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Oregon Law’s faculty is a diverse, accomplished group of leading scholars whose work enriches academic discourse and addresses pressing societal issues. They bring their passion and scholarship into the classroom every day. Their commitment to excellence is also why the School of Law has three top-rated specialty programs: Legal Research and WritingAppropriate Dispute Resolution, and Environmental and Natural Resources Law.

Sought nationally and internationally for their legal expertise in a variety of legal subjects, our faculty members appear before Congress, are quoted in The New York Times, serve as a UN Special Rapporteur, work on projects across the country and globe—and yet they remain incredibly accessible to students. Here at Oregon Law, you can learn from professors who literally “wrote the book” in their areas of focus. 

96
Instructional Faculty MemberS
10
UO Distinguished Teaching Awards
6
American Law Institute Members

Faculty Research & Scholarship

Adell Amos standing in front of the Willamette River

Study Offers New Approach for Willamette River Drought Fixes

Timing and location are vital considerations in managing drought risks that are rising along Oregon’s Willamette River because of a changing climate, a six-member team from five institutions, including Oregon Law, reported in the journal Nature Sustainability.

“Our research team highlighted the importance of deploying policy interventions in a thoughtful and proactive way rather than as a reactionary response to increasing cycles of drought.”

—Adell Amos, Researcher, Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law

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Oregon Law 2024 Faculty Impact Report Front Cover
 

Oregon Law faculty produce scholarship that crosses disciplinary boundaries, explores doctrinal and practical challenges, and reimagines systems of justice. 

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Publications

Read the latest books, book chapters, and casebooks written and edited by Oregon Law Faculty.

JENNIFER REYNOLDS

Dean and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership & Law
Star Wars and Conflict Resolution II: My Negotiations Will Not Fail, co-authored with Noam Ebner (DRI Press, 2024).

SUZANNE ROWE

James L. and llene R. Hershner Professor
Oregon Legal Research, 5th ed., co-authored with Austin (Carolina Academic Press, 2022).

ADELL AMOS

Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law
Water Law in a Nutshell, 6th ed., co-authored with Zellmer (West Academic Publishing, 2021).

OFER RABAN

Professor
The Silent Prologue: How Judicial Philosophies Shape Our Constitutional Rights (University of Virginia Press, 2020).

MARY WOOD

Philip H. Knight Professor
The Public Trust Doctrine in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, 4th ed., co-authored with Blumm and Dernbach (Carolina Academic Press, 2025).

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Faculty Making News

 

UO Legal Scholar Laid Foundation for Montana Lawsuit
Mary Wood's pioneering legal approach was at the heart of the landmark climate case
Fighting Hunger from the Willamette Valley
Professor Michael Fakhri is the food law expert for the United Nations—and an avid backyard gardener
Woman with long grey hair and purple shirt smiling and standing outside
Roberta Mann Featured in 2023 WalletHub Tax Survey
Professor Roberta Mann was recently interviewed to interpret the results of WalletHub's recent taxes survey 

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