Realizing the Goal of Water for Life: Lessons from Around the World, an international conference two years in the making, will be held at National Law University in New Delhi, India on May 30-31st. This event is part of the Law School’s ongoing relationship with National Law Universities in India.
Three of the 16+ students headed abroad this summer for externships share their stories.
The Lewis & Clark ILS, led by President Linli Pao, earned the Best Academic International Event Chapter Award from the group’s international parent association.
Professors Chris Wold and Erica Lyman of Lewis & Clark Law School’s International Environmental Law Project (IELP) are on the road again. After traveling to Doha for the climate change negotiations where IELP provided legal assistance to Pacific island countries, they are now in Bangkok with seven IELP students to help 178 governments make decisions to protect species from overutilization due to international trade. They are participating in the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) from March 3-14, 2013.
Sarah Perelstein is an extern working on climate change treat negotiations
A student-led reading group takes a hands-on approach to international legal research.
Three 1Ls ventured to Delhi to live and learn for the summer.
Faculty and students from Kangwon National University will visit and attend environmental law classes on January 28 – February 1, 2013.
Wanted: Law students with a sense of adventure. Must be able to tolerate heavy traffic, heat, and humidity. Work with Supreme Court advocates, leading nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), or specialty law firms to gain hands-on experience and lasting connections. Location: India.
The Law School Dean met with Madame Lee Hee-Ho, a world-renowned champion for peace, at her residence in Seoul.
Aubrey Baldwin, clinical professor of law and staff attorney at the Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC), spent three weeks in Korea this summer teaching Comparative Environmental Law at Kangwon National University School of Law in the city of Chuncheon (about an hour from Seoul).
“I think every lawyer needs to know something about cross-border issues in order to competently practice law. Lewis & Clark and the Global Law Program give them that opportunity.”