LOWELL J. CHANDLER, J.D.

Lowell Chandler is a committed advocate of fighting the good fight and has spent his career building his experience in energy and environmental law and policy.  After graduating from Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana, Lowell completed his Bachelor of Science in Geography with honors in 2012 from the University of Montana.  Upon graduation, Lowell moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked as a climate policy analyst with an international NGO advocating for environmental law and policy reforms nationally and globally to combat climate change.  

 

After four years in Washington, D.C., Lowell returned to Montana in 2016 and received his J.D. with honors from the University of Montana Law School.  He also received certificates in Environmental Natural Resources Law and Natural Resource Conflict Resolution.  

 

During law school, Lowell served as Publication Editor of the Public Land & Resources Law Review, received the Dean of Students Award for Highest Academic Achievement in Renewable Energy Law, twice competed in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (award recipient of the Best Brief Award for the Environmental Plaintiff), was a scholar with the Wyss Scholars Program for the Conservation of the American West, and served as President of the Environmental Law Group.

 

After law school, Lowell clerked for the Honorable Chief Justice Mike McGrath of the Montana Supreme Court where he drafted opinions (majority and dissent) and bench memoranda for around thirty civil and criminal cases.

 

In his free time, Lowell enjoys exploring the outdoors and planning the next family adventure with his wife and two sons.  Lowell works remotely out of his home office in Missoula, Montana.

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Awards, Honors, & Memberships

• Member, Montana Public Utility Law Section, Montana Bar Association

• Member, Montana Natural Resources Law Section, Montana Bar Association

• Montana School of Law Class of 2019 Most Outstanding Law Student

• Member, Order of Barristers for having demonstrated exceptional skill in trial advocacy, oral advocacy, and brief writing.

• Admitted to practice in Montana and the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

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Presentations & Publications:

• Chandler, Lowell J. (2021), Localizing Energy Independence: How PURPA and Community Power Legislation Can Drive Development of Resilient and Reliable Local Clean Energy Projects, Public Land & Resources Law Review, Vol. 44, Article 4. 

• "What the FERC is PURPA: An Introduction to Renewable Energy Law in Montana," presented at the Montana Bar Association Natural Resources Law Section Annual Meeting (June 2022).

• Lowell J. Chandler and Nathan A. Burke, Measuring Brief (Fossil Fuel Creek Watchers, Inc.), 9 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. Online Companion 139 (2018). Available at: digitalcommons.pace.edu/pelroc/vol9/iss1/5/.

• Chandler, Lowell J. (2018) "Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui," Public Land and Resources Law Review: Vol. 0, Article 27. Available at: https://scholarship.law.umt.edu/plrlr/vol0/iss8/27.