By Suzanne Pardington, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Jan. 29--Twelve law students from the University of Oregon moved north from Eugene to Portland this semester to launch a new urban outpost of the state's only public law school.

By Report Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt has hired Connie Kong as an associate. Kong was previously an intern for Robert Jones in the U.S. District Court of Oregon and clerked for Bullivant Houser Bailey.

By Michael Milstein, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Nov. 13--Mark Riskedahl paddles his kayak through pounding rain, heading across the Columbia Slough to a riverbank pipe that pours chocolate-brown liquid directly into the water.

A new center for sustainable solutions to Oregon's natural resource issues is settling into space at Lewis & Clark Law School this summer. The research and policy hub, called The Kitzhaber Center, will take on projects in partnership with the law school's Natural Resources Law Institute.