Kara Tebeau is an environmental attorney admitted to practice law in Washington State. She has a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School where she graduated cum laude and a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Washington where she graduated magna cum laude. Her experience includes legal internships with the Department of Justice and non-profit environmental groups, where she conducted legal research and drafting on various environmental law issues. She also volunteers her time to environmental causes.

1. Kara J. Tebeau »(360) 480-2416 • karatebeau@gmail.com • 7719 Nighthawk Ct SE Olympia, WA 98513
Education
Lewis & Clark Law School: Portland, OR
• JD, cum laude, May 2015
• Certificate in Environmental & Natural Resources Law
• 3.54 GPA, Top 20%
• Dean’s Scholarship for Excellence
• Pro Bono Service Award 2014-2015
Bar Status —Uniform Bar status—Admitted to Washington State Bar October 2015
Environmental Experience
Crag Law Center, Law Clerk May 2013 to May 2014; Sep. 2014 to Apr. 2015
2013 Public Interest Law Project stipend recipient.
Researched case law in developing areas of natural resources law; Wrote internal memoranda on civil procedure topics; Wrote
public comments to government agencies on behalf of clients; Drafted portions of briefs and pleadings submitted to the Districts of
Oregon and Alaska; Wrote notices of intent in Endangered Species and Clean Water Act suits.
U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Legal Intern May to Aug. 2014
Wrote research memoranda on topics of evidence preservation, evidence exclusion, jurisdictional waters, and cleanup cost
recovery. Assisted in composing a motion in limine and a complaint. Researched regulations and case law under the Clean Water
Act, Clean Air Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Superfund.
Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Student Volunteer Sept. 2012 to May 2013
Pro Bono Service Award 2012-2013, for volunteering 60 hours.
Wrote public comments on the impacts to wildlife from proposed hunting and fishing on National Wildlife Refuges, and impacts to
salmon from a proposed Columbia River bridge construction project.
Washington Wild, Conservation Stakeholder Intern Jan. 2012 to Apr. 2012
Researched faith-communities’ attitudes towards conservation. Compiled a reference guide on implications for environmental
outreach to nineteen different faith groups represented in Washington.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Reg. 10, Student Intern Sep. 2010 to Mar. 2011
Contributed to EPA’s Goods Movement Environmental Justice project by compiling community-scale freight activity location data.
Completed an Environmental Studies Capstone paper and presentations on the pollution impacts of freight in the context of
environmental justice.
Practical Skills
First Place, Merhige National Environmental Negotiation Competition, Richmond VA Mar. 2015
Training course for National Merhige competition consisted of weekly practice rounds with students and practicing attorneys, seeking
mutually agreeable solutions to realistic environmental conflicts.
Animal Law Review at Lewis & Clark, Associate Editor Sep. 2013 to Jan. 2015
Outstanding Contribution Staff Award 2013–2014.
Edited and revised scholarly articles on current issues in animal law for factual accuracy, writing quality, and consistency with legal
citation style.
Research Assistant, Professor Michael Blumm, Lewis & Clark Law School Jan. 2014 to May 2014
Studied modern legal issues in forestry, mining, and recreation on public lands in order to select and edit cases to be included in a
new textbook, Natural Resources Law, Private Rights and the Public Interest.
Community Involvement
UW Students Expressing Environmental Dedication (SEED), Executive Member Fall 2009 to Spring 2011
Residence Hall Executive Board Member of the Year 2010-2011.
Program of the Year 2010-2011: “Think Beyond the Bottle” peer education project.
Seattle Audubon, Volunteer Guide: Finding Urban Nature school program Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011
Led lessons on schoolyard habitats, birds, plants, food webs, and more for elementary students.
Written Scholarship
Antimonopoly in Public Land Law
Forthcoming, co-authored with Professor Michael Blumm; Georgetown Environmental Law Review, Spring 2016.
University of Washington: Seattle, WA
• BA Environmental Studies with College Honors,
Magna cum laude, 2012
• 3.85 GPA
• Dean’s List Certificates of High Scholarship,
annually, 2008 to 2012