The Willamette University College of Law Women’s Law Caucus (WLC) is now accepting donations of clean, gently used, men's and women's professional clothing: suits, slacks, blouses, button downs, etc. for their annual professional clothing sale. The clothing will be sold to law students to help them look the part for summer jobs, internships, externships, and volunteer work. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Mid-Valley Women's Crisis Service.
  
Clothing donations may be dropped off at Student Affairs in the Willamette University Law building, 245 Winter Street SE.  Please notify Student Affairs that you are donating to the WLC sale. You may also contact Casondra Albrecht at calbrech@willamette.edu to arrange for a student to pick up your donation. 

Details to follow regarding the March 5, 2014, sale and event. Thank you for donating to this great cause!

Road to the Bench Presentation: Meet our new Court of Appeals Judges! 
Wednesday, January 29th from noon - 1:00 pm
The Ike Box, 299 Cottage St NE, Salem OR 97301

The Mary Leonard Law Society is excited to welcome Oregon’s four newest members to the appellate bench for an informal discussion. Panelists will include Chris Garrett (who will join the bench in February), Judge Doug Tookey, Judge Joel Devore, and Judge Erin Lagesen. Judge Rebecca Duncan will moderate. Come ready to welcome the new judges and to ask them about their roads to the bench, early impressions as they join one of the busiest appellate courts in the nation, and any other burning questions you may have. 

This is a free event. Please help us thank the Ike Box for volunteering their venue space by purchasing a delicious coffee or café lunch item! Please RSVP at our website, www.maryleonardlawsociety.org

ONLD Salem Social
Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 5:30 pm
Grand Vines Wine & Bistro, 195 High Street NE, Salem, OR 97301 (located directly opposite the Marion County Courthouse)

We are pleased to announce an Oregon New Lawyers Division social for Salem in 2014!  Please join us at Grand Vines Wine & Bistro for an opportunity to meet and mingle with other ONLD members in the Salem area. 

ONLD will provide a selection of finger foods and gourmet truffles. No host beverage selection.  No RSVP required. 
 
Information will also be available about upcoming opportunities with the local New Lawyers Division of the Marion County Bar Association.

Achieving Work Life Balance: A Conversation with Liani Reeves, Roland Iparraguirre and Jennifer Todd
Thursday, February 13 from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Collier Law, 1020 Liberty St SE, Salem, OR 97302

The Mary Leonard Law Society and the Marion County Bar New Lawyer Division are pleased to bring together three local attorneys to speak about achieving a work life balance in a legal career. Liani Reeves serves as chief legal advisor and general counsel to Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber M.D.  Roland Iparraguirre serves as deputy director and chief operating office at the Oregon Lottery. Jennifer Todd is currently a Salem area private practitioner, with a wealth of past experience including time on the Marion County Probate Court and as a professor at Willamette University College of Law. Attendees are encouraged to arrive between 5:15 and 5:30 for informal networking over refreshments with each other and the presenters. The panelists will speak from 6-7pm. This event is free and open to law students as well as lawyers, and anyone else who is interested in achieving the elusive goal of work life balance in the legal professions! Please RSVP at our website, www.maryleonardlawsociety.org

Combating Human Trafficking
Thursday, March 20 at 12:00 noon
Ford Hall, Willamette University

Mary Leonard Law Society will join with Willamette University in March to present a panel discussion on human trafficking and on-the-ground efforts that are being taken to combat this serious violation of human rights. Panelists include Assistant United States Attorney Hannah Horsley, FBI Victim Specialist Erin Ludwig, Joel Shapiro of Shared Hope International, Tana Rogers of the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force, Immigration lawyer Chanpone Sinlapasai of Marandas & McClellan LLC, and Gwynne Skinner from Willamette University’s International Human and Refugee Rights Clinic. This is a free event. Please RSVP at our website, www.maryleonardlawsociety.org

Spring Ethics CLE: Technology and the Ethics of Using it
Wednesday, April 16, 12:00-1:00 pm
Oregon Civic Justice Center, 790 State Street, Salem OR
The annual Mary Leonard Law Society Spring Ethics CLE will be on the topic of technology and your ethical responsibilities while using it. Join us in welcoming presenters David Madden, Intellectual Property lawyer with Mersenne Law LLC ; Sheila Blackford, Practice Management Advisor with the Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund; and Amber Bevacque-Lynott, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel for the Oregon State Bar. 1 Ethics CLE credit pending.
MLLS Lunchtime CLEs are $15 for OWLS members; $20 for non-OWLS members; $10 for Judicial Clerks; and free to students, WUCL staff and professors, and to those not seeking CLE credit. Brownbag lunches welcome. Please RSVP at our website, www.maryleonardlawsociety.org.
 
