Assistant Professor Sarah Adams published "Land Law Localism and the Climate Resilience Paradox" in the Stanford Law & Policy Review in 2025. In a recent review, leading property law scholar Sara Bronin (George Washington) calls Adams' article "powerful" and an important call to action.
Associate Professor Greg Dotson—faculty leader of the ENR Center's Energy Law and Policy Project (ELPP)—brought ELPP Fellows to participate at a meeting of the Oregon Data Center Advisory Committee in Portland.
The recipient of the Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching, Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law Adell Amos takes a pedagogical approach informed by her own experience attending the University of Oregon School of Law. What else shapes her pedagogy? As she says, "I love practicing law."
Supported by the Oregon Water Equity Fund and informed by engagement with the Oregon Water Justice Network, the ENR Center's Oceans, Coasts, and Watersheds Project—in collaboration with hydrologist Todd Jarvis—has launched a new video series to address key topics across water law, policy, and infrastructure.
The latest report by the ENR Center's Food Sovereignty Project examines OR HB 3372—new state legislation that creates a groundwater use exemption for the irrigation of commercial and non-commercial gardens—and explores potential implications for local and Tribal food producers.
This March, student volunteers again planned Oregon Law’s Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, the largest and longest running event of its kind. This year marked the 44th year for the annual conference, which was organized around the theme “Fight Back, Voices for Good.”
In another episode of the This is Oregon podcast, Philip H. Knight Professor of Law Mary C. Wood discusses the Atmospheric Trust Litigation strategy, nature-based approaches to protecting blue carbon areas, and the "PNW Framework for Atmospheric Recovery."
In the latest U.S. News & World Report, Oregon Law's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center ranks #8 in the nation. Distinguished by its specialized curriculum, innovative research, and robust community engagement, the ENR Center has been among the highest-ranking programs in the United States for decades.
That's a wrap on PIELC 2026! Learn more about the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference—an annual, one-of-a-kind event at the University of Oregon—in Oregon News.
In the latest white paper by the ENR Center's Conservation Trust Project, Philip H. Knight Professor of Law Mary Christina Wood and ENR Fellow Danny Billick explore links between the environmental justice movement and the Public Trust Doctrine—both of which seek to secure sustainable and equitable environmental benefits for all.
