We hear a lot about “being trauma informed” these days but what does it mean in the context of a law school classroom? While it may not be rocket science it is science. In this session Professor Meg Garvin and Dr. Christopher Wilson, Director of Being Trauma Informed, will discuss the basic science of how the brain deals with both physical threat and threat to status; what this science means for effective teaching and learning; and how we can create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning while ensuring pedagogical rigor.

Presented by the Law School’s Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee.

Join this talk featuring ACLU voting rights attorney Molly McGrath to learn more about the fight to restore voting rights in the battleground state of Wisconsin and what you and the Lewis & Clark community can do to champion these efforts.

A six week series for staff and faculty guiding folks through the Dismantling Racism Workbook from dRWorks.

Join the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) for their 16th Annual Gala & Auction in celebration of Native American Heritage Month!
Enjoy great conversation, community, a specially prepared Native-inspired meal, and live music. The gala raises awareness and much-needed funding for the life changing services NAYA provides, impacting more than 10,000 people each year.

How to create an inclusive campus for students and colleagues

Through theatre, dance, music and historical documentation, this 90-minute performance explores the resilience and fortitude of the Japanese-American community, from Nihonmachi to now. This performance is a way to raise empathy and heal the emotional legacy and the effects of racism in America.

Through theatre, dance, music and historical documentation, this 90-minute performance explores the resilience and fortitude of the Japanese-American community, from Nihonmachi to now. This performance is a way to raise empathy and heal the emotional legacy and the effects of racism in America.

Through theatre, dance, music and historical documentation, this 90-minute performance explores the resilience and fortitude of the Japanese-American community, from Nihonmachi to now. This performance is a way to raise empathy and heal the emotional legacy and the effects of racism in America.

Through theatre, dance, music and historical documentation, this 90-minute performance explores the resilience and fortitude of the Japanese-American community, from Nihonmachi to now. This performance is a way to raise empathy and heal the emotional legacy and the effects of racism in America.

Through theatre, dance, music and historical documentation, this 90-minute performance explores the resilience and fortitude of the Japanese-American community, from Nihonmachi to now. This performance is a way to raise empathy and heal the emotional legacy and the effects of racism in America.

This event is for current LC students only. Following the Tuesday April 23 panel, students will have the opportunity to discuss queer and trans safety issues in Portland and on campus. Dinner will be provided and dialogue among peers is highly encouraged.

In light of recent attacks on queer and trans people in Portland, Lewis & Clark is hosting a panel discussion with local community leaders to discuss safety concerns in the area. The session will be co-moderated by a student representative and audience members may text in questions for the panel confidentially via SMS.

The 9th annual Queer Students of Color Conference is happening April 12-14 at Portland State University! This year’s theme is “Divided No More: Bridging Communities From The Inside Out”. Keynote speaker, filmmaker Candy Guinea, will also lead a workshop for attendees.

The 9th annual Queer Students of Color Conference is happening April 12-14 at Portland State University! This year’s theme is “Divided No More: Bridging Communities From The Inside Out”. Keynote speaker, filmmaker Candy Guinea, will also lead a workshop for attendees.

The 9th annual Queer Students of Color Conference is happening April 12-14 at Portland State University! This year’s theme is “Divided No More: Bridging Communities From The Inside Out”. Keynote speaker, filmmaker Candy Guinea, will also lead a workshop for attendees.

An art-filled evening about mass incarceration in Oregon. We’ll be showcasing artwork from currently and formerly incarcerated people, talking about Measure 11 (OR’s mass incarceration law), and discussing what we can do! Come meet community members and local organizations. Snacks and drinks provided.

Join NLG for “A Curious Case: Long Island Radicals Confront the Green Scare”. Professor Kevin Van Meter, Ph.D. candidate, will discuss the legal action of the US government against the radical environmental movement.

Join NLG and the Immigration Student Law Group for a discussion with advocates of Innovation Law Lab and asylum seekers that were incarcerated at Sheridan FDC from June to September 2018 in Sheridan, Oregon.

