Speakers

Brigit Rollins grew up on the West Coast, with time spent between California and Arizona. She attended Sonoma State University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies. In 2016, she started as a law student at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. While at Lewis & Clark, she worked as a student clerk for the Western Resources Legal Center, where she worked on cases assisting small ranches, farms, and municipalities. During her time at Lewis & Clark, she also interned with the California Farm Bureau Federation, and worked as a law clerk for the Sacramento-based environmental law firm Somach Simmons & Dunn. Brigit graduated law school in 2019 and is licensed to practice law in Oregon.

Brigit began her work at the Center as a research fellow during her second year of law school. She joined the Center full-time as a staff attorney in 2019. At the Center, her primary area of research and scholarship is environmental law as it intersects with agriculture. She works on a variety of issues, including topics related to the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and pesticide law.