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IELP presents Discussion Paper on Public Participation Reform to the Pacific Salmon Commissioners

IELP is victorious in fight to protect La Amistad International Park in Panama

CEC Petition	Turtle Treaty	CITES	Whaling
Climate Change	Genetic Resources	Trade & Environment	World Heritage Species

International Environmental Resources

About IELP

Through the on-campus International Environmental Law Project, students at the Lewis & Clark Law School work on a range of international environmental issues. Students may earn credit and gain experience under the supervision of international environmental lawyer Chris Wold, a clinical professor at the law school. Work currently focuses on trade and environment issues under the World Trade Organization and NAFTA, as well as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Students recently drafted a petition to the Commission on Environmental Cooperation, a body established under NAFTA's environmental side agreement, alleging that the United States is failing to enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Students also helped draft a tripartite treaty to protect sea turtles in the Caribbean waters of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Some of these projects have been done in conjunction with the Center for International Environmental Law.

Students help public interest environmental lawyers in developing countries create new law or strengthen existing law by providing legal memoranda on international and domestic legal issues. The work of students has helped win cases in Bangladesh (arguing that fisher men were owed lost wages as a result of the World Bank–sponsored Flood Action Plan) and Colombia (arguing that the discharge of pesticides into the sea created compensable damages). This work is done in conjunction with the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW), a global network of public interest environmental lawyers.

Who We Are

Chris Wold, Associate Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School; Director, IELP
Erica Thorson, Clinical Professor of Law; Staff Attorney, IELP

Clerks:

Ashley Jones
Clarke Thurmon
Genaro Lopez
Meredith Younghein
David Allen
Nick De LaFuente
Meg Patterson
Christine Gunn
Lizzy Zultoski
Sarah Kutil

Photo Credits:

Gorilla: WWF-Canon/Martin Harvey
Rhino, Cheetahs, and Zebras: Angie Brummitt
Sea Turtle, Whale fluke, and Shark: Courtesy of NOAA
Clearcut: Steve Holmer