Four law programs at Lewis & Clark Law School earned high rankings in the U.S. News & World Report2012 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The law school also ranks among the best law schools in the western United States and among the top ten law schools on the west coast with Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Berkley.

We are pleased to announce Jordan D. Schnitzer ‘76 as our 2011 Distinguished Business Law Graduate

Maggie Finnerty, executive director of the Lewis & Clark Small Business Legal Clinic and clinical law professor, has been recognized by the Portland Business Journal as an outstanding woman in the business sector.

Hometown: The Great Northwest (Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA)
Experience: BS in Business Administration, background in banking, utilities, editing
Just For Fun: I’ve been running for many years, I recently started kayaking, and I am an avid baker.

Contracts, Contract Theory Seminar, Secured Transactions, Entertainment Law

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Art Law, International Intellectual Property

Attorney-Advisor
Graduating Year: 2009
Hometown: Greenwood, Indiana
Undergraduate School: University of Colorado

Shareholder, Attorney
Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA
Class Year: 2006
Prior Education: M.S. in Business Management, Troy State University, 1996 & B.A. in English, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 1991

Attorney-Advisor
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Class Year: 1996
Prior Education: Oregon State University

Sole Proprietor, Cyberspace Law
Hometown: Redmond, Oregon
Class Year: 2002
Prior Education:  Oregon State University 

Graduating Year:  2010
Hometown:  Easton, Pennsylvania
Prior Education:  Colorado College

Graduating Year:  2011
Hometown: Portland, OR
Favorite Places in Portland:  Mt. Tabor

Moot Court: Mock Trial, Regulation and Ethics of Lawyers

Graduating Year: Spring 2011
Hometown: Sherwood, OR
Experience: Graduated from Portland State in 2007 w/ BA in Philosophy and Political Science. 8 years of small business management work before starting law school
Just for Fun: I race bikes competitively, both road and cyclocross.

Graduating Year: 2011
Hometown: Laguna Beach, CA
Undergraduate School & Previous Work Experience: NYU Tisch School of the Arts - BFA in Theatre; operating a small business helping non-profit organizations expand and optimize their presence online

Contracts, Commercial Law/Sales, Bankruptcy, Debtor-Creditor Law, Remedies

Federal Income Taxation, Corporate Taxation, Estate and Gift Taxation, Partnership Taxation, Advanced Tax Seminar, Tax Moot Court

Federal Income Taxation, Corporate Taxation, Advanced Tax Seminar, Partnership Taxation, International Taxation

Civil Procedure, Antitrust Law, Dispute Resolution

Secured Transactions, Commercial Law: Sales Transactions, Contracts, Financing Emerging Businesses, Lawyers in Society

Torts I, Torts II: Toxics, Employment Law I and II, Labor Law, Individual Employee Rights

Business Association II, International Business Transactions, International Dispute Resolution

Copyright Law, Information Privacy Law, International Intellectual Property, Torts, Trademark Law

Business Associations I and II, Property, Advanced Business Law Seminar, Securities Regulation

Disability Law Seminar, Jurisprudence & Property, Property

Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor, Bankruptcy: Advanced Topics, Business Associations I

Leads the Law School’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic