Spring – that time of year when we clean out our closets and visit the local Goodwill.

This year, why not donate your clean, gently used professional clothing to the neediest of folks in the legal community: law students!

The Willamette Women’s Law Caucus is now accepting donations of men’s and women’s professional clothing: suits, slacks, blouses, button downs, etc. The clothing will be sold to law students who will be able to look the part for summer jobs, internships, externships, and volunteer work. Proceeds from the sale will help sponsor a WUPILP fellowship specifically focusing on women’s issues.

Everyone is invited to join us for our first Professional Clothing Sale on Wednesday, April 3, so please mark your calendar. Light snacks will be provided.

To donate, just swing by Student Affairs in the Willamette Law building, 245 Winter Street SE, and let them know you are donating for the WLC sale.
Or contact Casondra Albrecht at calbrech@willamette.edu to arrange for a student to pick up your donation.

Thank you for donating to this great cause!

Her Wife / His Husband: Marriage Equality & The Law

Willamette University College of Law

Tuesday February 26, 2013

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

245 Winter St. Room 201

SPONSORED BY WILLAMETTE LAMBDA LEGAL ORGANIZATION

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Panelists Include:

• Steven K. Green, Fred H. Paulus Professor of Law, Dir. of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy
• Gwynne Skinner, Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, Dir. of the International Human Rights Clinic at Willamette
• Norman R. Williams, Ken and Claudia Peterson Professor of Law, Dir. of the Center for Constitutional Government
• Kim Sogge, Marriage Equality Field Organizer Basic Rights Oregon
• Sasha Buchert, Communications Manager Basic Rights Oregon

Contact Nathan Payne at npayne@willamette.edu for more information

The Mary Leonard Law Society (MLLS) presents:

Arbitration in Marion County, a panel discussion

Tuesday, January 29 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Marion County Courthouse 5th floor jury assembly room
100 High Street Northeast, Salem 97301

Please join MLLS and panelists Judge Dale Penn, Dave Hilgemann, and Michelle Vlach-Ing for a conversation about the practice of arbitration in Marion County.  This practical discussion will focus on how to become a court appointed arbitrator in Marion County, as well as requirements and tips for becoming a private arbitrator.  Panelists will also discuss how practitioners select arbitrators. 

This is a free event.  Brownbag lunches welcome. 

For more information, please contact maryleonardlawsociety@gmail.com. 

Marion County Bar Association
Annual Awards and Pro Bono Awards Dinner
Thursday, January 31, 2013
5:30 – 9:00 p.m. at Creekside Golf Club

Include the 2013 Imprint Program in your New Year’s resolutions!

Are you interested in working with youth in our community and making a difference in their lives? Then you should sign up to be a volunteer with the Imprint Program. The time commitment is minimal, but the rewards are huge!

The Imprint Program pairs a high school student with an attorney and provides them with the opportunity to form a one-on-one relationship through reading a book from the student’s curriculum and exchanging 3 to 4 letters as pen-pals over approximately three months, providing the student an opportunity to interact with a positive adult role model. The program concludes with a party where the student and volunteer attorney meet face to face. It is a rewarding, meaningful program for both the students and volunteer attorneys, and one which is ideal for busy lawyers!

We have had a lot of interest so far!  And are now searching for a few last volunteers to read an assigned book and exchange letters with a student. To participate you must be available for the program-end party on April 17th from 12:30 to 1:30. The party is the most important part of the Imprint Program, thus, we require that all volunteers attend.

An orientation meeting for all volunteers will be held in early February, the date is still being finalized. Attendance at orientation is not required, but is strongly encouraged. Feel free to bring your lunch! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the program coordinator, Heather Vogelsong at maitaly28@yahoo.com.

Please join the Oregon Judicial Department
At The Honorable Donald D. Abar’s
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
Presented at the
Marion County Courthouse
Friday, January 25, 2013, at 3 p.m.
Courtroom 2A
Salem, Oregon

Reception Following

The Marion County Bar Association and the Mary Leonard Law Society present a Courthouse Connections event:
Meet the New Judges
Friday, February 8  |  12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Marion County Courthouse |  5th floor jury assembly room

Please come and meet the newest judges of the Marion County Circuit Court:  Judge Don Abar, Judge Vance Day, Judge Courtland Geyer, Judge David Leith and Judge Lindsay Partridge.

The Marion County Bar Association and the Mary Leonard Law Society present a Courthouse Connections CLE:
Practice Management
Thursday, January 24, |  12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Marion County Courthouse | 5th floor jury assembly room

The MCBA and MLLS welcome Dee Crocker, from the Professional Liability Fund, and solo practitioner Virgil Royer, of Virgil Royer PC, for a presentation on matters related to managing a private practice.  This panel discussion will feature information on the specifics of setting up a new practice, as well as tips from Virgil as he reflects on his first year of solo practice.

The CLE is FREE and brownbag lunches are encouraged.

This address will be streamed live to the jury assembly room on the 5th floor of the downtown courthouse. Judges, court staff, attorneys and the public are welcome to come to the courthouse to view this address for free.

The Marion County Bar Association and The Salem City Club are presenting:
Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Balmer’s
Annual State of the Courts Address

This is the seventh time the MCBA and Salem City Club have joined to sponsor this event.  However, this is the first opportunity to hear Chief Justice Balmer after Paul DeMuniz retirement.

