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SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Ron Silver will present another educational and entertaining CLE focusing on civil rights

Noon—1:30 p.m., Public Service Building, Basement

Lunch available for purchase at 1st floor Deli

CLE credit

Three Perspectives of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence was a major causal factor in the murder of 35 women and children in the first four months of this year (2010). That sobering statistic was shared by Jayne Downing, Executive Director, Mid-Valley Women’s Crisis Service, who was one of the three individuals participating in the Mary Leonard Law Society Continuing Education Program entitled Three Perspective of Domestic Violence….

By Allison Boomer and Jill Tanner

Next Event

7/28

The Struggle For Fair Housing In America

Presented by Ron Silver, Assistant United States Attorney

Public Service Bldg., Capitol Mall,

Basement Conference Room A

Noon—1 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

This spring, Mary Leonard Law Society partnered with the Marion County Bar Association and Willamette University College of Law to bring the Imprint Program to Marion County. The Imprint Program, modeled after the Multnomah County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section’s program, paired 48 North Salem High School AVID (Advanced Via Individual Determination) students with 48 volunteer attorneys. Students in the AVID program 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. Through the Imprint Program the student-attorney pairs formed a one-on-one relationship through reading a book from the student’s curriculum and exchanging four letters as pen-pals over approximately three month, providing the student an opportunity to interact with a positive adult role model. The freshman and their mentors read “Lord of the Flies” while the sophomores and their mentors read “Catcher In The Rye.” The program ended on a high note in May when the students and volunteer attorneys met face to face at North Salem High School for a pizza party. Four letters, 16 pizzas, and many cookies and sodas later, all participants had grown a bit from sharing themselves with one another.

Sponsored by MCBA, Mary Leonard Law Society and Willamette University College of Law.
Co-coordinators Shannon Terry and Heather Vogelsong

Practice Tips:

Advice from Marion County Judges and Court Staff.

The following practice tips,

Tips For Law Clerks, reflects a “polling” of judges and staff over a number of years and may not reflect the opinions of all members currently on the bench.

Suggestions? Do you have an idea for a monthly meeting topic or a speaker you would like to invite? Activities for MLLS to sponsor or participate? Would you like to volunteer?

Please let us know by sending your suggestions to:

maryleonardlawsociety@hotmail.com