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The Portland City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday that prohibits plastic shopping bags at checkstands of major grocers and certain big-box stores. The new rules, designed to curb pollution, take effect Oct. 15. The linked video features L&C’s very own Tara Gallagher! Thanks for all your work on this, Tara!
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A career in law is one of many things a student can do with their liberal arts degree. Lewis & Clark teaches students the skills they will need to succeed in law school and in a law, business, government, or politics profession.
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Maya Gold ’14 and Walker Davis ’15 worked alongside Associate Professor of Political Science Todd Lochner and Assistant Professor of Political Science Ellen Seljan to conduct research on the regulatory structure of Oregon’s campaign finances. In the following Q&A, the students reflect on their experience.
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Notable guests bring inspiration and big ideas to campus.
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President Glassner shares his vision through writing, outreach, strategic planning.
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We’ve rounded up the 10 biggest Lewis & Clark stories of the year.
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Heidi Heitkamp J.D. ’80 is the first woman elected to represent North Dakota in either the U.S. Senate or House and the first Lewis & Clark graduate to serve as a U.S. senator. Prior to this notable victory, Heitkamp served as tax commissioner and attorney general, and led two successful ballot initiatives in North Dakota.
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As candidates for the nation’s highest office prepare for their final debate, Lewis & Clark’s President Barry Glassner and undergraduate student body president Xander Blair will host an event to cap off a busy election season.
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On August 29, Lewis & Clark Law School students Mallorie Grehn and J.J. England were following a conversation with President Obama on reddit when inspiration struck.
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This spring, Anthony Ruiz ’13 took his interest in political science out of the classroom and onto the campaign trail.
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This fall, Tod Sloan and Bruce Podobnik are leading a series of workshops for members of the Lewis & Clark community who want to be more effective community leaders and advocates.
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Jonathan Ostar, Lewis & Clark Law School alumnus, is working with West Hayden Island residents to ensure that the project, if built, has minimal impacts to that community. Ostar said Hayden Island residents, particularly those in a manufactured home community on the west side of the island, were initially left out of the conversation about the design of the project – and mitigation of its impacts.
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When Molly Hetz ’11 first volunteered in the rural village of Guarjila in northern El Salvador as a high school student, she immediately connected with the people and knew she needed to return.
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Professor Hart-Landsberg asserts in the
LA Times and on
his blog that arbitrating a controversial maritime border could defuse the current Korean conflict.
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Professor Abrams explores landmark case in new book
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This spring, the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark is hosting an exhibition that poses contemporary questions about the effects of the global marketplace.
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Margaret Doherty, M.A.T. ‘76, is a former teacher and education advocate. She will focus on education issues in her new role as representative of Oregon House District 35.
Read a profile of her.
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In an
Oregonian editorial, Professor
Rob Kugler suggests a cap-and-dividend provision for new climate change legislation as “an antidote to the lobbyists’ power and money.”
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In a recent
LA Times article, law professor John Parry offered his views on the legal justifications outlined in the interrogation memos written in 2002 and recently released by the Obama Administration.
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Bruce Podobnik, associate professor of sociology, shared his thoughts with FOXNews.com about the book Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez handed to President Obama at the Summit of the Americas earlier this month.
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Kugler, chair of the
Religious Studies Department, published an editorial that highlights his concerns for leaving future generations a livable planet.
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Political science professor
Todd Lochner and Rhett Tatum ‘06, along with fellow researcher and political scientist Dorie Apollonio, were recognized by the editorial board of
Regulation & Governance for their joint article,
Wheat from Chaff: Third Party Monitoring and FEC Enforcement Actions.