ENR News and Features

Through the nonprofit Our Children’s Trust, 16 Montana youths ages 5-22 sued the state for violating their constitutional rights to a clean environment. The plaintiffs in Held v. Montana made history this June when their lawsuit became the first such case to make it to trial.
The University of Oregon School of Law invites applications from entry-level candidates for a tenure-track assistant professor position focusing on Environmental Law and Climate Justice. The position, which begins in August 2024, will be part of the University’s multi-disciplinary Environmental Initiative and the Law School’s nationally ranked Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center.
Nearly a third of the world doesn’t have enough food. Hunger is rising in every country, from the US to Uganda. Yet despite this demand, there is an imbalance in supply: small farms are mostly toiling in poverty while global agribusinesses enjoy historic profits. This is the state of an international food crisis, according to Michael Fakhri, a professor in the University of Oregon School of Law. Fortunately, he’s perfectly positioned to do something about it.
Please join Oregon Law's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center and cross-campus partners for the 17th Annual Rennard Strickland Lecture this fall! The free and public lecture will begin at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. Join in-person in Room 175 of the William W.
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
Around the O: Professor Dotson is featured for his climate change work in the US Capitol.
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, 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
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.