The U.S. Attorney's Office in Eugene hires 1L law clerks (usually one paid position and two unpaid positions) to start in the summer and continue throughout the following school year (and sometimes beyond). In this presentation, representatives from the USAO will share what clerking entails, how to apply, and how to make your application stand out! You can find out more about the DOJ by speaking with a DOJ Ambassador.
www.justice.gov/legal-careers/law-students
A panel of women practitioners discuss their experiences as women working in business law.
Through our interactive webinar, meet the Director of the Conflict and Dispute Resolution Master's (CRES) Program, John Inglish, and learn about our program offerings, degree requirements, and the field of conflict resolution! Learn more about us at our website conflict.uoregon.edu.
RSVP here: zoom.us/meeting/register/u5csdOqpqDwtZL4M6oCjU2HrahYKgrroCg
A panel discussion of in house counsel practitioners discuss their roles as in house counsel.
This summer, get up to 14 credits in 10 weeks in the Balkans – Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia, in particular. You will study the challenges and possibilities of human rights and post-conflict peace-building in one of the most dynamic, beautiful, and diverse regions in the world. This program provides an interdisciplinary perspective on these topics that includes an emphasis on law, politics, history, religion, and culture.
Program Dates:
Summer - June 20 - August 27, 2020
Application Deadlines:
Priority - February 1 (receive $100 program discount)
Final - March 1
Find out more or APPLY TODAY!
https://geo.uoregon.edu/programs/multicountry/human-rights-peace-balkans
The Washington State Attorney General's Office is the largest public law office in the state of Washington. With 25 divisions, it represents the State of Washington's agencies, boards, commissions, and public colleges and universities, including litigation, legal advice, and appellate work. This office hires volunteer 1L and 2L law clerks each summer, giving students valuable experience and exposure to public law in action. Attend this program and learn from visiting Attorney's General about how to apply and land a position.
Practitioners who work in the beer and wine industry discuss working in the law of beer and wine.
A Lecture on Lifeline Infrastructure and Community Resilience as part of the Le Val Lund Award.
Featured speaker: Yumei Wang P.E., Resilience Engineer at Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Followed by a panel discussion with:
John DeWenter, Board Chair, Springfield Utility Board
Jeni Hall, Solar Project Manager, Energy Trust of Oregon
Mike Harryman, State Resilience Officer for Oregon
Moderated by Josh Bruce, Director, Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience.
Sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics; cosponsored by Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup and UO Safety and Risk Services. Part of the Wayne Morse Center's 2019-21 theme, Science, Policy, and the Public.
Free and open to the public.
Practice interviewing with local attorneys in a low-pressure environment! Mock interviews are held for 1L students in fulfillment of the mock interview requirement for the 1L Professional Planning Course, and are co-sponsored with Oregon New Lawyers Division (ONLD). We will have local attorneys and professionals interviewing with students for a great interview experience.
Join the University of Oregon Portland campus for our 3rd annual Cultural Night Celebration: Ducks Around the World!
CONNECT:
Meet new people and get to know the region's diverse professionals
Students will host tables representing their cultures to learn from
ENJOY:
Free array of food representating the cultures of our UO Portland students and staff, including catering from Black Star Grill
Live music at 4:30 p.m.
Performance by Aztec Dancers at 5:30 p.m.
African Dance Workshop at 6:00 p.m.
Photobooth, crafts, and tables representing various cultures all night
The event is free and kids are welcome to attend!
Questions? Contact studentlifepdx@uoregon.edu or call 503-412-3701.
SBA hosts the third annual Wellness Week, a week dedicated to mental health awareness.
The Federal Public Defender's Office is recruiting for 2020 summer clerks in Eugene and Portland! Join us for a great opportunity to learn about what it's like representing people charged with federal offenses.
Please join Justice Meagan Flynn from the Oregon Supreme Court and Judge Charles M. Zennach from the Lane County Circuit Court and law clerks in learning more about externship opportunities with Oregon's courts. Judicial externships are outstanding career and skill-building opportunities--come and find out how to apply and make the most of this opportunity.
Featuring Jane Junn, University of Southern California.
Jane Junn is a professor of political science and gender and sexuality studies at the University of Southern California. She is an expert on voting, political participation, public opinion, Asian American politics, gender and politics, racial and ethnic identity, and the politics of immigration in the United States. She is the author of five books, including The Politics of Belonging: Race, Immigration, and Public Opinion and Education and Democratic Citizenship in America. Her research on the intersection of gender, race, and voting has been widely cited by journalists and political commentators in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
Sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center as part of its Democratic Governance Speaker Series. Cosponsored by the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society and UO Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
OLSPIF hosts its annual auction to raise money to fund summer stipends for students doing public interest legal work. Join us for the silver anniversary of this event.
