Mr. James Huffman, Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Law Lewis & Clark Law School Portland, Oregon

Specialty Areas & Course Descriptions
Constitutional Law, Natural Resources, Jurisprudence, Constitutional History, Graduate Environmental Law Seminar, Water Law

Academic Credentials
B.S. 1967 Montana State University 
M.A. 1969 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University 
J.D. 1972 University of Chicago Law School

Professional Background
Jim Huffman joined the law school faculty in 1973, and served as Dean from 1994 until 2006. Born in Fort Benton, Montana, Jim graduated from Montana State University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and the University of Chicago Law School. He has been a visiting professor at Auckland University in New Zealand, the University of Oregon, the University of Athens in Greece, and Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. He was also a fellow at the Humane Studies Institute and a Distinguished Bradley Scholar at the Heritage Foundation. Jim serves on the boards of the National Crime Victims Law Institute, the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, the Classroom Law Project, and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. He is a member and former Chair of the Executive Committee of the Environment and Property Rights Practice Group of the Federalist Society. He is a member of the Montana Bar Association and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He is the author of more than 100 articles and chapters on a wide array of legal topics.