Environmental and Natural Resources Law

	Adell Amos Assistant Professor and Director of ENR Profile Website E-mail	John Bonine Professor of Law Profile Website E-mail	Greg Costello Adjunct Professor of Law Profile Website E-mail
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	Susan N. Gary Associate Professor of Law Profile Website E-mail	Ibrahim J. Gassama Associate Professor of Law Profile Website E-mail	Jennifer Gleason Adjunct Professor, Staff Attorney, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide Profile Website E-mail
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	Richard G. Hildreth Professor of Law; Director, Ocean & Coastal Law Program Profile Website E-mail	Jon Jacobson Professor Emeritus Profile E-mail	William Kabeiseman Adjunct Professor of Law Profile Website E-mail
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	Svitlana Kravchenko Adjunct Professor of Law; Director, LL.M. Program in Environmental & Natural Resources Law Profile Website E-mail	Tom Lininger Associate Professor; Director, Public Interest/Public Service Program Profile Website E-mail	Roberta Mann Visiting Professor Profile Website E-mail
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	Nancy E. Shurtz Professor of Law Profile Website E-mail	Rennard Strickland Distinguished Professor Emeritus Profile Website E-mail	Mary C. Wood Philip H. Knight Professor Profile

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FACULTY UPDATES

Submitted to the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, Spring 2008

John Bonine (Oregon) (with Svitlana Kravchenko) is publishing a book, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, (Carolina Academic Press) as of July 2008. He is also writing a chapter for THE GLOBAL WARMING READER (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2008), a study of worldwide access to justice for the World Resources Institute, and a paper for the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law on barriers to access to justice.

Svitlana Kravchenko (Oregon) (with John Bonine) is publishing a book, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Carolina Academic Press) in July 2008, based on a course she has taught for six years. It will be the first casebook in the world on the subject. She recently published "Right to Carbon or Right to Life: Human Rights Approaches to Climate Change," ___ Vt. J. Envt'l L ____ (2008) and has completed a chapter for THE GLOBAL WARMING READER on the same topic (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2008). She is preparing a study of worldwide access to information for the World Resources Institute, and a paper for the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law on public participation, democracy, and poverty in environmental matters.

Mary Wood (Oregon) is publishing: "A Framework of China-U.S. Partnership to Address Global Warming," 3 China Environmental and Resource Law Review, Ocean University (Renmin Press, forthcoming Spring 2008); "Nature's Trust: Reclaiming an Environmental Discourse," 2 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Oil-gas Basins, Geology Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan, Russia (forthcoming Spring 2008); "Government's Atmospheric Trust Responsibility," Ecotone, Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (forthcoming Spring 2008); "Tribes as Trustees Again (Part I): The Emerging Tribal Role in the Conservation Trust Movement," Harvard Environmental Law Journal (with Zach Welker) (forthcoming Spring 2008); and "Tribes as Trustees Again (Part II): Evaluating Four Models of Tribal Participation in the Conservation Trust Movement," Stanford Environmental Law Journal (with Matthew O'Brien) (forthcoming Spring 2008); republished in The Sovereignty Symposium 2008 conference proceedings, http://www.oscn.net/sovereignty/default.aspx.

Adell Amos (Oregon) presented at the American Association of Law Schools' Annual Conference in New York City on the question of "Can Western Water Law be a Tool of Adapting to Climate Change?" She participated in the "Focus the Nation" event in January by delivering an address at Willamette University School of Law entitled, "Water Law and Climate Change." She delivered a faculty talk as part of the University of Oregon's Thinking Out Loud series on "Water Energy and Climate: Making the Connection." At the 26th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference she spoke on a panel with Janet Neuman (Lewis and Clark) and Mark Squillace (Colorado) on "Water Rights as Public Rights: Prior Appropriation as if the Public Interest Mattered." Amos gave two guest lectures on "Hydropower in the United States" and "Wildlife Law and the Endangered Species Act." Amos was invited to participate in Oregon State University's spring lecture series on "Water in the West"; she delivered two talks, one on "Protecting Federal Purposes Under State Water Law: Does it Work" and the other on "Connecting Western Water Law to Energy and Climate Policy." In May she participated in the Institute for Natural Resources Science-Policy Seminar Dialogue between various professors across disciplinary lines and policy leaders in Oregon from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

John Bonine (Oregon) in February spoke at a conference on climate change at Vermont Law School and in March organized the first trans-Atlantic public interest environmental law seminar, linking the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference of the University of Oregon and a sister conference organized by law students in London. In May, he participated in training French judges on access to justice under the Aarhus Public Participation Convention in Paris. In June, he participated as a representative of a network of nongovernmental organizations in the Meeting of the Parties of the Aarhus Public Participation Convention in Riga, Latvia. In July, Bonine will deliver lectures at the University of Cape Town and University of Nairobi. In August, he will participate in the Annual Meeting of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide in Mombasa, Kenya.

