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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRACY

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OCEANS, COASTS, AND WATERSHEDS

SUSTAINABLE LAND USE

Oceans, Coasts, and Watersheds Project
Engaging the law to promote sustainability for ocean, coastal, and freshwater resources

The ENR Program's projects allow faculty and students to integrate traditional course work, through the law school curriculum, with specialized study in each of the project’s subject areas. Building on the law school’s rich heritage in both ocean and coastal law and water law, the Ocean, Coasts, and Watersheds Project explores cutting-edge issues in both marine and freshwater environments. Faculty leaders are Adell Amos and Richard Hildreth.

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	Val Chermok
	Kelly Fahl
	Alison Torbitt A second year law student in the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, Alison began law school after building a career as an aquatic ecotoxicologist and as a regulatory compliance specialist. Some highlights of her professional career include sampling and supervising the dredge material assessments for the Port of Oakland, managing five sampling teams during "first flush" events for the Sacramento Stormwater Project, and operating as the Primary Technical Contact for hazardous materials compliance for big box retail including, Sears, The Home Depot and Orchard Supply Hardware. More recently, Torbitt worked as a development intern for the Western Environmental Law Center and as a summer legal clerk for the US Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division. She has a B.S. in Aquatic Biology and a B.A. in Dramatic Arts from University of California, Santa Barbara. Torbitt is also currently working with Professor Hildreth on a chapter describing wave energy for an upcoming global warming litigation casebook.
	Anika Leerssen A second year law student, Anika spent this past summer in Sacramento, California at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Environmental and Natural Resources division. Prior to law school, she worked as a Legal Assistant / Office Manager for the law firm of Rossmann and Moore, LLP--a small, private environmental law firm that specializes in land use and water law in San Francisco, California. Anika graduated from Stanford University in 2000 with a B.A. in English, where she was also captain of the varsity sailing team. She is currently a member of the Moot Court Board, and serves on the Executive Board of the Women's Law Forum. She plans to obtain a Statement of Completion in both Environmental and Natural Resources and Sustainable Business Law.
	Jocelyn Pease
	Dawn Winalski

Faculty

Adell Amos An Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, Amos joined the law school faculty after practicing environmental and natural resources law for six years with the Solicitor's Office at the United States Department of the Interior. Amos teaches Water Resources Law, Wildlife Law, Oregon Water Law and Policy, Environment and Energy, Environmental Conflict Resolution, and Civil Procedure. Her scholarship addresses citizen participation in water rights adjudications, the relationship between federal and state governments on water resource management, and the role of administrative agencies in setting national and local water policy.

Richard Hildreth Professor Hildreth is the author of three casebooks and many publications on ocean and coastal law emphasizing sustainable use of ocean resources and fisheries management. He consults frequently with coastal management agencies in the United States, Australia, and the Pacific islands. He has served on the National Research Council's Coastal Ocean Committee, the Pacific Northwest Regional Marine Research board, and the editorial advisory boards of Coastal Management and Ocean Development and International Law. He is the director of the Ocean and Coastal Law Center at the University of Oregon, which engages in research and analysis of current ocean and coastal law topics. Professor Hildreth teaches Water Resources Law, Ocean and Coastal Law, International Environmental Law and Property Law.

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