Top Marks
L&C Earns Spot in Princeton Review’s Best Colleges for 2025
In addition to being listed among the nation’s 390 best colleges and on the Green College Honor Roll, Lewis & Clark received top rankings for most beautiful campus (No. 4), best college newspaper (No. 16), and most politically active students (No. 16).
Top Stories
Social Change and Innovation
Focusing on Women’s Health in West Africa
With funds from a Projects for Peace grant, Latifatou “Lati” Savadogo BA ’24 spent the summer working to provide life-saving health screenings to displaced women in her home country of Burkina Faso.
Leadership in Action
Championing the Tenets of Democracy
As a new member of College Presidents for Civic Preparedness, President Robin Holmes-Sullivan is joining 91 other college presidents from across the country to advance higher education’s pivotal role in preparing students to be engaged citizens and to uphold free expression on campus.
New Leadership
Professor Serves as Interim Law Dean
John Parry, a leading expert in civil litigation and international law, is serving as the law school’s interim dean until Alicia Ouellette starts her deanship in January 2025.
Student Support
Big Scholarship Opportunities to Graduate Students
The nearly $2 million Oregon Health Authority grant will support graduate students pursuing degrees in counseling, therapy, and school psychology over the next two years.
Spotlight: Experiential Education
Feya Dawkins BA ’25 spent her summer as an intern at SCRAP, a local nonprofit that turns trash into treasure.
This summer, Portland’s community gardens became a classroom for Assistant Professor of Biology Heidi Liere and two of her students. Together, they took a hands-on look at Portland’s lady beetle species to understand how these beneficial predators preserve biodiversity and respond to a changing climate.
“L&C gave me a rigorous education in the fundamentals of law, offered a variety of experiential learning opportunities, and empowered me to pursue a public interest law career!”
“I am an environmental health and safety intern for the Quaker Oats manufacturing plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I gained tangible experience and industry knowledge that I can apply to future careers through this internship.”
Lewis & Clark Law School is partnering with Metropolitan Public Defenders to offer a year-long Public Defense Practicum, giving our students practical experience at a time when Oregon is facing a crisis-level shortage of public defenders.
OPB reporter Elizabeth Miller followed a class of future secondary teachers and their professors as they explored the implications of an I-5 expansion on a North Portland neighborhood and middle school.
“During the [teaching] practicum, I was able to actively witness my students engaged in science content. Seeing my students excited about learning made me excited to teach! They recently completed a lab that modeled cell membrane functions through playing with bubbles, and just seeing how excited they were made me eager for new labs and lessons to come!”
L&C’s Small Business Legal Clinic offers students direct opportunities to provide legal support for small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout Oregon, including in rural areas where low-cost/no-cost legal services are unavailable.
Lewis & Clark is one of the first liberal arts colleges to offer an in-person, 4-credit Salesforce course leading to the company’s associate credential.
This summer, L&C students gained hands-on work experience through paid internships. These opportunities that give them the skills they need to be successful in a variety of careers.
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From the Magazine
What Does It Mean to Be a Liberal Gun Owner?
Professor Jennifer Hubbert examines how liberals define democracy and citizenship through owning guns.
Play Ball!
This spring marked the grand opening of the newly renovated Huston Memorial Sports Complex and the dedication of Jerry Gatto Field, named after the legendary L&C baseball coach.
Beyond the Bar
Lewis & Clark Law School is at the forefront of a movement to provide a rigorous—and more equitable—alternative to the bar exam. Professor Joanna Perini-Abbott is helping lead the conversation around licensure reform.