Join NLG for a discussion and debate on prison reform and abolition with Joshua Edward of Liberation Literacy. Mr. Edward is a formerly incarcerated individual that engages in collective learning process to develop a deeper understanding of effects of imprisonment.

Join NLG and Women in Criminal Law for the Week Against Mass Incarceration (WAMI) kickoff! Speaker Trevor Walraven is a formerly incarcerated juvenile lifer who was waived into adult court at 14. He spent nearly 18 years in OYA and adult facilities until his release through Oregon’s “Second Look” process.

At Partners in Diversity, a common request we hear from communities of color and our member employers is to have more spaces for professionals of color to network and set deeper roots in our region. With our program committee’s leadership we launched Happy Hey Hours last year to great success. Join us for our next event, in partnership with Ecotrust’s Redd Reveal event!

This Black History Month CLE will cover the history of Black legal professionals and discuss how to retain and recruit Black attorneys, given Oregon’s discriminatory history. A social will follow where Justice Adrienne Nelson will be recognized and honored.

“Say Hey!” is an evening program to welcome professionals of color who recently relocated to our region. Join us for a fun evening of connecting, celebrating and showing our newest neighbors that there’s a rich and thriving multicultural community here.

Stories of an Awkward Brown Kid from Ohio

Join OWL for this CLE and Recognition of Judges with reception. Please RSVP (FREE for Law Students) for the reception. There will be an opportunity to meet and greet after a short presentation.

Join Lewis & Clark ALDF and BLSA for a Skype talk with Aph Ko, a Black decolonial theorist, on the concepts of animality and Black veganism. Snacks provided!

Jillian Hishaw Esq., is an Agricultural Attorney, Founder of F.A.R.M.S., and Author of Don’t Bet the Farm on Medicaid. Hishaw is well-versed in the area of civil rights, agricultural policy and has been featured in O (Oprah) Magazine, The Atlantic, Vice News, Seniors.com, and more. Hishaw is also a Contributor to the New Food Economydue to her recent article focused on hemp farming generating income at land-grant HBCU’s. Hishaw is an innovative strategist in the areas of agriculture and asset protection; she was recognized by Civil Eats and the Clif Bar Co. as a “Food Industry Changemaker.” Lunch provided and RSVP required!

The Message is a workshop facilitated by Zakiya Newman ’21. It explores the history of rap & hip hop through song lyrics.

The Queen’s Bench 2018 Holiday Luncheon Honoring Women Judges will be held on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at the Sentinel Hotel in downtown Portland.

How do systems of oppression make people sick? Who has access to healthcare, and whose well-being is prioritized through public health policies? Though science and medicine are often considered neutral and objective, how have culturally created classifications of race shaped biomedical research and clinical practices? How, in turn, does medical science perpetuate racial ideologies? 

Critical questions like these are at the center of the 15th Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, which will explore the racialized dimensions of health and medicine in institutions, communities, and individual experiences.

How do systems of oppression make people sick? Who has access to healthcare, and whose well-being is prioritized through public health policies? Though science and medicine are often considered neutral and objective, how have culturally created classifications of race shaped biomedical research and clinical practices? How, in turn, does medical science perpetuate racial ideologies? 

Critical questions like these are at the center of the 15th Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, which will explore the racialized dimensions of health and medicine in institutions, communities, and individual experiences.

How do systems of oppression make people sick? Who has access to healthcare, and whose well-being is prioritized through public health policies? Though science and medicine are often considered neutral and objective, how have culturally created classifications of race shaped biomedical research and clinical practices? How, in turn, does medical science perpetuate racial ideologies? 

Critical questions like these are at the center of the 15th Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, which will explore the racialized dimensions of health and medicine in institutions, communities, and individual experiences.

Art-A-Thon With Impact is a 12-hour creativity and wellness festival, raising funds for the nonprofit organization Art With Impact.