Save the Date! MLLS Monte Carlo Casino Night
Friday, May 16
Creekside Golf Club, Salem, OR

Back by popular demand, Mary Leonard Law Society will be hosting a Monte Carlo Casino Night for our 6th annual spring charity event. Guests will enjoy wine and beer from local producers and hors d’oeuvres while trying their hands at craps, roulette, poker, and black jack. Community supporters will provide a wide array of silent-auction items, and representatives of our featured charity will be on hand to talk about their important work. Mark your calendars today and watch for more information, coming soon! 

Interested in sponsoring Casino Night, contributing to our silent auction or volunteering to help with the event? Please contact us at maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com! 

Happy Holidays from Mary Leonard Law Society! Mark your calendars for our upcoming December events.


Courthouse Connection's Holiday Social Event and Toy Drive
Thursday, December 5, 2013 from noon - 1:00 pm
Marion County Courthouse 5th Floor Jury Assembly
Room


Join the Marion County Bar Association and Mary Leonard Law Society for an informal
gathering of judges, attorneys and law clerks to discuss the practice of law in
our courts and community.

MLLS is also joining with the MCBA to collect toys for "Santa Central." Make a foster
child’s holiday special by bringing a gift to the Courthouse Connection’s
Holiday Social Event! The wish list includes: Lego sets; Nintendo DS games for
the younger kids; Disney toys and merchandise, including current Disney DVDs;
gift cards; and nearly any other popular toy. Please don’t wrap the gifts. If
you don’t have time to shop, checks can be made payable to "Santa Central." 


The Mary Leonard Law Society (MLLS) and Willamette University College of Law (WUCL)
Career and Professional Development Lunchtime CLE: "CHILD ABUSE REPORTING" CLE
presented by Katie Suver of the Marion County District Attorney's Office 
Monday, December 9 from 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Oregon Civic Justice Center, 790 State Street SE, Salem OR,
97301

The MLLS Lunchtime CLE is $15 for OWLS members; $20 for non-OWLS members; $10 for
Judicial Clerks; and free to students, WUCL staff and professors, and to those
not seeking CLE credit. Brownbag lunches are encouraged. 
 
Save the Date! MLLS Monte Carlo Casino Night
Friday, May 16, 2014
Creekside Golf Club, Salem, OR

Back by popular demand, Mary Leonard Law Society will be hosting a Monte Carlo Casino
Night for our 6th annual spring charity event. Guests
will enjoy wine and beer from local producers and hors d’oeuvres while trying
their hands at craps, roulette, poker, and black jack. Community supporters will
provide a wide array of silent-auction items, and representatives of our
featured charity will be on hand to talk about their important work. Mark your
calendars today and watch for more information, coming soon! 
Interested in sponsoring Casino Night or contributing to our silent auction? Please
contact us at maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com! 

Don't forget to register today for the 2013 Mary Leonard Law Society Annual New Admittee Luncheon. Admission is free for spring and summer 2013 admittees to the Oregon Bar! RSVP here.

Mary Leonard Law Society looks forward to welcoming you to our
fall events! 

Courthouse Connections free CLE: “Trust Accounting - Your Financial and Ethical Responsibilities,” presented by Dee Crocker of the Professional Liability Fund
Thursday, October 3, noon - 1:00 pm
Jury Assembly Room, Marion County Courthouse, 100 High St NE, Salem OR 97301

The surest way to lose your license to practice law is to violate the trust
accounting rules. The goal of this one-hour program is to give you the tools to
properly manage and your trust account and keep client money and property safe. 

RSVP by emailing us at maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com

Join MLLS at the Boys & Girls Club Teen Court Luncheon 
Thursday, October 17, noon - 1:00 pm 
Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties, 1395 Summer Street NE, Salem OR 97301

Help MLLS support the Boys and Girls Club of Salem’s efforts to
continue its administration of the Teen Court program for youth offenders.
Although Teem Court was historically funded by the City of Salem, the city made
a very difficult decision a number of years ago to cut funding in the face of
budget shortfalls. Understanding the importance of the program, the Boys and
Girls Club of Salem stepped in. Boys and Girls Club now continues to run Teen
Court while providing opportunities for youth offenders to join positive
activities at the club. This annual attorney luncheon helps to provide a
consistent funding source for Teen Court and MLLS strongly encourages our
members to attend. 

Although the luncheon is free, attendees are asked to make a
generous contribution to the Boys and Girls Club Teen Court program. Please join
MLLS in helping to make the luncheon a success by registering today! 
 
RSVP to sit at the MLLS table by emailing us at maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com.
 

