Hi, I'm Sangye.

I'm a staff attorney at the Western Environmental Law Center, where since 2019 I've litigated environmental cases in federal court on behalf of various local, regional, and national, and international conservation-oriented nonprofit organizations. My docket largely focuses on defending spotted owls, anadromous fish, grizzlies, wolves, and their respective habitats from federal and federally-licensed activities in cases brought under the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Administrative Procedure Act, and Clean Water Act.

Before that, I attended Lewis & Clark Law School, during which time I worked for the Earthrise Law Center, Center for Biological Diversity, and World Animal Protection, and obtained certificates in environmental and international law while earning my J.D. cum laude. Before attending law school, I worked as a documentary filmmaker and freelance videographer for four years after graduating summa cum laude from Southern Oregon University.

My interests—and anticipated topics for this blog—include environmental law; constitutional law and federal courts jurisdiction; international law and climate change; biodiversity; the rivers, mountains, and ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest; landscape photography; digital video; artificial intelligence and machine learning; information security; end-to-end-encryption; self-hosting; and free and open source software. My motivation for launching sij.law had a lot to do with educating fellow attorneys and litigators on the possibilities and pitfalls of emerging technologies like AI, blockchain, and cloud computing.

I can't wait to engage with you re: these fascinating topics here, in the comments, and on the Fediverse—I also run the Mastodon site earth.law and the code hub sij.ai.

Cheers,

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Sangye Ince-Johannsen