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| FACULTY EXPERTS | Title | sUBJECT AREA |
|---|---|---|
| Adell Amos | Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Drought, Environment, Natural Resources, Wilderness, Conservation, EPA, Policy, Law |
| Howard Arnett | Professor of Practice | American Indian Law, Tribal Law, Comparative Law of Indigenous Peoples, International Law of Indigenous Peoples |
| Marcilynn A. Burke | Dean and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law | Natural Resources Law, Property Law, Takings, Eminent Domain, and Ballot Initiatives |
| Stuart Chinn | Associate Dean for Programs and Research; James O. and Alfred T. Goodwin Senior Fellow; Faculty Director, Public Law and Policy Program; Director of Externships | Constitutional Law, Constitutional Legislation, Legal and Political History |
| Greg Dotson | Assistant Professor of Law | Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Energy Law, Climate Change Law and Policy |
| Michael Fakhri | Associate Professor | Food, Farming, Food Policy, Environment |
| Judy Giers | Pro Tem Instructor | Experiential learning, constitutional law, administrative law (state and federal), public law, health law, trial practice, appellate practice, marijuana law |
| Erik Girvan | Associate Professor and CRES Faculty Co-Director | Civil Litigation, Conflict and Dispute Resolution, Criminal Law, Appropriate Dispute Resolution, Oregon Child Advocacy Project, Psychology |
| Roberta Mann | Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Stewart Professor of Business Law | Tax Law, Business Law |
| Mohsen Manesh | Associate Professor, Faculty Director, Portland Program | Corporate, Contract and LLC Law |
| Michael Musheno | Professor, Faculty Director, Undergraduate Legal Studies | Social agency of youth, the state’s frontline workforce, policing and surveillance, the social and cultural dynamics of law |
| Ofer Raban | Professor, Elmer Sahlstrom Senior Faculty Fellow | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judicial Philosophy |
| Elizabeth Tippett | Associate Professor and CRES Faculty Co-Director | Employment Law, Behavioral Ethics, Decision Making, #MeToo |
| Merle Weiner | Philip H. Knight Professor | Domestic Abuse Law, Family Law, International and Comparative Family Law, Family Law Policy, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction |
| Mary Wood | Philip H. Knight Professor, Faculty Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center | Environment, Climate Change, Youth Climate Change Lawsuit, Native Lands, Atmospheric Trust Litigation |