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Beginning this fail. the litigation arm of the Uni
versity lavs school's Western Environmental Law
Cl i nii will move off campus to redm e * osts !o the
school, provide more opportunities for student par
ticipation and diffuse external pressures on the clin
ic
University environmental law professors Mike
Axhne and John Bourne have starti-d a regional pub
lit interest law firm in Eugene In expand the clin
ic s work i apacity by building upon its reputation
of the [Mist 10 years
The non-profit organization, modeled after such
groups ns the Southern Environmental! avv Center
and Trustees for Alaska, will b« funded by grants
from private foundations and attorney fees from cit
izen suits
Ax line sees the firm as a terrific development for
tlie environmental program and clinic
"The firm will expand the numlier of forums for
students to participate in litigation, possibly join
ing with the U S attorney's office and the distric t
attorney's office to prosecute environmental
c rimes," Axhne said
Axliite intends to hire three attorneys to handle
more c itizen suits and broaden opportunities for
student involvement
Many law students have been disappointed with
the limited opportunities to participate in a hands
on clinical environmental program, as opposed to
more passive classroom instrui lion
Although a 1992 Student Bar Association survey
found that nearly half of the student body was in
part attrac ted to the University because of the noto
riety of the Environmental Clinic., only 10 students
per semester are selcs ted In lottery to participate,
with another 10 rotating into the Advamed Clinic
The Environmental Clinic, has been more costly
per student than the law school s prosecution, and
c ivil and defense i limes These other clinical pro
grams function off campus by working yvith the dis
trict attorney's office, legal aid and the federal pub
lic defender
The move off campus will save the law school
money in salaries and administrative costs. The
school will reduce Axline's salary to half time for
his supervision of clinical work without the liti
gation component. The law school will continue to
offer a strong environmental curriculum.
With private funding, the law school will be less
vulnerable to the caprice cuts from 1990's Ballot
Measure 5. The Environmental Clinic suffered a
near extinction in May 1992, when faculty ( on
vened for an emergency meeting to cut 20 percent
of the law school budget.
'Many of the faculty have a negative view of the
environmental program and clinic," said Student
Har Association President Chuck Mundorff. "They
feel the spotted owl litigation has antagonized the
business community and dried up funds available
to the school."
Dave Evans, former co-director of Land Air Water,
a student environmental organization, agrees.
"Potential sources of funding from the private
business sector are more likely to step forward with
the clinic de-coupled from the law school." he said
I .aw school Dean Dave Frohnrnayer and the law
school's development coordinator. Eloise Stubr,
have brought in a record $2.5 million in donations
and grants, including a $500,000 endowed profes
sorship in business law from the president of
Bohemia Inc . a major wood products company
Other aspects of the environmental program stand
to benefit from this funding infusion. Mundorff
( redits Frohnrnayer lor making a conscious effort
to end antagonism within the school by lending
administrative support to the Innrnal of Environ
mental Low and Litigation for the first time in nine
years.
Although some question the politics of the off
campus move. Advanced Environmental Clinic par
ticipant Mike Wach is quick to recognize the advari
tages of an independent environmental litigation
clinic.
' The clinii will have the opportunity to take
on more r ases and have more students involved,
along with the opportunity to generate now and
more sources of revenue, rather than being limited
by Measure 5.” he said.
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