Photographer Charles H. Jones' 28-piece art exhibit “Plant Abstractions” is on view on the second floor of the Knight Law Center from February 10 through May 20 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Jones’ photography of nature is done under intensive magnifications where he finds the color, shape, and texture of each flower and plant. Influenced by Georgia O’Keeffe and Dr. Seuss, viewers are sure to have a sensory experience.
Please join us for the annual Derrick Bell Lecture. This year's speaker is Professor Guy-Uriel E. Charles, the Edward and Ellen Schwarzman Professor of Law at Duke Law School and the co-director of the Duke Law Center on Law, Race and Politics. He teaches and writes about constitutional law, election law, campaign finance, redistricting, politics, and race.
Oregon Tax Court will come talk to the students about their externship program.
Whether you’re looking for a start to your career, want summer work experience, or want to up your professional development, this week is filled with opportunities! Career Fair Week has resume checks by advisers and employers, networking practice, jobs, and a ton of opportunities to connect with employers. Bring your resume and join us for any or all of these events.
Career Fair Week - All events open to all students
Drop-in Career Coaching Feb. 17 – 19 12pm - 3pm
Caffeinated Chats Feb. 18, 2020 10am - 1pm
Winter Networking Night Feb. 19, 2020 6pm - 8pm
Internship and Career Fair Feb. 20, 2020 12pm - 4pm
Architecture Fair Feb. 20, 2020 11am – 3pm
Environmental Connect Feb. 20, 2020 4pm – 6pm
Fall Fair Interviews Feb. 21, 2020 9am -5pm
Oregon Law's clinic and externship offerings move beyond classroom concepts and give students first-hand experience with the practice of law. Join us for this fun, interactive fair where you can learn more about each program, connect directly with clinic and externship supervisors, and chat with students who have engaged with these experiential learning opportunities. Legal employers seek mature, practice-ready candidates. Find out how clinic and externship experience can help give you a competitive edge in today's market.
A public talk with UO Associate Professor of Philosophy Colin Koopman.
Come celebrate Black History in the legal profession and its significance to the University of Oregon and the larger Oregon community. This banquet serves as a culmination of Black History Month and a celebration of our Black community, students, faculty/staff, and more.
What might we learn from the people living on climate change’s front lines about the future that we share? In this talk, Elizabeth Rush will speak about a small community on the eastern shore of Staten Island—a place that Hurricane Sandy both undid and remade from the ground up—investigating the storm's aftermath and the radical decisions residents made about how to overcome their shared vulnerability. She will give voice to those who have been traditionally left out of environmental discourse and how we might make the conversation more whole moving forward.
Elizabeth Rush is the author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore and Still Lifes from a Vanishing City: Essays and Photographs from Yangon, Myanmar. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Gaurdian, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, and the New Republic, among others. She is the recipient of fellowships and grants including the Howard Foundation Fellowship, awarded by Brown University; the Society for Environmental Journalism Grant; the Metcalf Institute Climate Change Adaptation Fellowship; and the Science in Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers. She received her MFA in nonfiction from Southern New Hampshire University, and teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University.
Professor Michael Gerhardt is one of four scholars invited to testify before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment of President Trump. He is also the only legal expert to testify before Congress when President Bill Clinton faced impeachment. Gerhardt, a professor at University of North Carolina, has written extensively about impeachment, constitutional authority, and the separation of powers.
This event is made possible by the Order of the Coif Distinguished Visitor Program.
The Lorwin Lectureship, founded by the estate of Val and Madge Lorwin, features renowned scholars and experts who promote greater appreciation for the importance of civil rights.
Christina Sharpe is a scholar of English literature and Black Studies. Her academic research focuses Black visual studies, Black queer studies, and mid-nineteenth century to contemporary African-American Literature and Culture. Christina is the author of two books: "In the Wake: On Blackness and Being" and "Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects."
Come celebrate the accomplishments of Oregon Law students, faculty, and staff at this annual event.
This is the last chance of the year to connect with over 80 companies and organizations that will be here in search of talented UO students and alumni! Polish up your resume and join us in the EMU Ballroom between noon and 4:00 p.m.!
The LRW Program and the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) are bringing 2019 Visiting Scholar Professor Olympia Duhart to Oregon Law for two days of presentations to students, faculty, and alumni/local practitioners. The presentations will draw on Professor Duhart's influential research and will focus on helping law students and practicing lawyers become more rhetorically effective and persuasive.
The Lorwin Lectureship, founded by the estate of Val and Madge Lorwin, features renowned scholars and experts who promote greater appreciation for the importance of civil rights.
Alicia Garza is an American civil rights activist and editorial writer who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement. She has organized around the issues of health, student services and rights, rights for domestic workers, ending police brutality, anti-racism, and violence against trans and gender non-conforming people of color.
Oregon Law welcomes faculty and leaders from across the nation for a two-day conference designed to support and promote scholarship in the Legal Research and Writing (LRW) field.