Discussions will center around 50 years with ICRA, both the positive and negative impacts of it for Native communities. This is a great opportunity to have conversations about Indian Law and network with lawyers practicing in and out of the field.

Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend this Allyship Training session featuring Trystan Reese, a father and social justice professional dedicated to increasing the visibility and acceptance of trans and LGBTQ+ people and families.

This Workshop will explore:

• How students from various spiritual and religious identity backgrounds experience Lewis & Clark and their learning environment.
• Some of the key issues spiritual and religious students face on our campus.
• Ways we can help make Lewis & Clark more spiritually welcoming and affirming for students.

An evening with Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Ghandi, at the Muslim Educational Trust Community Center. 

Join us for a day of discussion and dialogue with CAS, Law, and Grad students, staff, and faculty.

At age 19, Calvin Duncan was wrongfully convicted of murder. After serving over 28 years in Angola prison for a crime he did not commit, he was released in 2011. Since his release, he has been awarded a Soros Justice Fellowship to vindicate the rights of incarcerated people and is the program director of The Light of Justice Program, which helps incarcerated people gain access to the courts.

From finding justice for internment to making history while seeking redress, our panelists have work tirelessly to shape our legal landscape and push society forward. Please join us in welcoming a panel discussion featuring Dale Minami, Peggy Nagae, and Rod Kawakami.

Saturday, June 16, 2018, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Free

Friday, June 15, 2018, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
**Note: New later start time

Friday, June 8, 2018, 1-5 p.m.
Free

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 5:30-8 p.m.
Free

Saturday, May 19, 2018, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Free

Saturday, May 12, 2018, 1-5 p.m.

Friday, May 4, 2018, 1-5 p.m.
Free

Session A: Wednesday-Friday, May 2-4, 2018
Session B: Friday-Sunday, May 18-20, 2018

Friday, April 27, 2018, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Free

Saturday, April 7, 2018, 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, March 31, 2018, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday, March 24, 2018, 1-4 p.m.

Dr. Marcia Chatelaine, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University, will discuss her latest book project.

Immigration, Procedure, and Human Rights scholars will provide legal perspectives on the current administration’s policies.

Friday, March 2, 2018, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Presented by OutLaw, Minority Law Students Association, Women’s Law Caucus and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion. Open to all three Lewis & Clark campuses.

The Third Culture Kids Club will be welcoming Emmy and Telly award-winning producer, speaker, author and educator Teja Arboleda for the 6th Annual TCK Symposium. Third Culture Kids are a group of people who grew up outside of their parents’ culture. We will discuss transitional issues when navigating between cultures that both TCKs and non-TCKs face, and what we can do to make cross-cultural transitions easier. Some key topics will include: assimilation, integration, culture shock and reverse culture shock, traditions or language that cannot be translated, and stereotypes. We will also talk about how these experiences impact identity and relationships with others. Both TCKs and non-TCKs are welcome!

Symposium Schedule
3-3:30pm – Reception
3:30-5pm – Keynote
5-6pm – Panel Discussion

One-Man Visual Chronicle by Emmy Award winning actor Ron Jones

Part of MLK Jr. Week 2018

A talk with Walter R. Echo-Hawk Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law

Please join us for the 2017 IME Banquet: “Staying Woke Requires Rest.”

The Lewis & Clark Law School, Causa, and the Innovation Law Lab are sponsoring a public convening on the Trump Executive Orders on immigration and Oregon’s response.  Local and national immigration and civil rights lawyers and activists will analyze the impact of the Administration’s policies on Oregon and the nation.  The convening will set the groundwork for constructing pathways toward an immigrant-inclusive community.

Join the L&C Law School for an event welcoming founder/bassist, Simon Tam, of the Portland based band, The Slants, who will be discussing his current legal battle with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Join Lewis & Clark’s Law School and Student Activities for a free concert showcasing Simon Tam’s band, The Slants!

