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Adam Fisher is Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law's current Wyss Foundation Wyss Scholar. His recent article "Pay to Play? The Past, Present, and Future of Recreation Fees on Federal Public Lands" is live in this month's issue of the Environmental Law Reporter. The article explores the thorny issue of public land recreation fees,...

The Getches-Wilkinson Center and the Getches-Green Clinic recently teamed up with 29 law professors from around the country to submit an important amicus curiae brief in a case that could undermine the integrity of the Antiquities Act. In 2021, President Biden issued two proclamations restoring Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante...

Over 40 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law students joined The Getches-Wilkinson Center on Thursday, October 26th for a delicious lunch and to hear from current GWC Scholar and Fellows. Information on the various scholarships and fellowships and instructions on how to apply for a Summer 2024 or Academic Year 24/25 Scholarship or Fellowship...

Michelle White is a staff attorney at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance where her work focuses on issues in public lands including RS 2477 disputes and litigation arising under the Antiquities Act. She graduated from University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ School of Law, where she interned with the Natural Resources Defense Council...

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law is one of six leading institutions to host the Wyss Foundation Scholars Program which supports the graduate-level education of emerging leaders in U.S. land conservation by providing scholarships, mentorship, and community. Early this semester, the GWC partnered with the Wyss Scholars Program to present a panel discussion on...

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School student Adam Fisher (’24) has been named the 2023-2024 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law Wyss Scholar in U.S. Lands Conservation. Fisher, a J.D. candidate, is Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law’s sixth Wyss Scholar. The Wyss Scholars Program , awarded to one Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law student each year, supports graduate-level education for promising...

The book review is published by the Environmental Law Amicus, a project of Lewis and Clark Law School. Publication forthcoming in the Lewis and Clark Law Journal, En vironmental Law. “For more than a century, the arc of public land history has bent decisively toward the national government conserving more...

John Leshy, Author Distinguished Professor of Law University of California, Hastings College of Law The little-known story of how the U.S. government came to hold nearly one-third of the nation’s land and manage it primarily for recreation, education and conservation. America’s public lands include more than 600 million acres of...

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School student Jacob Jose (’23) has been named the 2022-2023 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law Wyss Scholar in U.S. Lands Conservation.