Photo: Lewis & Clark Law School / StudioSmith. The national champion team with Professor Craig Johnston.
Lewis & Clark Law School has won the 2025 Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, the premier environmental moot court competition in the United States. Held at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, New York, in February 2025, the win is the ninth national title in the competition's history for Lewis & Clark, a program long recognised as a leader in environmental and natural resources law. Our congratulations to the team, their coach, and the school.
The championship team
Lewis & Clark's title was won by a three-student team:
- Lane Kadish (JD 2025)
- Sophie Keller (JD 2026)
- Michael F. Johnson (JD 2025)
The team was coached by Professor Craig Johnston. Competing against a field of 48 law schools, Lewis & Clark won the national championship and also took the Best Brief award, and Lane Kadish was runner-up for Best Oralist.
About the competition
The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, hosted each year by the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, is the largest and most prestigious environmental moot court competition in the country. Teams argue a complex, current environmental law problem, often spanning the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and administrative law, before panels of judges and practitioners. Winning it is a signal achievement for any environmental law program.
For Lewis & Clark law students
Lewis & Clark students and alumni have complimentary access to LegalAlphabet, where they can search legal jobs and internships worldwide, including the environmental and public-interest roles the school is known for. Visit the Lewis & Clark campus page, or browse current openings on the United States legal jobs board.
Sources
This report is based on the announcements published by Lewis & Clark Law School and the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.
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