The University of Oregon chapter of the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) will host the inaugural Summit for Northwest American Indian Law (SNAIL) at the law school on Saturday, February 7, 2026. The theme for SNAIL 2026 is "Moving Beyond Acknowledgment."
Professor Michael Fakhri—the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and faculty co-leader of the ENR Center's Food Sovereignty Project—is co-editor on the newly published Research Handbook on Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL).
In the Oceans, Coasts, and Watersheds Project's latest report, co-authors Michelle Smith and ENR Fellows Andrew Archer and Max McCool explore opportunities and challenges to allocating groundwater rights in a way that protects groundwater-dependent ecosystems in Oregon.
Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law Adell Amos presented "Protecting Conservation Values in Water Law—How Citizens Can Engage with State and Federal Water Law" at a recent Webinar on Western Water hosted by the Sierra Club.
In his final appearance before the United Nations General Assembly in his capacity as the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Professor Michael Fakhri emphasized what he characterized as the failure of the United Nations to adequately address famine and genocide in Gaza.
Professor Michael Fakhri, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, is among several UN experts calling for "binding accountability for agribusiness" to safeguard human rights and global food security.
Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos, a Professor of Practice at Oregon Law, was appointed by Oregon Governor Tina Kotek to serve on the Oregon Environmental Restoration Council, where Senior Fellow Charles F. "Chuck" Sams III and alumna Cheyenne Holliday, CRES '20, have held leadership roles since May 2025.
The Capital Press quoted Associate Professor Greg Dotson in a recent article, "Oregon Urged to Cut Emissions Despite Federal Climate Hostility." Professor Dotson, an expert on environmental and energy policy, said, "For continued progress growing the clean energy sector, for addressing climate change, it is going to rely on state leadership and the private sector."
Amy Bowers Cordalis—a mother, fisherwoman, attorney, and member and former General Counsel of the Yurok Nation—presented the 19th Annual Rennard Strickland Lecture. A recording of her talk, "The Water Remembers...And So Does the Law," is now available.
Associate Professor Greg Dotson was invited this fall to present before the Oregon House Interim Committee on Climate, Energy, and Environment. His presentation focused on "Impacts of Recent Federal Actions on Energy- and Environment-Related Agency Operations and Renewable Energy in Oregon."
