March 10th, 2009
19th Annual PILP Benefit Auction
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Lewis & Clark Law School
Masquerade Masks Encouraged.
Sip champagne while bidding on Silent Auction Items from 5:30 – 6:00pm only. (Silent Auction opens to public at 6:00pm)
Alumni Reception 5:30-6:30pm in Faculty Reading Room ( First Floor) Featuring hors d’oeuvres and wine available only at the Alumni Reception.
February 23rd, 2009
Congratulations Tarah Heinzen, Erica Maharg, and Lizzy Zultoski, who triumphed over 71 other teams in winning the Pace National Environmental Moot Court Championship this weekend.! After advancing to the quarterfinal round with 26 other teams, this year’s trio knocked out the University of Houston and the University of Colorado in the quarterfinals, then Harvard and Drexel in the semifinals, and finally the University of Utah and Louisiana State University in the finals.
This marks the second year in a row that Lewis & Clark Law School has won this competition, and the 6th time in the last 16 years (only one other school has ever won twice).
April 21st, 2008
The purpose of the Roberta Phillip Scholarship Reception is to raise money for scholarships to enable graduates of Rosemary Anderson Alternative High School (POIC) to attend college or vocational school. All proceeds from the reception will go toward such scholarships. Rosemary Anderson is an alternative high school in North Portland that serves predominantly at-risk youth of color, and for many of the students, this is their last attempt at high school. The high school has been recognized as one of the top five alternative programs in Oregon.
The scholarship is named after Roberta Phillip. Roberta is a graduate of Lewis & Clark law school (’06). After working as a classroom educator at Key West High School in Florida, Roberta decided to pursue a law degree in the hopes of affecting policy and programs effectively geared toward youth development. She became frustrated with the prevailing attitude that little energy should be focused on teens, and in particular at-risk teens, because it was too late to help them. Believing that it was not too late, she started a mentorship program in 2004 (her second year of law school). The program’s purpose is to provide one on one adult relationships for the students at Rosemary Anderson. The program matches one youth with one law student, in the hope that the youth will challenge ingrained beliefs regarding his/her own potential. Further, entrance into the program by the high school students does not require a minimum GPA. Roberta recognized that sometimes the kids most in need of the mentorship were those who were struggling in school or were not fully engaged. The program has served over fifty youths to date.
* Please reserve your spot today. Want to pay at the door? Email lawevent@lclark.edu with your plans to attend.
February 25th, 2008
Lewis & Clark law students Bethany Cotton, Liz Crosson and Misty Federoff won the 2008 Pace National Environmental Moot Court championship from a field of 70 teams. This is the fifth time Lewis & Clark has won the national competition.
National Animal Advocacy Appellate Moot Court Competition
Lewis & Clark once again took the championship in the National Center for Animal Law’s National Animal Advocacy Moot Court Competition at Harvard. Erin Smith and Lauren Goldberg won the competition, with Erin receiving the Best Oralist award.
January 15th, 2008
An estimated one-third of young Americans are uninsured, which is unacceptable to Jeff Traylor, a Lewis & Clark Law School student from Kirkland, Washington. Traylor is part of a growing number of individuals turning to the social networking site Facebook to advocate for universal health care. Having confronted the choice facing many Americans between paying bills or buying medicine, Traylor created a Facebook group that he hopes will help people “get organized, get active, and begin the campaign for reform and a real solution.†Read more about Traylor’s story at Politico.
November 12th, 2007
L&C Law School Snapshots tells the tale of four students with a wide range of backgrounds, interests and observations. They write to share information and blog about their unique law school experiences. These are their stories, as they unfold.
August 24th, 2007
Since 1973, Lewis & Clark Law School has set aside an evening to celebrate the accomplishments of its graduates and to acknowledge the generosity and commitment of munificent individuals. This year, the Law School will recognize The Stella Manabe ’92 as its distinguished graduate during a special awards banquet on Saturday, October 13. The Law School will also recognize Paul Casey as an honorary graduate.
June 8th, 2007
Professors Chris Wold and Erica Thorson of the Law School’s International Environmental Law Project (IELP), and six Lewis & Clark law students are in The Hague, Netherlands helping the 171 member governments make decisions to protect species from overutilization due to international trade.
Read their daily reports from behind the scenes.
May 24th, 2007
Catch up on the last 30 years! Gather with fellow classmates for drinks and hors d’ oeuvres, dinner and dancing at Hotel Monaco.
Class of 1977 Thirty Year Class Year on Saturday, July 28, 2007.  Register today!
April 9th, 2007
Lewis & Clark law student Charles Neal has been the driving force behind a project to honor York, the lone African American on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with a permanent memorial on campus.