On March 6-9, 2008, the student group Land Air Water at the University of Oregon's hosted the 26th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, Oregon. This year's theme was "Compelling a Climate of Change." Keynoters included: Edith Brown Weiss (Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law at Georgetown University Law Center); David Cobb (former Presidential nominee); Carrie Dann (Western Shoshone leader); Dave Foreman (The Rewilding Institute); Cynthia McKinney (former Congresswoman and Presidential nominee); James Milkey (Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Environmental Protection Division of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General); Sophia Rabliauskas (Poplar River First Nation leader); William H. Rodgers, Jr. (Stimson Bullitt Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Washington); Jane Williams (California Communities Against Toxics). Law professor speakers and attendees included: included Adell Amos (Oregon), Reed Benson (Wyoming); Michael Blumm (Lewis & Clark); John Bonine (Oregon), Maxine Burkett (Colorado); Kim Connolly (South Carolina); Alexandra Dunn (Pace), Matthew Fletcher (Michigan State); Jordon Kahn (NYU); Svitlana Kravchenko (Oregon); Ryke Longest (Duke); Janet Neumann (Lewis & Clark); Susan Mandiberg (Lewis & Clark); Lesley McAllister (University of San Diego), Hari Osofsky (Oregon), Larry Sanders (Emory); Melissa Powers (Lewis & Clark); Heidi Grovitz Robertson (Cleveland-Marshal); Michael Robinson-Dorn (Washington); Calvin Sanborn (Victoria); Mark Squillace (Colorado); Jack Tuholske (Vermont); Cliff Villa (Seattle); and Mary Wood (Oregon). The conference also included tribal representatives, federal and state employees, scientific experts, and faculty from across the country.

Svitlana Kravchenko (Oregon) in February spoke at a conference on climate change at Vermont Law School on the "right to carbon, right to life," and in May participated in training French judges on access to justice under the Aarhus Public Participation Convention in Paris. In March and June, she participated as Vice-Chair of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Public Participation Convention in Geneva, Switzerland, and then at the Meeting of the Parties of Convention in Riga, Latvia, in June. In July, Kravchenko will travel to Africa to introduce Oregon's LL.M. program to candidates in Africa and will deliver lectures at the University of Cape Town and University of Nairobi. In August, she will participate in the Annual Meeting of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide in Mombasa, Kenya.

Nancy Shurtz (Oregon) gave a speech at the national Critical Tax Conference in Tallahassee Florida on April 4, 2008, entitled "Mother Earth Says: I'm Cool with Carbon Taxes." On April 11, 2008, she moderated a panel on Carbon Policy at the Sustainable Business Symposium at the University of Oregon School of Law. Shurtz also attended a conference entitled "Going Green: Advising Clients in the New World of Sustainability" in Portland, Oregon on April 25, 2008.

