Oceans, Coasts, and Watersheds Project

Reed grew up in Vermont, the Green Mountain State. He has always had a passion for the outdoors, whether it be on the ski slopes or the Long Trail. Reed received his undergraduate degree from The George Washington University, where he studied International Affairs, Economics, and Spanish. After graduating, he lived in Manhattan and Denver, working in financial services. 

Over the course of his time at Oregon Law, Reed has developed a passion for environmental and water law. During his 2L summer, he interned for the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, working alongside the Office of the General Counsel and Hearing Examiners to regulate electric and water utilities. This experience highlighted the importance of robust energy and water management regulation — a field Reed is excited to research and explore further during his 3L year. 

Jay is from Boise, Idaho. He fell in love with the outdoors growing up camping and hiking in Idaho's mountains and forests. Jay has a keen interest in administrative law and water law, having written about the intersection between the major questions doctrine and water quality standards. When he's not budy studying, Jay enjoys backpacking, hiking, camping, running, and ultimate frisbee. 

As a 2L at Oregon Law, Jay served as a Conference Co-director for the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), externed at the Eugene federal courthouse, and worked as a research assistant for Professor Adell Amos. During his 2L summer, he worked for Oregon Wild, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting Oregon's old-growth forests, waters, and wildlife through litigation and legislation. 

Cara grew up in New York, but she has called many places "home," including Maine, Massachusetts, the San Juan Islands in Washington State, and now Oregon. 

Cara's work experience prior to law school included supporting climate tech startups, managing solar projects, and outdoor guiding. As a 2L, Cara worked as a legal research assistant for the Oregon Law Commission, supporting law reform. During her 2L summer, she interned with the in-house legal department at KEEN Footwear. As a 3L, in addition to her ENR Fellowship, Cara is serving as Executive Editor of the Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation and as a legal clerk for Oregon Public Broadcasting. 

Cara holds a B.A. in environmental policy from Colby College. In her free time, she enjoys biking, frequenting indie movie theaters, and reading The New Yorker. 

Sarah is originally from Nova Scotia, Canada. She holds a bachelor's degree in general science from the University of Waterloo in Ontario. Much of her undergraduate coursework focused on earth and environmental sciences. 

Sarah spent the summer after her 1L year working on wildlife crossing initiatives as a law and policy fellow with Wildlands Network. She spent her 2L summer in Portland as a summer associate at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, where she worked primarily on natural resources issues. She is excited to return to Wildlands Network as an extern in spring 2027. 

Outside of law school, Sarah is a competitive Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete and an outdoor enthusiast. She spends her free time exploring the wilderness and now happily calls the Pacific Northwest her home.

Cecilia grew up on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. She moved west to attend Colorado College, where she majored in environmental studies and anthropology. She focused her undergraduate studies on the intersection of people and the natural world and the ways law shapes how communities allocate resources in response to a changing environment. For her senior thesis, Cecilia studies multigenerational farmers navigating drought and legal pressures surrounding water access. She also partnered with the U.S. Geological Survey on paleoclimate research using tree-ring data, a project she continues today. 

After graduation, Cecilia worked for the Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative in Salida, Colorado, where she collaborated with water managers to develop creative approaches to managing an over-appropriated river in ways that benefit water users, aquatic species, and watershed health. 

At Oregon Law, Cecilia is pursuing environmental and natural resources law, with particular interests in water and public lands. In her free time, she enjoys climbing, running, playing guitar, and exploring the outdoors with her puppy. 

Emily is an LLM student studying environmental and natural resources law, with interests in public lands and western water law. She earned a J.D. and an M.A. in environment and natural resources (ENR) from the University of Wyoming College of Law and the Haub School of ENR. She has a B.A. in political science from the University of Iowa, where she minored in economics and Latin. 

Before joining Oregon Law's LLM program, Emily served as the student director of the Gina Guy Center for Land & Water Law at the University of Wyoming and worked as a full-time legislative editor and a summer legal division intern for the Wyoming Legislative Service Office. She also served as an articles editor on the Wyoming Law Review editorial board and held several leadership positions in the Natural Resource Law Club. 

Bryant proudly hails from the rolling hills of Central Pennsylvania. He was fortunate to grow up spending seasons on the water with his dad. These experiences instilled lifelong passions for water, fish, and wild places. Bryant graduated with honors in political science and environmental studies from Penn State, completing a thesis that surveyed public opinion on America's public lands. After graduating, Bryant worked as an organizer for the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania and for his local fly-fishing outfitter. 

Bryant chose Oregon Law for its formidable environmental law program and proximity to Oregon's steelhead rivers. As a law student, Bryant continues to live and work passion-forward. After his 1L year, he worked as a law and policy extern for Trout Unlimited. As a 2L, he served as a board member for Land Air Water, became a board member for the Eugene-Redsides chapter of Trout Unlimited, and externed for Cascadia Wildlands. Bryant spent his 2L summer working for the Northwestern Division of the Army Corps of Engineers in Portland. During his time with the Corps, he learned more about the trust relationship between the federal government and the Tribes of the Columbia Basin, the enforcement of the Clean Water Act, and the legal framework governing civil works projects on the Columbia River. Bryant hopes to take his experiences from law school to pursue a career in environmental advocacy and natural resources management. 

In addition to his passions for fish and water, Bryant loves southern Italian food, Labrador Retrievers, spending time with his partnerr and family, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. In his free time, he can be found on the water. 

Blakely was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, but it was her summers on North Carolina's coast that sparked her passion for the environment. She dove deeper into environmental issues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated with a B.A. in Environmental Studies and minors in Women and Gender Studies and Environmental Justice. Blakely's interest in the environment led her to Oregon Law, where she hopes to learn how the law can be used to address coastal issues. 

During her 1L summer, Blakely interned for the National Sea Grant Law Center, researching federal and state responses to contaminants of emerging concern. She spent her 2L summer working to support the Southern Environmental Law Center's advocacy related to wetlands and coastal issues in North Carolina. Now a 3L, Blakely serves as Co-Directro of Land Air Water.