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Oregon Law Announces Order of the Coif Inductees

2020 Public Law and Policy Fellows
Public Law and Policy Program connects students with Policy Influencers
Public Law & Policy Fellows at the start of the academic year. Left to Right: McKenna Rackleff, Gareth Ford, Zach Metzger, Victoria Nguyen, Meghan Gross, and Taylor Kinch.
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What stands in the way of all those climate plans? The election — and the filibuster.
Grist: Assistant Professor Greg Dotson provides expert commentary.
Guest View: The many shapes of caregiving
The Register-Guard: Professor Michelle McKinley and UO anthropology faculty members MarÍa Fernanda Escallon and Lynn Stephen provide guest viewpoints.
Has Suncor Seen the Climate Crisis Coming for 61 Years?
The Tyee: Professor Mary Wood provides expert commentary.
Oregon Law Class Notes Summer 2020 
Quarterly alumni achievements are listed in alphabetical order.  Philip Bentley, BS ’94, JD ’00, was appointed CEO of the Portland-based Oregon Health Care Association, effective January 2021. 
Treaty Created To Stop Child Abductions Could Now Be Protecting Abusers
Who.What.Why.: Professor Merle Weiner provides expert commentary.
Did Congressional Lawmakers Create the Most Complete Climate Policy Plan Ever?
Green Tech Media: Assistant Professor Greg Dotson provides expert commentary in this Energy Gang podcast.
The coal-fired AES Hawaii Power Plant near Kalaeloa, Oahu, Hawaii, is pictured. Tony Webster/Flickr
States are banning coal. Will it change the electricity mix?
E&E News: Assistant Professor Greg Dotson provides expert commentary. 
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To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap
The Conversation: Associate Professor Michael Fakhri co-authors this piece for The Conversation. The story was picked up by the following outlets: Medical Xpress, Big News Network, Idaho Press-Tribune, Connecticut Post, Flipboard, EcoWatch, Houston Chronicle, InnerSelf, The Hour (Norwalk, CT), Australian Times, Rio de Janeiro News, Sydney News, Brisbane News, and Africa News.
City Club of Eugene: Should Citizens Choose their Legislators or Legislators Choose their Citizens?
KLCC: Professor Stuart Chinn provides background on some of the major US Supreme Court cases dealing with gerrymandering and attempts to curb some of the abuses.