Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law Adell Amos presented "Living with Water: Sovereignty as a Framework for Public Rights and Interests" as a keynote speaker at the Association of Pacific Rim Universities' Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference at Simon Frasier University in Burnaby, British Columbia. 

Oregon Law is thrilled to welcome Charles F. "Chuck" Sams III (Cayuse and Walla Walla) as the inaugural Oregon Tribes Scholar-in-Residence and Senior Fellow with the ENR Center's Native Environmental Sovereignty Project. 

In his latest opinion piece for The Hill, Professor Greg Dotson describes how Senate budget rules around indirect budgetary effects, if followed as they were in 2021, could prevent Republican efforts to "defund, repeal and rewrite the nation's energy, environment, and climate policies."

Anna Brady (JD '18), a former ENR Fellow with the Native Environmental Sovereignty Project whose current work as an attorney at Ziontz Chestnut blends environmental and Indian law, was profiled in The National Jurist's Spring 2025 issue.

Professor Emerita Susan Gary recently served as the Cheng Yu Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong. On July 4, she will present "Planning with Purpose: Purpose Trusts, Charitable Gifts, and Business Succession Planning" at HKU's Trusts, Wealth Management, and Philanthropy Conference. 

On June 12, Professor Emerita Susan Gary will present "Business Succession and Purpose Trusts — The Case of Patagonia" at "Evolving Roles of Purpose Trusts: Comparative Perspectives and New Frontiers," a webinar sponsored by the STEP Lugano Centre. 

On June 16, Orlando John and Marian H. Hollis Professor of Law Tom Lininger will present “Mobility and Resilience in Fire-Prone Areas of the Wildland-Urban Interface" at Columbia University's Mobility and Resilience Conference. 

The Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation (JELL) has published their fortieth volume with articles spanning topics from groundwater law reform to the rights of nature. 

ENR, the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, the Public Service & Policy Program, and the Business Law Program co-hosted an Oregon Law Fellows Reception at the Grand Opening of UO's new Portland Campus. 

Associate Professor Greg Dotson explores the energy, science, tax, and regulatory policies Congress has promulgated to advance a dominant future for electric vehicles in his latest article, "Congress's Fifty Year Mission to Transition Motor Vehicles: A Brief History of Federal Electric Vehicle Policy in the United States."