ENR News and Events

In Latest Essay, Dotson Explores New Questions Around the Congressional Review Act

Professor Howard Arnett presents at a podium in front of a PowerPoint slide with a map showing reservation lands of the Seminole Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, and Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta: What the Case Means for Tribal Sovereignty
Oregon Law Professor of Practice Howard Arnett and Stanford Law Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese present at Oregon Law's 2022 O'Connell Conference. 
Attendees of the "Navigating Climate Action & Administrative Authority in the Wake of the Major Questions Doctrine" panel discussion fill a law school classroom
West Virginia v. EPA: Navigating Climate Action & Administrative Authority in the Wake of the Major Questions Doctrine
Oregon Law Professor Greg Dotson and Professor Lisa Heinzerling discuss how the Major Questions Doctrine is impacting environmental policymaking and climate action. 
Professor Wood Gives Feature Address at 2022 Connect+ Conference
Professor Mary Wood delivered the keynote address at the North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection's 2022 Connect+ Conference with her talk, "The Oregon Forest Trust: An Ecological Endowment for Posterity." 
New Fellows Announced for Oregon Law Programs
The new fellows for the upcoming school year have been announced for Oregon Law’s Business Law, Environmental and Natural Resources, and Public Law and Policy programs.The Business Law Program
Congress and Climate Change with Professor Greg Dotson
Oregon Law Professor Greg Dotson, an expert on Congress and environmental policy, discusses historic climate legislation he worked on as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
As chief counsel for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Greg Dotson helped shepherd a major infrastructure bill through Congress. The bill includes funding for electric vehicles and public transit. (Image: THINK b/Adobe Stock)
Law professor tackles climate change legislation in US Senate
Around the O: Professor Dotson is featured for his climate change work in the US Capitol.
Breaking Trail: For Renowned Environmental Law Scholar, Knight Professorship Enables Innovation
Mary Wood is profiled by UO Giving.
23Overall US News rankings
University of Oregon Law School Continues Climb in U.S. News Rankings
U.S. News and World Report released its 2023 Best Law Schools rankings. The University of Oregon School of Law climbed to #67 from last year’s #72 rank, the highest rank in at least two decades. The school remains #1 in the state. The Legal Research and Writing Program repeats its ranking as #1 (tied) in the nation. Two other Oregon Law programs rose among the nation’s top programs: Environmental Law (#7) and Dispute Resolution (#9).
Professor Michael Fahkri to Deliver Lecture on Food Policy
Professor Michael Fahkri, who is currently serving as the United Nations Special Rapporteur On The Right To Food, will deliver the Kent Law annual Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) lecture on the topic of impact of Covid-19 on food security and global food supply on Monday March 8 at 11am PST. The title of his lecture is "The Radical Potential of the Right to Food," and it
PIELC: John Leshy to Speak on Public Lands History, New Book
John Leshy is emeritus professor at U.C. Hastings College of the Law and former Solicitor (general counsel) of the U.S. Department of the Interior. On March 1, Yale University Press will publish his book Our Common Ground.  It’s the first comprehensive history of America’s public lands — those managed by the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S.