Family Law Society

Executive Board Members:

Co-President: Sandy Kuenzi

Co-President: Heather Joy

Secretary: Faye Breitreed

Treasurer: Dylan Trosper

1L Representative: Lexie Zirschky

 

About Us: Family Law Society is a group of students interested in exploring, understanding and expanding the field of family law and its application in our communities. We come together to support each other in learning, and encourage each member’s integration into the family law field. Tapping into the vast network of dedicated, encouraging professionals in Portland and beyond, we volunteer for family law projects and mingle at family law functions. We are your family law resource pool here at Lewis & Clark. 

So what is family law? Including the topics of marriage, divorce, custody, adoption, and more, family law deals with the creation, management, and dissolution of a family unit. Applicable skills in this field range from knowledge of parental rights to property, tax to contracts. Family law attorneys are involved in the resolution process of emotional and destabilizing events, and thus have a unique opportunity to significantly impact the most fundamental elements of an individual’s life – their relationships. 

Mission: Our mission is to raise awareness of the family law field and opportunities therein for the student body, to establish and maintain a networking relationship with practicing family law attorneys, and to enrich the role of family law practice in the community.

 

Goals: To further this mission the FLS undertakes to accomplish the following: 

1.     Develop a Speaker Series

2.     Host Meet and Greet functions

3.     Attend Family Law CLE’s

4.     Enrich the existing mentor program

5.     Organize field trips to the courthouse

6.     Create and advertise volunteer and community outreach opportunities within the             greater Portland area

 

Long Term Goals:

1.     Expand the Family Law Curriculum

2.     Create a Family Law Certificate

3.     Publish a Family Law Review

4.     Expand Family Law Clinic

 

Schedule:

2011:

            Sept. 22 -       General Meeting - 1L Rep Elections

            Oct. 27 -         Speaker:  Larry Wilson

 

(Further scheduling to be announced in the near future)

 

Past Events:

Brown Bag Lunch with Ruth Pekelder of Gevurtz Menashe

CLE “Tearing the Child Apart” from Child Centered Solutions       

Inaugural Reception, Hosted by Gevurtz Menashe

Family Law Attorney Panel:  Which Sector is Right For You?

Lunch with Multnomah Family Law Judges