Networking for Women at All Career Stages, a panel discussion
Thursday, October 24, noon – 1:00 pm
Oregon Civic Justice Center at Willamette University, 790 State Street, SE
Presented by Mary Leonard Law Society in association with Willamette University
College of Law (WUCL) Placement Office

Please join the Mary Leonard Law Society and WUCL for a panel discussion on tips and
 strategies that women can use to network effectively, market ourselves, and
self-promote at all levels of our careers. Our distinguished panel will include Stephanie
Palmblad, associate attorney with Collier Law; Vanessa A. Nordyke, Assistant Attorney
General in the Trial Division at the Oregon Department of Justice; Martha Pagel, shareholder and
leader of the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources practice group at
Schwabe, Williamson& Wyatt; and Debra Ringold, Dean and JELD-WEN Professor
of Free Enterprise at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette
University.

This a free event and brown bag lunches are welcome! 
Please RSVP at our website, www.maryleonardlawsociety.org.
  Questions or comments? email
maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com




SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, November 7, for the MLLS annual New
Admittee Luncheon featuring Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek at Gamboretti's
Italian Restaurant, 325 High St SE, Salem OR 97301 from noon to 1:00 pm. More
information on this and other events available on our website, maryleonardlawsociety.org
and on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/MaryLeonardLawSociety




SAVE THE DATE: Monday, December 9, for the MLLS annual Child
Abuse Reporting CLE with Deputy District Attorney Katie Suver. More information
on this and other events available on our website, maryleonardlawsociety.org
and on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/MaryLeonardLawSociety


 

Willamette University College of Law is in great need of attorney mentors for this year's mentor program. Originally started by MLLS, Willamette's attorney-student mentoring program is now the largest in the state, pairing first-year students with approximately 150 lawyers and judges who will serve as mentors throughout the students' three years at the College of Law. This year, as many as 50 students are still waiting to be paired with mentors. The time commitment is only about one hour a month. The goal of the program is to help students transition into the legal profession. This could be by helping them understand the practice of law outside the classroom, learning the importance of developing
a professional community or just adjusting to law school.

We highly encourage anyone who can spare the minimal time committment to volunteer for this successful and important program. Volunteers can fill out the form at: http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/careers/mentor/mentor_form/ The Attorney-Student Mentor Program Kick-off Reception on Wednesday, September 18, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. If you can't make the reception, don't worry, you can still be a mentor!

If you have questions, please contact the Willamette Placement Office at law-career@willamette.edu or (503)
370-6057.

The MLLS access to justice CLE: The Medgar Evers Assassination, will be held on Tuesday, September 24, from noon-1:00 in the Willson-Hines room at Goudy Commons on the Willamette University campus. Please join us for a fascinating discussion, led by Assistant US Attorney Ron Silver, of the three trials and 30 year quest to convict the killer of Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers. Visit the "events" section of our website to RSVP. We hope to see you there!!!

- by Heather Vogelsong, 2013 Imprint Program Coordinator and MLLS member

27 North Salem High School students and 27 attorneys and law students participated in Marion County’s 2013 Imprint Program. The program paired a freshman from teacher Aireanne Nicholson’s class with a volunteer from the legal profession and provided them with the opportunity to form a one-on-one relationship through reading a book and
exchanging letters as pen-pals, providing the student an opportunity to interact with a positive adult role model. 
This year, program participants read Sherman Alexie’s book “The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.” 
The final event for the program was a pizza party, where the students and volunteers had an opportunity to meet each other face-to- face.  
 
Each of the students who participated in the program was involved in AVID (Advanced Via Individual Determination) at North Salem High School.  AVID students have the intellectual capacity to attain college entrance, but tend to have barriers, such as economic or language barriers or the lack of a support system that may prevent them from going to college.  AVID helps students develop the critical thinking and organizational skills they'll need to attend college, acquaints them with the college environment and advanced courses, and assists them with college and scholarship applications.  

The Imprint Program would not be possible without the support and financial assistance of the Marion County Bar Association, Willamette University, College of Law, and the Mary Leonard Law Society.  A big thank you is extended to each of those organizations. A special thank you is extended to Cathryn Bowie, who volunteered to take pictures of the volunteers and students at the pizza party.  And much appreciation is extended to the 27 volunteers who read books and wrote letters to the students.  The volunteers are the life of the program!  Thank you volunteers for your willingness to share a bit of yourselves with an aspiring student.  

Join us as the 2013-14 MLLS programming season opens with a fascinating presentation on civil rights history by Assistant US Attorney, Ron Silver. The Mary Leonard Law Society will present an access to justice CLE on the history of the Medgar Evers assassination and trials on Tuesday, September 24, at the Willmette University School of Law, room TBA, from 12:00-1:00 pm.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Evers was
assassinated by a white supremacist in 1963. In two trials held during 1963,
juries composed solely of white men deadlocked on a conviction. In 1994, 30 years after the two previous trials had failed to reach a verdict, a third trial was held based on new evidence. Evers’ murder launched a series of criminal trials that later inspired civil rights protests, as well as numerous works of art, music, and film.

