This year, we are pleased to offer a Season Pass to our monthly lunches in Portland.  The Season Pass allows you to attend all lunches for one low price:

• September 14, 2017 – Judge Michael H. Simon – Reflections on the Adversary System in Civil & Criminal Cases
• October 19, 2017 – Assistant United States Attorney Katie de Villiers – Discussing Issues of Forfeiture in the Federal Courts
• November 16, 2017 – Mat dos Santos – American Civil Liberties Union – Discussing Central Topics for the ACLU
• January 18, 2018 – Chief Judge Michael W. Mosman – State of the Court Address
• February 15, 2018 – Steven Wax – Oregon Innocence Project – Innocence Claims in Federal Courts
• March 15, 2018 – Judge Anna Brown
• April 19, 2018 – Judges Youlee Yim You & Stacie F. Beckerman
• May 2018, Date TBD – Mystery Ninth Circuit Judge

All lunches are held @ noon at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse

Click HERE to buy a Season Pass!  You can also register for individual lunches by watching for email announcements a few weeks prior to each lunch.

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We invite you to register for the Oregon FBA’s Annual Dinner HERE.

The Oregon Chapter of the FBA is pleased to sponsor the Reigning Roses Walk 5k on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2017.  Join us at Castaway Portland, 1900 NW 18th Ave., Portland, OR 97209 and look for the FBA Table.

The Reigning Roses Walk benefits Rose Haven, a day shelter and community center in Portland serving women and children who are experiencing the trauma of abuse, loss of home, and other disruptive life challenges. The Reigning Roses Walk is a beautiful route through Northwest Portland and will start and finish at Castaway Portland.

FBA members, along with their family, friends, and co-workers are invited to join the FBA team. Registration and details can be found on Rose Haven’s page HERE There is no minimum fee to register, however members are encouraged to make a personal donation or ask others to support their participation.

Unable to make it? Does your company make charitable donations? Consider making a donation to the FBA team. 100% of all proceeds will benefit Rose Haven. Visit the FBA team page for FBA Team Donations

Questions? Please contact team captain Jack Scholz at jscholz@chernofflaw.com.

UPDATE: The deadline for entries in the contest has been extended to accommodate spring break in many school districts. Essays and videos are now due by noon (12 p.m.) PDT on Monday, April 24, 2017.

Civics education begins with understanding the Constitution, which defines our individual rights and the power of the state. To that end, please consider participating in a civics essay contest.

The theme is “Not to be Forgotten: Legal Lessons of the Japanese Internment.” Through an essay and/or short video, students are asked to “consider and describe the relevance of the Japanese internment today as our nation combats terrorism.”

This contest is open to 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders in public, private, parochial and charter high schools, and to home-schooled students of equivalent grade level status.

The top three entries in the Oregon contest for both the essay and video competition will be recognized by the U.S. District Court of Oregon judges as well as awarded cash prizes. Those six entries will then advance to the Ninth Circuit contest and the top three finishers for both the essay and video competitions will be recognized at the Ninth Circuit Conference in San Francisco, California as well as receive cash prizes for first, second and third places.

Further contest rules, entry instructions and more instructions are available here.

The U.S. District Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon are hosting a local contest to determine the top three state finalists in both the essay and video contests who will go on to compete for cash prizes in the circuit contest. To be eligible to compete in the Oregon contest, students must reside in the State of Oregon. In addition to advancement to the circuit contest, local district winners will receive cash prizes and be invited to the award presentation at the FBA Annual Dinner on May 25, 2017. For more information about the local contest, please contact: the Hon. Judge Russo at Jolie_Russo@ord.uscourts.gov.

The FBA Oregon Chapter Ancer Haggerty Scholars Program offers current high school juniors an opportunity to explore their interests in law and civil rights.  Scholars selected for the program are recognized at the annual FBA Oregon Chapter dinner to kick off the program.  Program participants then meet with a local attorney mentor, visit one or more law offices (such as a law firm, government prosecutor, or defender’s office) during a week over the summer break, and attend law and civil rights events during the 2017-2018 school year.

For more information about Judge Haggerty’s career, see the U.S. District Court Historical Society pages here and  here.

Eligibility requirements: The Haggerty Scholars Program is for current high school juniors (graduating in 2018) with an interest in law and civil rights. Students must be willing to attend the annual FBA Oregon Chapter dinner on May 25, 2017 with a parent or teacher, meet with an attorney mentor on a regular basis, visit legal workplaces during one week over the summer break, and attend law and civil rights events during the 2017-2018 school year.

How to apply: Submit a completed application no later than April 14, 2017, to: BBeel@perkinscoie.com, or Bryan Beel, Perkins Coie LLP, 1120 NW Couch Street, Tenth Floor, Portland, OR, 97209.  Application is available here:  haggerty-scholars-application-2017-2018.