Thursday, March 9th @ 8pm (doors at 7:30pm)
Agnes Flanagan Chapel

Tickets are free for L&C affiliates and 1 guest. Tickets for the general public are $10 each. Reserve and purchase tickets at: https://tinyurl.com/TheSlantsLC

Enjoy Indian tacos and amazing prizes!

Marcilynn Burke, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, University of Houston Professor Burke’s expertise is in environmental, natural resources, land use, and property law. She has served at the U.S Department of the Interior and as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management helping develop federal land use, resource management, and regulatory oversight policies.

IME Presents:
Roy Saigo, President of Southern Oregon University, shares reflections from his experiences as a change agent for diversity and inclusion in higher education leadership.

6th Annual State of Civil Rights Forum Special Celebration - 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act with State Representatives John Davis, Lew Frederick, and Jessica Vega Pederson who will be awarded for their work championing civil rights in our state this year.

Come celebrate cultural diversity with food and performances from around the world! 
Brunch: 11am - 1pm
Show: 2pm - 4pm

Art build with the Pluralism and Unity Board (PUB) to kick off MLK Week! Come create social justice-themed art in a community space. Use a variety of art supplies as a medium to reflect on Dr. King, his legacy and this year’s MLK Theme: “We are the ones we have been waiting for.”

Please join the Diversity Work Group for a Community Conversation on Moving Diversity Forward at Lewis & Clark Law School. In the Faculty Reading Room of the LRC.

 

Lane Powell, one of Portland’s largest law firms, is hosting a networking mixer to cap off OUTlaw’s Spring Series. Come mingle with local attorneys, other students, and judges. Food and alcohol will be provided. All students and legal professionals are welcome to attend! Please RSVP to outlaw@lclark.edu by March 16th. 

 

Join OUTlaw in welcoming Lake Perriguey of Law Works, LLC. Lake has extensive experience in LGBTQ litigation in Oregon and will be discussing representing LGBTQ clients and his current case challenging Oregon’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, Geiger v. Kitzhaber. Meet Lake on March 19th in McCarty Rm. 3 at 12:10pm. Tandoor Indian Kitchen and drinks will be provided. Questions? Contact: outlaw@lclark.edu.

Linda Brown of the NW Gender Alliance and the Human Rights Campaign will be speaking with local writer Emily Newberry about the numerous legal challenges the transgender community faces, like healthcare discrimination and hate crime violence to name a few. Join us on March 18th in McCarty Rm. 4 at 12:10pm. Bahn mi sandwiches and drinks will be provided. Questions? Contact: outlaw@lclark.edu.

Interested in juvenile law? Join OUTlaw in discussing effective advocacy for LGBTQ youth in foster care with Talia Stoessel on March 17th in McCarty Rm. 3 at 12:10pm. Hoda’s Middle Eastern Cuisine, drinks, and dessert will be provided. Questions? Contact: outlaw@lclark.edu.

Please join the Women’s Law Caucus (WLC) and Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) for a screening of the documentary “Rape on the Rez,” which documents the unusually high rates of sexual assaults on American Indian reservations. Lunch will be provided!

