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CONSERVATION TRUST

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRACY

NATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SOVEREIGNTY

OCEANS, COASTS, AND WATERSHEDS

SUSTAINABLE LAND USE

Projects

To further the ENR Program’s mission of “engaging the law to support sustainability on earth,” the Program has developed theme-based projects that draw upon existing faculty strengths and provide synergistic opportunities for: promoting student experience, providing service to the community, reaching out to diverse communities, bringing global content to the curriculum, and bringing intellectual energy to bear on some of the most challenging and cutting-edge environmental issues of our day. The ENR’s five interdisciplinary projects are:

The Conservation Trust Project: Focusing on public trust theory and private property tools to achieve landscape conservation

The Global Environmental Democracy Project: Preparing students to be advocates for global change

The Native Environmental Sovereignty Project: Examining emerging tribal roles in comanaging lands and resources

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

The Sustainable Land Use Project: Evaluating land use laws, theories, and practices to ensure sustainable development in our communities

In each of these projects, we take a wide perspective on the issues and integrate traditional course work with more specialized study.
Law students work to advance each of these projects through ENR's Fellows Program. Each academic year, several second and third year students are appointed as Fellows and are charged with advancing various aspects of the program and the five interdisciplinary projects through research, event planning, and public outreach.

ENR Program Fellows

Chad Marriott Chad Marriott is a third year student at the University of Oregon School of Law. Though he was raised outside of Philadelphia, Chad has spent eleven of the last fifteen years enjoying life west of the Rockies. During the summer of 2008, Chad worked in Portland, OR as a summer associate at Stoel Rives LLP. There, Chad focused primarily on issues related to renewable energy project development. In 2007, Chad worked as a legal intern for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in Washington D.C., and as a law clerk for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division in Sacramento. His experiences have focused his interest on renewable energy as the nexus between economic development and environmental ethics. Chad has an M.S. in outdoor recreation from Indiana University and a B.A. in English literature from the University of Utah. When he's not in school, Chad enjoys landscape and coastal photography, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, backpacking, mountaineering, and cooking.

Mary Anne Nash Mary Anne is a second year law student at the University of Oregon School of Law. She was raised on a cattle ranch in Millican, Oregon, 30 miles east of Bend, where her parents have a natural beef operation. She graduated summa cum laude from Oregon State University in 2006 with an Honors B.S. in Environmental Economics, Policy and Management and a minor in Natural Resources Law. During college, she interned for Congressman Greg Walden and the US Congress House Resources Committee, both in Washington DC. During the summer of 2007, Mary Anne worked at the law firm of Bryant, Lovlien, & Jarvis in Bend, Oregon, primarily on land use issues. Through these experiences, Mary Anne has become interested in water law and property rights, particularly in the intersection between environmental protection laws and property rights. Outside of law school, she enjoys dancing, being outdoors, and spending time with friends.

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