Assistant US Attorney Silver attended many of the 50th anniversary events to commemorate Medgar Evers assassination and celebrate Evers’ life and achievements. Mr. Silver will discuss the three trials that were held after Evers’ murder, and detail the eventual conviction of Evers’ assassin, Byron De La Beckwith.

The MLLS Lunchtime CLE is $15 for OWLS members; $20 for non-OWLS members; $10 for Judicial Clerks; and free to students, WUCL staff and professors, and to those not seeking CLE credit. Brownbag lunches welcome. 

Click here to register or contact us with questions by emailing maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com

MLLS wishes our members a happy spring and extends our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who helped make the 2013 Monte Carlo Casino Night fundraiser in support of Liberty House and Mid-Valley Women's Crisis Service a huge success! We had a great time and will be announcing our final fundraising results soon. Stay tuned for information on how to help us spread thanks by supporting the many local businesses and individuals who contributed to Casino Night.  In the meantime, "like" MLLS at our new Facebook page to check out photos from Casino Night, stay up to date on MLLS upcoming events and connect with your colleagues. Plus, don't forget to RSVP for the MLLS April Ethics CLE next Tuesday with Helen Hierschbiel and to mark your calendars for May MLLS events, all described below! 

The Mary Leonard Law Society (MLLS) and Willamette University College of Law (WUCL) Career and Professional Development Lunchtime Ethics CLE presented by Helen Hierschbiel and John Gleason of the Oregon State Bar

Tuesday, April 30 at 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Oregon Civic Justice Center, 790 State Street, Salem 97301

MLLS and WUCL present an ethics workshop with Helen Hierschbiel from the Oregon State Bar. Helen will discuss recent developments in the field of ethics and introduce John Gleason, who recently joined the OSB as Disciplinary Counsel and Director of Regulatory Services. Mr. Gleason hails from Colorado, where he previously served for 25 years as head of the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel for the Colorado Supreme Court. We look forward to meeting Mr. Gleason and learning about how his Oregon work compares with his experiences in Colorado. Please join us!

The MLLS Lunchtime CLE is $15 for OWLS members; $20 for non-OWLS members; $10 for Judicial Clerks; and free to students, WUCL staff and professors, and to those not seeking CLE credit. Brownbag lunches are encouraged.

To RSVP, contact maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com 

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CLE Presentation: Understanding Your PLF Coverage, a Courthouse Connections Event presented in coordinatrion with the Marion County Bar Association and Mary Leonard Law Society May 9, 2013 12:00 -1:30pm
Marion County Courthouse (5th Floor Jury Room)
100 High Street, Salem OR 97301

Please join us in welcoming our presenters from the PLF: Emilee Preble, Lead Underwriter and Staff Attorney; Jeff Crawford, Director of Administration; and Matt Borrillo, Claims Attorney, for a dicussion on how PLF coverage works. Bring your burning questions! This is a free event!  1.5 CLE credits pending. 

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Road to the Bench Discussion with the Honorable Claudia Burton, the Honorable Mary James, the Honorable Tracy Prall and Liani Reeves  Tuesday, May 21 at 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Courtroom of Judge Burton, Marion County Circuit Court 1st floor 100 High Street, Salem OR 97301 For those contemplating a career on the bench to those who appear in front of the bench, this discussion will offer attendees an opportunity to ask questions in an informal and friendly atmosphere. Please join us as our honorable guests from the Marion County Court share their stories and thoughts. Liani Reeves, of the Office of the Governor, will also be on hand to to provide insights into the appointment process. This program is sponsored by the Mary Leonard Law Society, Courthouse Connections, the Marion County Bar Association, and the OWLS Judicial Workgroup. 

This program will be preceded by the Mary Leonard Law Society general elections for the 2013-2014 Board Term. 

There are several openings on the MLLS board, and we encourage any MLLS members who are interested in filling a position or who have questions about board membership to email us at maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com.  Serving on the MLLS board is a great way to network, to get involved in the Salem area legal community, and to promote the MLLS mission of transforming the practice of law and ensuring justice and equality by advancing women and minorities in the legal profession. MLLS offers monthly meetings from September through May each year. Meetings feature presentations by guest speakers, CLEs, social gatherings, and volunteer opportunities. The MLLS board also meets once a month from September through May. Both general meetings and board meetings are typically held on weekdays over the noon hour. 
To RSVP, contact maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com