Questions? Email: nalsa@lclark.edu

Greg Grandin is the author of a number of prize-winning books, including most recently Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City (Metropolitan 2009).  A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History, as well as for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Fordlandia was picked by the New York Times, New Yorker, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and NPR for their “best of” lists, and Amazon.com named it the best history book of 2009. Timothy Rutten of the The Los Angeles Times writes of Fordlandia: “Greg Grandin has taken what heretofore seemed …  a marginal event… and turned it into a fascinating historical narrative that illuminates the auto industry’s contemporary crisis, the problems of globalization and the contradictions of contemporary consumerism. For all of that, this is not, however, history freighted with political pedantry. Grandin is one of blessedly expanding group of gifted American historians who assume that whatever moral the story of the past may yield, it must be a story well told… Fordlandia is precisely that—a genuinely readable history recounted with a novelist’s sense of pace and an eye for character. It’s a significant contribution to our understanding of ourselves and engrossingly enjoyable.” And The American Scholar says that  “Grandin takes full command of a complicated narrative with numerous threads, and the story spills out in precisely the right tone—about midway between Joseph Conrad and Evelyn Waugh.” Grandin is also the author of Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Empire (Metropolitan 2005), The LastColonial Massacre: Latin America During the Cold War (University of Chicago Press 2004), and Blood of Guatemala: A History of Race and Nation(Duke University Press, 2000), which won the Latin American Studies Association’s Bryce Wood Award for the best book published on Latin America in any discipline. A professor of history at NYU and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Grandin writes on US foreign policy, Latin America, genocide, and human rights.  He has published in The New York Times, Harper’s, The London Review of Books, The Nation, The Boston Review, The Los Angeles Times, and The American Historical Review.  He has been a frequent guest on Democracy Now! and has appeared on The Charlie Rose Show.  Grandin also served as a consultant to the United Nations truth commission on Guatemala and has been the recipient of a number of prestigious fellowships, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.   His most recent book, edited with Gil Joseph, A Century of Revolution: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America’s Long Cold War, will be published by Duke University Press in September. The Throckmorton lecture was established in 1963 to commemorate the life and work of Arthur L. Throckmorton, a professor of history at Lewis & Clark who died unexpectedly in 1962. Each year the series brings a distinguished historian to campus to lecture and to meet with faculty and students.

Bill Lann Lee was the nation’s top civil rights prosecutor as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Justice from December 1997 to January 2001. The lecture is part of the MLK Jr. Week of Service: https://college.lclark.edu/student_life/multicultural_affairs/programs/martin_luther_king.php

David Scheffer was the first US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (1997-2001), playing a central role in advancing US efforts to prevent and respond to genocide and mass atrocities, as well as in negotiating the creation of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the  Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the International Criminal Court (where he led the US delegation in UN talks).With degrees from Harvard College, Oxford University and Georgetown University Law Center, Scheffer taught at George Washington University Law School, Duke University School of Law and Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs before his appointment at Northwestern University School of Law. His extensive publications cover international law, human rights and politics. His recent book, All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals, received the Book of the Year Award by the American National Section of L’Association Internationale de Droit Penal.
A leading scholar and practitioner in the interface between human rights and international criminal law, Scheffer is currently the UN Secretary-General’s Special Expert on the Khmer Rouge Trials.
Reception to follow.

The NLG is dedicated to advocating for basic and progressive change in our political structure, placing human rights in the highest position of importance. Lewis & Clark’s NLG Student Chapter will host its first meeting of the semester to discuss the upcoming regional conference, event planning for the semester, and updates on local activist efforts. All are welcome!

2nd Floor of Templeton in the Council Chamber.

Please join the Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) for a Bingo Night Fundraiser! Each year NALSA sends a group of passionate students to the Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Conference in New Mexico. This year we are in need of funds to ensure students can attend. Please come enjoy multiple rounds of bingo, prizes, Indian Tacos, wine, and a special guest announcer! Students, local practitioners, staff and guests are encouraged to attend! Questions? Email nalsa@lclark.edu

From 6-8 p.m. summit participants along with allies from Lewis & Clark and the wider community, will celebrate the publication of the Tribal Equity Toolkit 2.0.  The Tribal Equity Toolkit is a collaboration between The Native American Program of Legal Aid Services of Oregon, the Indigenous Ways of Knowing Program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, the Western States Center, the Pride Foundation and Basic Rights Oregon to publish the nation’s first guide for Two Spirit and LGBT equity in Indian Country. This celebration includes dinner and is open to the public with a suggested donation. Please register here.

