
Three 1ls were named as Multnomah Bar Association Fellows: Finn Johnson, Hooman Dadkho, and Christina Smith

Business Law Forum Provides Legal Perspectives on Corporate Climate Action
The 2025 Business Law Forum at Lewis & Clark Law School convened scholars, industry leaders, and policy experts to examine how corporate law, regulation, disclosure, and litigation are rapidly evolving in response to the global challenges of climate change.

Lewis & Clark Law Alumni Advance Parentage Law Through Senate Bill 163
Lewis & Clark Law graduates Robin Pope and Lane Shetterly helped lead a three-year collaborative effort resulting in Oregon’s Senate Bill 163, a landmark law modernizing the state’s parentage framework to better reflect diverse families and evolving reproductive technologies.

Law IT Launches Live Captioning System to Support Accessibility Across Campus
Lewis & Clark Law School has introduced live captioning in every classroom—enhancing accessibility and inclusion for all students. What began as a project to support hearing-impaired learners is now transforming how the entire community engages and connects.

Announcing the 2025-26 Law Scholars for Change Scholarship Recipients
Meet three outstanding JD scholarship students committed to pursuing careers challenging industrial animal agriculture: Josephine Blatny, Camille Bond, and Nicole Wood.

Professor Explores Confronting “Hard Thoughts” in New Book
Professor David Schraub’s forthcoming book, Deliberation, Dismissal, and Democracy, invites readers to confront society’s tendency to dismiss challenging ideas.
Faculty Highlights
Tung Yin
“If Trump sends in Marines to follow ICE officers who are trying to arrest people who may be in the U.S. unlawfully, that would likely violate the Posse Comitatus Act, Tung Yin said.
Aliza Kaplan
When Lloyd Gray stood trial for rape in 1980, two jurors didn’t believe he was guilty and voted to acquit. Today, a split-jury verdict would mean a mistrial and possibly Gray’s freedom.
Craig Johnston
A Trump appointee has proposed rewriting a measure that requires companies to clean up “forever chemicals,” documents show. The new version would shift costs from polluters.
Dan Rohlf
Congressional Republicans also plan to turn the Endangered Species Act into a dead letter.




