News and Events

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.

Deadline: May 31, 2025

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.

NW Natural seeks a 7% increase two months after the Oregon Public Utility Commission approved its rate increase.

GEI offers opinions about legislation that would require utility transparency about spending ratepayer dollars on efforts to undermine climate policy and avoid wildfire litigation liability. GEI also addresses Oregon’s transportation funding shortfall.

Behind the viral memes lies the opportunity for an important conversation about wild animal protection

Tory 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.

Shoshana 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.

On January 2, 2025, Alicia Ouellette took the helm as the Jordan D. Schnitzer Dean of Lewis & Clark Law School.

“Dean Ouellette’s expertise and visionary leadership are exactly what is needed to build on the law school’s success and lead it into the future,” said Robin Holmes-Sullivan, president of Lewis & Clark.

Justin Kooyman, a Master of Studies in Environmental Law candidate at Lewis & Clark Law School and Director of Trail Operations for the Pacific Crest Trail Association recently had his paper, “Along” the National Scenic Trails: A Case Study of Statutory Interpretation, published in the Environmental Law Reporter. 

Bob Sallinger, who sadly passed away in October, was for decades one of the most tireless and effective advocates for conservation in both the Portland area and across the state of Oregon.

Earthrise Law Center is now accepting applications from current law students who will have completed their 1L year by April 2025—or anyone who has already completed more than 32 credits of course work—for its summer 2025 clerkship program.

This past Tuesday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, former Earthrise legal fellow and current Public Justice staff attorney Haley Nicholson delivered her first (of many, we are certain) appellate oral argument on behalf of our client, American Whitewater. 

Earthrise is looking for a smart, enthusiastic, hard-working person with a positive attitude and a desire to have a career in the public interest environmental legal field.