At this roundtable summit, Two Spirit Leaders from around the Northwest will come together with allies to listen, learn, and articulate priorities for the growing movement for Two Spirit and LGBT Justice in Indian Country. The summit runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and includes lunch. Role for Allies: We want to create a space where Two Spirit and LGBT Tribal People’s voices are lifted and given priority in a conversation to set priorities for needs and challenges. If you are an ally to Indian Country and LGBT rights and issues, you are most welcome to attend, listen, volunteer, and offer ideas. We need everyone! Please register here.

Celebrate Native Heritage Month with the Native Student Union (NSU) by sharing snacks and a viewing of Smoke Signals, the award-winning film written by fantastic author Sherman Alexie on the CAS campus.

Please join the Minority Law Student Association in giving thanks to Lewis & Clark’s faculty and staff at the annual Thanksgiving Appreciation Dinner. There will be lots of food, so come join us for a feast! This year’s event is sponsored by Fred Myer. We hope to see you all there and feel free to bring your favorite Thanksgiving dish to the event. Students, Staff and Faculty are asked to RSVP to  MSLAlcLAW@gmail.com .

Police States, Prison Nations

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.[1]  If we count people in prisons and jails as well as those on parole or probation, then 7 million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S., which amounts to 1 in 34 adults.[2]  Critics have identified the U.S. as a prison nation, arguing that the war on drugs, the war on terror, and crackdowns on immigration have compromised justice by increasing state surveillance and curtailing liberties in the name of greater security. The carceral state is experienced especially acutely in the U.S. by racial and ethnic minorities.  Racial disparities have reached astonishing rates at every level of the U.S. criminal justice system.  African Americans and Latinos are disproportionately stopped by police, treated violently by law enforcement officers, detained, arrested, incarcerated, sentenced to death, disenfranchised, and ensnared in the school-to-prison pipeline.[3] This November the 10th Annual Ray Warren Symposium will focus on these pressing issues of civil rights and justice by analyzing racial ideologies and the contours of the carceral state.  Though many events will focus on the contemporary U.S., we will explore these questions historically, globally, and comparatively.  Students, faculty, activists, community leaders, and artists will come together to address these topics from different professional and personal perspectives.  Participants will present academic research, speak from personal experience, and share creative work.  All symposium lectures and panels are free and open to the public.  Please join us and contribute to the conversation.

For more information, click here for the Symposium main page.

Keynote Event:

Dylan Rodriguez, professor and chair of ethnic studies, University of California, Riverside
“Inhabiting the Impasse: Incarceration, Insurgencies, and the Logic of Racial Genocide”

Police States Prison Nations
Panel Discussion:  “Pushed Out, Left Behind: The School-to-Prison Pipeline”

Police States, Prison Nations

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.[1]  If we count people in prisons and jails as well as those on parole or probation, then 7 million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S., which amounts to 1 in 34 adults.[2]  Critics have identified the U.S. as a prison nation, arguing that the war on drugs, the war on terror, and crackdowns on immigration have compromised justice by increasing state surveillance and curtailing liberties in the name of greater security. The carceral state is experienced especially acutely in the U.S. by racial and ethnic minorities.  Racial disparities have reached astonishing rates at every level of the U.S. criminal justice system.  African Americans and Latinos are disproportionately stopped by police, treated violently by law enforcement officers, detained, arrested, incarcerated, sentenced to death, disenfranchised, and ensnared in the school-to-prison pipeline.[3] This November the 10th Annual Ray Warren Symposium will focus on these pressing issues of civil rights and justice by analyzing racial ideologies and the contours of the carceral state.  Though many events will focus on the contemporary U.S., we will explore these questions historically, globally, and comparatively.  Students, faculty, activists, community leaders, and artists will come together to address these topics from different professional and personal perspectives.  Participants will present academic research, speak from personal experience, and share creative work.  All symposium lectures and panels are free and open to the public.  Please join us and contribute to the conversation.

For more information, click here for the Symposium main page.

