University of Oregon School of Law explained

University of Oregon School of Law
Established:1884
Parent Endowment:US $ 822 million
Country:United States
Coordinates:44.043°N -123.0693°W
Students:J.D. 412 students; LL.M. 10[1]
Faculty:37 full-time[2]
Ranking:82nd (2024)[3]
Bar Pass Rate:90%[4]
Annual Tuition:$28,348 (Oregon resident tuition)$35,368 (Nonresident)[5]
Homepage:law.uoregon.edu
Motto:Mens agitat molem (Latin) Minds Move Mountains
Aba Profile:University of Oregon School of Law Profile

The University of Oregon School of Law is a public law school in the U.S. state of Oregon. Housed in the Knight Law Center, it is Oregon's only state funded law school. The school, founded in 1884, is located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, on the corner of 15th and Agate streets, overlooking Hayward Field.

History

Oregon Law was founded in 1884 in Portland, Oregon.[6] Richard R. Thornton organized the department that began as a two-year program with three classes per week.[7] In 1906, the course of study was expanded to three years, and in April 1915, the school's board of regents ordered that the program be moved to Eugene as part of a consolidation program within the university.[7] Though the school moved, some of the faculty remained in Portland and started the Northwest College of Law, now the Lewis & Clark Law School.[7] In 1923, the school was approved by the American Bar Association (ABA), one of the first 39 schools to earn that distinction in the initial year of the ABA approval of law schools.[8]

In 1931, Wayne Morse became dean.[9] Three years later, the law school organized a chapter of the national law school honor society, the Order of the Coif.[9] In 1938, the law school moved to Fenton Hall.[9] In 1939, the law school graduated Minoru Yasui, who later took his challenge to the military curfew on Japanese Americans during World War II all the way to the United States Supreme Court.[9]

In 1941, Orlando John Hollis became acting dean.[9] His appointment became permanent in 1945 when Morse resigned to run for the U.S. Senate.[9] During the war years, many law students were called to service.[9] In 1944, there were no graduating students; in 1945, only one student graduated.[9] After the war's conclusion, the school admitted every returning veteran who sought a legal education: out of 26 students who graduated in 1948, 25 had served in World War II.[9]

The post-war era was marked by the Oregon legislature's adoption of law professor Kenneth O'Connell's Oregon Revised Statutes.[9] Professor O'Connell was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1958, and later became its chief justice.[9]

During the 1960s, Professor (and later dean) Chapin Clark offered the school's first courses in environmental and natural resources law.[9] Later that decade, Professor Jon Jacobson founded the school's Ocean and Coastal Law Center.[9] In 1968, Eugene Scoles became dean.[9]

In 1970, the law school moved into a new building, the Law Center.[9] In 1974, the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics was established as a "living memorial" to former dean and U.S. Senator Wayne Morse.[9] In 1977, Professor Hans A. Linde was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court.[9] In 1978, the school established the first-in-the-world Environmental Law Clinic.[9]

During the 1980s, the Environmental Law Clinic doubled in size and was renamed the Pacific Northwest Natural Resources Clinic.[9] In 1981, Professor Dave Frohnmayer became Oregon Attorney General.[9] In 1982, students organized the first Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.[9] In 1986, the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation began publication.[10]

In the new century, the school opened the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Program.[9] In 2003, the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program opened a fully staffed office.[9] In 2004, the Center for Law and Entrepreneurship opened a Small Business Clinic to assist small and micro-businesses.[9] The school also has started a program in Portland, which moved into Portland's White Stag Building in 2008.[9] The Portland Program focuses on business law and related externships.[9]

Rankings

For the 2023-24 academic year, the law school is ranked 82nd in the country by U.S. News & World Reports 2024 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools."[11]

The University of Oregon is known for possessing the nation's first public law school to establish an environmental law program (ENR).[9] The ENR Program is ranked 10th in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the 2020-21 academic year.[12] The program includes a master's of law degree (LL.M.) option.[13] [14]

Programs

The law school also houses a prominent Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center,[15] which provides courses both to law students and to graduate students interested in Conflict and Dispute Resolution.[16] The ADR program is ranked 7th in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the 2023–24 academic year.[17]

The law school's Legal Research and Writing (LRW) Program[18] also is well regarded. For the 2023–24 academic year, U.S. News & World Report ranked the LRW Program number 1 in the nation.[19]

Law publications

The School of Law is home to several legal journals.