Friday, January 11, 2013
12:00pm
Spinning Room of the Willamette Heritage Center

All MCBA members are invited to attend.
A luncheon is served:  if you wish to attend the luncheon please RSVP to RSVP@salemcityclub.com, or call(503) 370-2808 by Wednesday, January 9.

If you haven’t reserved a spot, you may still attend but food may not be available.  MCBA members will be charged the same $12 rate as City Club members for the luncheon, but may attend without luncheon for free.  A $5 donation is requested, but not required.

This is an important event each year and is broadcast to all courthouses in the state.  In the past, MCBA members have been reluctant to ask questions of the chief.  If there are MCBA members who would like to ask a question but are reluctant to do so, Salem City Club members are willing to ask them for you in a confidential way.  Send any questions to carlamikke@yahoo.com, and City Club will arrange to have your questions asked.  All questions will be confidential, and introduced only as “an MCBA member has asked”.  After the luncheon, all emails with questions will be deleted.  It is City Club’s hope that this will give MCBA members the opportunity to ask important questions.

A huge thank you to MCBA member Ryan Collier for sponsoring this event!

Marion County Bar Association, Mary Leonard Law Society and
Willamette University College of Law Present:
PRACTICAL LITIGATION CLE SERIES
and Practical Skills Workshops
Winter 2013

A practical skills workshop follows each CLE session.
A great opportunity for new attorneys to meet with experienced practitioners in a small group setting.

January 16, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Show & Tell: Working with or Adding to the AV Capacities in Marion County Courtrooms”
Speaker: Douglas C. Hanson, Marion County District Attorney’s Office
Location: Chemeketa Center for Business and Industry, 626 High Street NE

January 23, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Immediately If Not Sooner, Please: TROs, Injunctions and Other Immediate Relief”
Speaker: Mark C. Hoyt, Sherman Sherman Johnnie & Hoyt
Location: Willamette University College of Law, Oregon Civic Justice Center

January 30, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Finding, Affording, and Using Experts to Help You Negotiate Settlements”
Speaker: Hon. Pamela L. Abernethy, Former Judge, Marion County Circuit Court, Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.
Location: Willamette University College of Law, Oregon Civic Justice Center

February 6, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Map, Please! – How to Turn Jury Instructions into a Discovery Plan”
Speaker: James E. Mountain Jr., Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.
Location: Willamette University College of Law, Oregon Civic Justice Center

February 13, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“You Are There: Successful Depositions Reviewed or Reenacted, and Why They Were Effective”
Speaker: Keith J. Bauer, Parks Bauer Sime Winkler & Fernety LLP
Location: Willamette University College of Law, Oregon Civic Justice Center

February 20, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Getting Your Audience’s Attention: Using Narratives, Themes and Examples to Tell Your Story”
Speakers: Hon. Martha L. Walters, Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Hon. Tracy A. Prall, Judge, Marion County Circuit Court
Mitzi M. Naucler, Legal Aid Services of Oregon
Location: Willamette University College of Law, Oregon Civic Justice Center

February 27, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“How to Pick’Em: Effective Voir Dire for Civil Juries”
Speaker: Walter H. Sweek, Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP
Location: Willamette University College of Law, Oregon Civic Justice Center

March 6, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Reasonable Fees: How to Know What They Are and Present Them in ORCP 68 Petitions”
Speaker: Kim E. Hoyt, Garrett Hemann Robertson P.C.
Location: Willamette University College of Law, Oregon Civic Justice Center

March 13, 2013 3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Professionalism, Ethics and the Civil Litigator”
Speaker: Hon. Paul J. De Muniz, Former Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Location: Willamette University College of Law, Oregon Civic Justice Center

Cost Structure: (cash or check gladly accepted) (OSB CLE credit pending)
$20 per CLE
$100 for CLE series ($90 if payment received by 1/15/13)
$15 per CLE for 2010-2012 OSB admittees
$85 for CLE series for 2010-2012 OSB admittees ($75 if payment received by 1/15/13)
Free for practical skills workshops
Light refreshments provided

For advance payment, please send checks made out to MCBA to:
MCBA, c/o William Weidner
PO Box 749
Salem OR 97308

CLEs offered by the Marion County Bar Association.
Practical skills workshops hosted by the Mary Leonard Law Society.
Questions? Contact William Weidner at wweidner@ghrlawyers.com.

Ideal shared activity for new admittees and OSB attorney mentors.

MCBA and MLLS CLE Series Planners:
Hon. Allison R. Boomer, Magistrate, Oregon Tax Court
Hon. Claudia M. Burton, Judge, Marion County Circuit Court
Erin N. Dawson, Oregon Tax Court
Norma S. Freitas, Willamette University College of Law
John Gear, John Gear Law Office, LLC
Rebecca L. Hillyer, Chemeketa Community College
Gina A. Johnnie, Sherman Sherman Johnnie & Hoyt, LLP
Hon. Jill A. Tanner, Magistrate, Oregon Tax Court
Douglas L. Tookey, Office of the Legislative Counsel
William J. Weidner Jr., Garrett Hemann Robertson P.C.