The 2025 U.S News & World Report rankings place Oregon Law's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center at #7 in the nation, marking ENR's twentieth year as a top-15 program.
Professor Emerita Roberta Mann co-organized the Tax Law, the Environment, and Climate Change Symposium hosted by Pace University's Environmental Law Review, where she also moderated a panel on "Carbon Taxes and Other Pricing Proposals."
Greg Giunta, JD '24, a former fellow with the ENR Center's Energy Law & Policy Project, was recently published in LSU's Journal of Energy and Resources with his article, "Climate Change as a National Emergency: Exploring Executive Powers."
In his capacity as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Professor Michael Fakhri authored a post on "The Relationship Between the Right to Food and Science and Innovation" for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's Science, Technology, and Innovation blog.
On Thursday, April 3, the University of Montana's Public Land & Resources Law Review will host the 2025 Frank & Elvira Jestrab Distinguished Lecture on Water, featuring Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law Adell Amos with her talk, "State Water Code Reform: Lessons for Oregon from Across the West." Livestream the lecture by Zoom.
With co-author Professor Tracey Roberts (Samford), Professor Emerita Roberta Mann published "The Long and Winding Road: The Inflation Reduction Act's Energy and Environmental Tax Credits" in the National Tax Journal.
On March 19, Professor Mary C. Wood will join a slate of expert speakers for "Examining State Climate Superfund Bills," a public webinar hosted by the Environmental Law Institute. Registration is required and free.
As part of her ongoing efforts as the Director of the Oregon Water Equity Fund, Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos joined advocates across Oregon's water justice network in giving testimony at a March legislative hearing for a proposed bill (HB 3528) that would ramp up investments in water-related work across the state.
We're on the environmental honor roll (again)! The latest issue of PreLaw Magazine gives the University of Oregon's environmental and natural resources law program an A+ grade for 2025.
For over four decades Land Air Water (LAW), an Oregon Law student organization, has organized, led, and hosted the oldest and largest Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) in the world.
