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.
Can you believe the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference is just one week away? Come see us at PIELC 2025 from February 28 to March 1, at the University of Oregon.
"I just worry, as someone who uses the electricity system in Oregon and has some familiarity with energy policy, that we could end up really regretting what's happened with employment at BPA in the coming months," Professor Dotson warns in a recent Oregon Public Broadcasting article, "'Unleash American blackouts': Experts warn Bonneville job cuts bring immediate and long-term risks to Pacific N
On February 21, Professor Adell Amos joins the Honorable Jack L. Landau as a panelist on "The impact of the US Supreme Court Loper Bright decision on state administrative law practice, or, Is the administrative law sky actually falling after Loper Bright?" The CLE discussion is hosted by the Oregon State Bar's Administrative Law Section.
