Topic: law clinic

Conference to bring together animal law experts from around the world

6 October 2008

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Engaging our World
  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—Legal issues involving animals—from pet food contamination to wildlife habitat protection—frequently appear in national and international headlines. Such issues are waking up the world—everyone from average pet-owners to professionals working in all sectors—to the immense scope and reach of the field of animal law. Leading animal law experts will convene at the 16th annual Animal [...]

Law School awarded grant for clinical law project on affordable housing

18 September 2008

  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—The Collins Foundation has awarded a grant totaling $180,000 to support the Community Development, Nonprofit and Affordable Housing Practicum, a joint clinical law project of the Lewis & Clark Law School and the Community Development Law Center.  The practicum project serves community development corporations and nonprofits focused on economic development and affordable housing issues [...]

New executive director named to lead National Crime Victim Law Institute

20 June 2008

  • Engaging our World
  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)–Meg Garvin has been named as the new Executive Director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI), an organization that advances crime victims’ rights. Garvin, formerly NCVLI’s Director of Programs, replaces Doug Beloof, professor of law. Beloof, who founded NCVLI at Lewis & Clark Law School in 1998, will return to teaching full [...]

Small Business Legal Clinic awarded Murdock grant

3 April 2008

  • Engaging our World

(Portland, Ore.)—The Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC) has been awarded a $224,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to fund a new executive director position, allowing the SBLC to increase the number of clients it serves. Murdock Charitable Trust’s gift adds to the SBLC’s impressive network of partners and supporters from the public and [...]

Environmental Law Program receives top ranking by U.S. News & World Report

2 April 2008

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Engaging our World

(Portland, Ore.)—Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental Law Program ranks No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 annual rankings of law schools. This is the eighth time that the environmental law program has taken top honors in this field since 1997. The ranking was produced through a survey of faculty from across the [...]

Giving voice to victims of crime

10 January 2008

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Engaging our World

(Portland, Ore.)—The National Crime Victims Law Institute (NCVLI) is spearheading a new judicial era for victims’ rights by implementing landmark legislation in court cases across the country. With support from NCVLI, a 2004 law granting victims rights is being taking seriously in courtrooms nationwide. Read about NCVLI’s work to guarantee that victims’ rights are “more [...]

Lewis & Clark Law School provides legal service for loss of family pet

7 June 2007

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—Lewis & Clark Law School’s National Center for Animal Law is taking action for a more humane community by protecting animals and their owners. The center’s Animal Law Clinic will represent two Columbia County residents who recently filed a civil suit to recover damages for the death of their dog, Kalua. Allegedly shot by [...]