Employment

More than 93% of Oregon Law's 2022 class is employed as of 10 months after graduation.[26]

Costs

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Oregon for the 2023–2024 academic year was $81,582 for non-residents and $68,706 for Oregon residents.[27] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $199,048 for non-residents and $170,167 for Oregon residents.[28]

Public Interest Environmental Law Conference

The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) is a conference held annually on the first weekend in March at the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The conference is a gathering of environmental activists, advocates, and students from across the United States and the world.[29]

PIELC is organized and hosted by the students involved in the environmental law society "Land Air Water" (LAW). Land Air Water is a student group at the University of Oregon School of Law. It is co-sponsored by Friends of Land Air Water, a University of Oregon/Land Air Water alumni group that helps advise the student organizers.

The conference has six to ten internationally recognized keynote addresses and over 120 panels. The conference has been held since 1983 and celebrated its 42nd anniversary in 2024.[30]

The conference is held on the first weekend in March. Early panels start Thursday afternoon, and the official opening is Thursday evening. It closes with a final address Sunday at noon. Typically the conference has around 5,000 attendees.

The content of the conference is aimed at professional environmental activists, such as people that work in non-profit public interest organizations such as the Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club, and the Oregon Natural Desert Association and public interest environmental attorneys like Earthjustice, Natural Resources Defense Council, and private public interest attorneys. CLE credits are available.

The conference is also of interest to students of environmental law and environmental studies, and each year it hosts groups from around a dozen different schools.

The conference is unapologetically pro-public interest, and pro-environment. It does not attempt to persuade the general public that environmental issues matter. It is a forum for the people who are actively enforcing environmental law, and promoting environmental values to talk among themselves, and share experiences, strategies, and news.

Notable alumni

See main article: List of University of Oregon alumni.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Detailed Enrollment. 29 July 2019. January 29, 2020.
  2. http://law.uoregon.edu/news/factsheet/index.php "Oregon Law Fact Sheet."
  3. Web site: University of Oregon, Best Law Schools. U.S. News & World Report. 9 April 2024.
  4. https://law.uoregon.edu/jd/class-profile University of Oregon School of Law.
  5. http://lawadmissions.uoregon.edu/tuition/ "Admissions."
  6. Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 253.
  7. Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 241.
  8. http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/year.html ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year.
  9. Web site: Sol. Credence. 2008. Oregon Law at 125. https://web.archive.org/web/20110526094850/http://www.law.uoregon.edu/ol/docs/OL2008ann.pdf . May 26, 2011. 2008 Oregon Lawyer ANNUAL. 16–20. University of Oregon School of Law. 2014-09-22.
  10. Michael D. Axline, Forward, 1 vii (1986)
  11. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/university-of-oregon-03135 America's Best Graduate Schools: School of Law: University of Oregon.
  12. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/environmental-law America's Best Graduate Schools: Law: Environmental Law.
  13. http://llm.uoregon.edu/ Environmental and Natural Resources Law.
  14. http://www.llm-guide.com/university/636/university-of-oregon LLM Guide: University of Oregon.
  15. http://adr.uoregon.edu/ "Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center."
  16. http://conflict.uoregon.edu/ "Master's in Conflict in Dispute Resolution."
  17. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/dispute-resolution America's Best Graduate Schools: Law: Dispute Resolution.
  18. http://www.law.uoregon.edu/lrw/ "Legal Research and Writing.
  19. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/legal-writing America's Best Graduate Schools: Law: Legal Writing.
  20. Web site: November 13, 2019. Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation. University of Oregon School of Law. en.
  21. Web site: Oregon Law Review. Hein Online.
  22. University of Oregon. School of Law. Oregon Bar Association. Oregon State Bar. 1921. Oregon law review. Oregon Law Review. en. 0196-2043. 1761423.
  23. Web site: November 13, 2019. Oregon Law Review. University of Oregon School of Law. en.
  24. Web site: Oregon Review of International Law. Hein Online.
  25. Web site: November 13, 2019. Oregon Review of International Law. University of Oregon School of Law. en.
  26. Web site: JD Class Profile. 2019-07-29. School of Law. en. 2020-01-30.
  27. Web site: 2023–2024 Tuition and Fees .
  28. Web site: Oregon Profile.
  29. Web site: PIELC website.
  30. News: 42 Years of PIELC . 2012-03-03 . Eugene Weekly.
  31. Web site: Ann Aiken. law.uoregon.edu. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117063726/https://law.uoregon.edu/ol/summer2012/judicial-externships. January 17, 2013. March 30, 2018.
  32. Web site: Robert C. Belloni. Federal Judicial Center. 5 March 2013.
  33. Web site: Suzanne Bonamici. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 5 March 2013.
  34. Web site: The Voter's Self Defense System.
  35. Web site: William G. East. Federal Judicial Center. 5 March 2013.
  36. Web site: William A. Ekwall. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 6 March 2013.
  37. Web site: University of Oregon Foundation . University of Oregon . 2021-11-27.
  38. Web site: Jack Faust. Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt. 6 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227012242/http://www.schwabe.com/showattorney.aspx?Show=9433. 27 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  39. Web site: John Frohnmayer to discuss ethics and truth in Zoom talk . 23 April 2020 . University of Oregon . 2021-11-27.
  40. Web site: Helen J. Frye. Federal Judicial Center. 7 March 2013.
  41. Web site: Alfred Goodwin. Federal Judicial Center. 7 March 2013.
  42. Web site: Bert E. Haney. Federal Judicial Center. 7 March 2013.
  43. Web site: Arthur D. Hay. State of Oregon Law Library. 7 March 2013.
  44. Web site: Donald Hodel. Notable Names Data Base. 7 March 2013.
  45. Book: 1913 Oregana . University of Oregon . Yearbook . 1912 . 47 . 2021-11-27.
  46. Web site: Malcolm F. Marsh. Federal Judicial Center. 7 March 2013.
  47. News: Fourteen New Lawyers: Class of 1900 in University of Oregon Pass Examination . 1900-05-27 . 24 . The Sunday Oregonian . 2021-11-27.
  48. Web site: Julius L. Meier. National Governors Association. 7 March 2013.
  49. Web site: Hardy Myers . Lewis & Clark College . 7 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081015115450/http://www.ncvli.org/myers.html . October 15, 2008 .
  50. Web site: Edwin J. Peterson. Willamette College of Law. 7 March 2013.
  51. Cliff Collins, Profiles in the Law, Oregon State Bar Bulletin, Maj. Gen. Raymond (Fred) Rees: General Practice, December, 2005
  52. Riggs. R. William. 2003. A Proposal for Change. Willamette Law Review. Fall. 39. 4. 1439. April 5, 2018.
  53. Web site: David Schuman. Oregon Judicial Department.. 12 March 2013.
  54. Web site: Frederick Steiwer. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 12 March 2013.
  55. Web site: Jacob Tanzer. whoislaw. 12 March 2013.
  56. Book: 1937 Oregana . Yearbook . 1937 . University of Oregon . 41 . 2021-11-27.
  57. Web site: February 18, 2016. Richard Louis Unis. January 11, 2022. OregonLive Obituaries.
  58. Web site: Martha Lee Walters. Oregon Judicial Department.. 12 March 2013.
  59. Web site: Harold Warner. whoislaw. 12 March 2013.
  60. Web site: Wendell Wyatt. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 12 March 2013.
  61. Web site: Ron Wyden. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 12 March 2013.
  62. Web site: Minoru Yasui. Presented by Oregon Historical Society. 12 March 2013.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "University of Oregon School of Law".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.