Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law
Lawyers and policy professionals play key roles in solving some of the world’s most complex environmental challenges. Today, practitioners must solve pollution problems, protect natural resources, and develop clean energy sources against the backdrop of a changing climate and efforts to promote environmental justice.
Law is a vital tool for forging more sustainable, resilient, and equitable societies.
Turn your passion into your profession. Join one of the top environmental law programs in the country and gain the legal expertise and experience to tackle the environmental, natural resource, and energy challenges of today and tomorrow.
JD in Environmental Law LLM – in person or online MSL – in person or online
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Climate Resilience & Energy
Global Environment
Air, Water & Land
Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Environmental Justice & Sustainability
Oceans & Rivers
Spotlight
Announcing the 2025-26 Law Scholars for Change Scholarship Recipients
Read the storyMeet three outstanding JD scholarship students committed to pursuing careers challenging industrial animal agriculture: Josephine Blatny, Camille Bond, and Nicole Wood.
GEI in the news!
Read the storyGEI staff attorney expressed concerns about Pacific Power’s decision to remove the Boardman to Hemingway planned transmission line from its Integrated Resource Plan. In response to a citizens’ request to revoke the certificate allowing condemnation of private property.
GEI, Sierra Club, Mobilizing Climate Action Together, and the Northwest Energy Coalition argued that the that the certificate was premised upon the transmission line’s “broad public benefits, not the needs of a single private entity.” Allowing PacifiCorp to change course would “violate the spirit and legal framework under which the line was approved by this commission,” Alex Houston, an attorney with the Green Energy Institute who represents the groups, told commissioners. It would also “harm Oregon customers and set a dangerous precedent wherein the justifications supporting issuance of a certificate may summarily be disregarded once the utility gets approval,” he said.
2025 Wyss Scholar: Shoshana Grossman ’26 Desires to Effectuate Change in the World of Land Conservation and Protection
Read the storyShoshana Grossman JD ’26 is one of two Wyss Scholars selected from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2025. Shoshana plans to to leverage her education to effectuate change in the world of land conservation and protection, specifically at the intersection of public lands, waters, and indigenous law.
Environmental Moot Court Team Wins Ninth National Championship
Read the storyLewis & 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.
2025 Wyss Scholar: Tory Dille ’26 and Her Rich Background in Environmental Advocacy
Read the storyTory Dille JD ’26 is one of two Wyss Scholars selected from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2025. As a Wyss Scholar, Tory plans to leverage her experiences in place-based education, conservation, and genuine connection to issues facing wildlife and lands in the West to continue making positive change in the world of environmental law.
