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Lewis & Clark Law School has received generous funding from the Karuna Foundation to award a scholarship for an international LL.M. student who has demonstrated a passion for environmental law and dedication to mitigating climate change.
The scholarship is the first of its kind for the environmental program and is available to applicants from countries in which the Karuna Foundation has programming who have been accepted into Lewis & Clark Law School’s environmental LL.M. program.
Janice Weis, associate dean, said this level of support allows students to come to Lewis & Clark from parts of the world that will be deeply affected by environmental issues and climate change.
“Eligible students now have access to an exceptional opportunity to support their aspirations to fight the climate crisis and support environmental solutions in their home countries,” Weis said.
The inaugural recipient of this support is Thinley Choden who joined Lewis & Clark Law School’s LL.M. program in the fall.
She plans to use her LL.M. degree to work on environmental concerns and sustainable development in her home country of Bhutan.
The program will help her develop the necessary expertise and specialization to meaningfully contribute to the green initiatives of Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law (Bhutan’s first and only law school) and Bhutan’s Judiciary.
Ms. Choden completed and received her B.A. LL.B. (Hons) with first division with distinction from Amity University in India.
She started her career as a court registrar at the Supreme Court of Bhutan in 2020, after receiving the highest score on the Royal Civil Service Examination and the Post Graduate Diploma in National Law.
The scholarship is open to students from countries where the Karuna Foundation has an active grantmaking program and who have been accepted to the LL.M. in Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Law at Lewis & Clark Law School.
The Karuna Foundation was founded with the aim to foster contributions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Himalayan region, focusing its funding efforts in Bhutan.
Countries like Bhutan, which are high elevation and mountainous, are the most vulnerable to climate change and will experience the most dramatic temperature changes as a result.
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