Mary Wood (Oregon) gave an address called "Nature's Trust: A Global Paradigm for Managing Natural Resources" at Lane Community College, Eugene, OR (May 5, 2008). At the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, she was a speaker on the following panels: "Tribes as Trustees: The Emerging Role in the Global Conservation Trust Movement," Panel Presentation, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, OR (March 8, 2008); "Culvert Case: Implications for the Future," Panel Presentation, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, OR (March 7, 2008); "Building a Better Atmosphere: Legislative & Agency Responses to Global Warming," Panel Presentation, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, OR (March 7, 2008); "Using the Energy of the Law to Change the Energy of the World," Panel Presentation, US-UK Video-linked Panel, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, OR (March 7, 2008); and "Public Trust: Tapping the Potential of the Common Law Trust," Panel Presentation, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, OR (March 6, 2008). On February 29, 2008, Wood presented "Aspiring Towards Global Peace Through Nature's Trust Principles," Lane Peace Center's Peace and Democracy Conference, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR On February 28, 2008, she gave a keynote address entitled "Nature's Trust: A Legal Paradigm for Protecting Land and Natural Resources for Future Generations," at The Triumph or Tragedy of the Commons, The Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. On February 19, 2008, Wood gave a keynote address by video-conference called "Law and Climate Change: Government's Atmospheric Trust Responsibility," aired at the University of Montana, Missoula, MT. She gave a keynote address entitled "Victory Speakers for Climate Crisis: Voicing Government's Obligation," at the Eugene City Public Library, Eugene, OR (February 17, 2008) and a panel presentation "Advancing Climate Solutions in Business, Law, Design, and Public Health: How You Can Do Activism in Your Career," at Cascade Power Shift, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (February 9, 2008). She addressed the Idaho chapter of the American Fisheries Society on "Nature's Trust: A Legal, Political, Economic, and Moral Frame for Global Warming," at their annual meeting (February 5, 2008). On February 1, 2008, Wood gave "Remarks at the Unveiling of the Portrait of Chief Joseph," at the University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR. Wood also gave several interviews including: Interview with Jason Bradford for "NPR's The Reality Report," KZYX, http://www.kzyx.org/joomla/, Mendocino County, CA (April 14, 2008); Interview with Sally Mock, "NPR's Montana Evening Edition," KUSM, http://www.mtpr.net/programs/2008-02-19, Missoula, MT (February 19, 2008); Interview with Hosts Andrew Bartholomew and Claude Offenbacher, "Sunday at Noon," KLCC, http://www.klcc.org/ OnlineAudio.asp, Eugene, OR (February 17, 2008).

Greg Costello (Oregon), Adjunct Professor and Executive Director of the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC), reports that clinic students have assisted clinic attorney Dan Galpern on a multitude of strategies for mitigating climate change, from drafting a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate emissions from industrial machines and heavy equipment used in construction, mining and logging, to working with the Western Governor's Initiative on Climate Change. Galpern also published "Climate Change 101: Urgency and Response," 23 J. Envt'l L. & Litig. 191 (2008). Other clinic students have helped research and draft an appellate brief in state court to protect Washington State's groundwater from the pollution caused by industrial dairies, prepare for and attend a federal District court hearing defending the U.S. Forest Service's decision to ban gas motorboats from Waldo Lake in Oregon, and draft a motion of first impression requesting the substitution of a sole, deceased plaintiff on a NEPA and Appeal Reform Act matter concerning the Scott timber sale in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Adell Amos (Oregon) taught, for the first time, an interdisciplinary course on Environmental Conflict Resolution with Tim Hicks, the Director of the Conflict and Dispute Resolution Master's Program at the University of Oregon. The course focused on when and where collaborative efforts best serve environmental interests and the use of collaborative approaches to conflicts over natural resources and environmental decision-making. The course was opened to both J.D. and M.A. students.

Michael Axline (Oregon) taught a course on complex civil litigation and advanced toxic tort as a Visiting Professor this spring. Axline practices multimillion-dollar toxic tort litigation, including prosecuting suits against oil companies that have polluted municipal drinking water supplies. Most recently, he represented agriculture workers, securing millions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages against food giant Dole for the use of pesticides on banana plantations in Nicaragua. Prior to joining Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Axline was a law professor at Oregon, teaching civil procedure, administrative law, and the environmental clinic for more than two decades.

Steve Bender (Oregon), with William Holmes, the energy and telecommunications practice group leader at Stoel Rives, taught, for the first time this spring, Renewable Energy. The course, one of the first of its kind in the nation, emphasized legal issues associated with financing, permitting and constructing a renewable energy project and was taught in Portland through the law school's Portland Program.

Adell Amos (Oregon) was selected to serve on the Editorial Board for the ABA Energy and Environment Section's publication Trends.

John Bonine (Oregon) and Richard Hildreth (Oregon) have both been named as Dean's Distinguished Faculty Fellows.

Svitlana Kravchenko (Oregon) was recently re-nominated to the Compliance committee of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Committee elections will be held at the meeting of the Parties in June at Riga, Latvia.

The Law Students for Sustainable Business at the University of Oregon will make a gift of approximately $40,000 to the law library to start a new Sustainable Business Collection. This gift will purchase over 350 books and videos to establish a core collection unique in the Northwest.