Welcome
By rcollier | February 22, 2008
Dedicated to promoting cordiality and mutual respect among our members and to upholding and elevating standards of honor, integrity and courtesy.
Welcome to the Marion County Bar Association Website! Our goal is for this site to provide a useful tool to MCBA members and the public. This website should be a resource for our members to obtain useful information and learn about upcoming events. Please provide any comments or suggestions for the site to any of the Board members.
The Marion County Bar prides itself on its professional approach to the practice of law. The civility and professionalism we take for granted here is the product of generations of lawyers practicing in this county with a “take the high road” approach to the practice of law. It is up to the current members of the MCBA to foster this approach for the generations that will succeed us. The high standard for professionalism benefits everyone who touches our judicial system, from the pro se litigant to the judiciary. It is my privilege to serve as President of this wonderful Bar Association this year. Please join me in supporting MCBA sponsored programs and events. Thank you.
Ryan Collier
2008 MCBA President
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OJD Job Announcement
By admin | March 28, 2008
The Oregon Judicial Department is accepting applications for the position of Hearings Referee/Pro Tem Judge for Marion County Circuit Court. Typical job duties include conducting hearings and making decisions in designated cases, examining evidence and testimony, making findings of fact and conclusions of law, and advising or consulting with judges on points of law. The salary range for the position is $5,289.00 - $8,205.00 monthly with an expected 3.1% salary rate increase on September 1, 2008. Qualified applicants must submit a Judicial Department application
available at http://www.ojd.state.or.us/jobs. The deadline for submission has been extended to 5:00 p.m. on April 1, 2008.
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High Conflict Symposium
By MCBA | February 22, 2008
Resilience in high conflict families will be the theme of the Marion County Family Law Advisory Committee’s biennial High Conflict Symposium, to be held at the Willamette University College of Law on Friday, May 30, 2008 from 8:00 - 4:30. The symposium will feature national speakers and material developed by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
“Most of us know a lot about the challenges of many of the families we work with, and a great deal about the risks to children in high conflict situations. We think it’s time for this symposium to focus on what is being learned about the resilience of children and families, and ways we can foster these,” commented Judge Thomas Hart, chair of the Marion County FLAC.
Speakers Judge Ernestine Gray of Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, Katherine Yetter, J.D., and Ruby Starr White are frequent presenters for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Presenters will share techniques for court personnel, bar, and related service providers aimed at fostering resilience in litigants involved in the various types of family-related legal proceedings.
Symposium topics will include current resilience research, the distinction between violence and abuse, parenting time in high conflict cases, and mediation in the context of high conflict.
For further information contact: David Bertram at David.Bertram@ojd.state.or.us or 503-584-4754.
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