Advocacy Center Updates: Trial Skills, National Competitions, and Student Successes
From courtroom competitions to professional training programs, the Advocacy Center at Lewis & Clark Law School has had a banner year.
Top Stories
Companion Animal Law Evolves to Protect People and Their Pets
Lewis & Clark sparks a national movement to protect both people and their pets by redefining the role of companion animals in the legal system.
Law Student to Present at International Conference in South Africa
When Lewis & Clark Law student Danielle Morvan ’25 takes the stage at an international legal conference in South Africa, she’ll shine a spotlight on how forced arbitration quietly strips vulnerable consumers of their day in court.
Protecting Farmed Animals in Memory of Thomas Bloom Raskin
A former law school staff member established this scholarship in honor of Thomas Bloom Raskin. The inaugural recipient is an LLM student who is dedicated to animal protection in her home state of Kentucky.
LLM Student’s Paper is Published in Nebraska Law Review
LLM ’25 candidate Kiefer Stenseng’s paper, “The Jurisprudence of Statutory Interpretation: A Framework for the Logical Restraints of Legal Positivism and Textualism,” will be published in the Nebraska Law Review this fall.
Students Take First Place in Drafting Counsel in Transactional Law Invitational
Lewis & Clark Law’s student team took first place for “Drafting Counsel” in a national competition for transactional law.
Environmental Moot Court Team Wins Ninth National Championship
Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental Moot Court Team recently secured its ninth national championship at the Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) at Pace University, further solidifying its status as the most successful school in the competition’s history.
Celebrating Our 2025 Wyss Scholars: Tory Dille ’26 and Shoshana Grossman ’26
We are proud to celebrate Tory Dille and Shoshana Grossman, this year’s Wyss Scholars from Lewis & Clark Law School. Both students have demonstrated exceptional dedication to environmental advocacy, public lands protection, and conservation law.
Practical & Impactful: The Small Business Legal Clinic
Offering both practical training for students and affordable legal assistance to entrepreneurs, the Small Business Legal Clinic is a win-win for Oregon businesses and the next generation of business attorneys.
Faculty Highlights
Charlie Martel
Does the Constitution give you a right to vote for the president of the United States?
Chris Wold
Multnomah County is seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its highest-ever temperatures during heat dome conditions in 2021 that killed 69 people.
Dan Rohlf
New monuments, drilling restrictions, and species protections could have lasting benefits.
Dan Rohlf
GOP-led Natural Resources Committee questions efficacy of Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act.