Police States, Prison Nations

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.[1]  If we count people in prisons and jails as well as those on parole or probation, then 7 million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S., which amounts to 1 in 34 adults.[2]  Critics have identified the U.S. as a prison nation, arguing that the war on drugs, the war on terror, and crackdowns on immigration have compromised justice by increasing state surveillance and curtailing liberties in the name of greater security. The carceral state is experienced especially acutely in the U.S. by racial and ethnic minorities.  Racial disparities have reached astonishing rates at every level of the U.S. criminal justice system.  African Americans and Latinos are disproportionately stopped by police, treated violently by law enforcement officers, detained, arrested, incarcerated, sentenced to death, disenfranchised, and ensnared in the school-to-prison pipeline.[3] This November the 10th Annual Ray Warren Symposium will focus on these pressing issues of civil rights and justice by analyzing racial ideologies and the contours of the carceral state.  Though many events will focus on the contemporary U.S., we will explore these questions historically, globally, and comparatively.  Students, faculty, activists, community leaders, and artists will come together to address these topics from different professional and personal perspectives.  Participants will present academic research, speak from personal experience, and share creative work.  All symposium lectures and panels are free and open to the public.  Please join us and contribute to the conversation.

For more information, click here for the Symposium main page.

Please join the Indian Law Program and the Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) in welcoming lecturer David Voluck, who will be speaking on Native Sovereignty in Alaska. David Avraham Voluck, a graduate of Lewis and Clark Law School, now resides in Sitka, Alaska. Voluck has served as the land and trust resources attorney for the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and was eventually promoted to the Director of the Tribe’s Law and Trust Resources Department. In 1998, David moved to Anchorage to join the firm of Landye, Bennette, and Blumstein, LLP to work under the mentorship of David S. Case specializing in federal Indian law, traveling to rural villages both as municipal and tribal attorney. David was privileged to work with David Case co-authoring the revision of the legal treatise, “Alaska Natives and American Laws.” In April of 2008, David was appointed Chief Judge of the Sitka Tribal Court, and was hired as Adjunct Professor of Indian Law for Lewis & Clark Law School’s Summer Indian Law Program. In November of 2010, David was appointed to sit as Magistrate/Judge for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska per the Tribe’s Family Responsibility Act. In May of 2012, David was appointed as Presiding Judge Pro Tem for the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government. David is a noted lecturer on a variety of topics related to Indian law, Tribal Courts, Native culture, and the interplay with religion. Questions? Email nalsa@lclark.edu

Judge Michael Simon is a federal judge appointed by Barack Obama to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, and will be coming to Lewis & Clark Law School’s campus for one day only to discuss with our students the issues related to “First Amendment Exceptionalism in a time of Hate Speech Regulation.” This is a rare opportunity as we as Lewis & Clark Law Students will be able to learn about his thoughts on this topic before it is revealed to greater law community at the Hate Speech Symposium in December. This exciting event is brought to you by the Jewish Legal Society and American Constitution Society, and is supported by Dean Klonoff, Student Bar Association, Hillel and MOSAIC. FALAFEL LUNCH PROVIDED. Room 4.

Schools and professional sports organizations have long used Native American names and images as mascots. The debate about the Washington Redskins and other team mascots still goes on. The use of Native names or symbols by non-native people is offensive, demeaning, racist, and a harmful form of ethnic stereotyping.

In May 2012, Oregon State Board of Education banned the use of Indian-themed mascots in Oregon public schools. How does this ban affect Oregon schools? How is the community responding? Felicia Garcia (psychology/sociology) and Kelley Villa (American ethnic studies), Willamette University Class of 2014 will come speak about their research project: the Indian Mascot Community Listening Project. The Indian Mascot Community Listening Project was developed to promote dialogue at public high schools affected by the ban. Over a period of nine weeks, they traveled across Oregon to conduct interviews with various stakeholders from three communities. Their results, including a report and a forthcoming workshop, reflect the deeply collaborative nature of their research design. What are the issues of using Native American mascots? Come hear about their project and initial results!
*This event is part of Native American Heritage Month. Click here to see other events this month.

The Minority Law Students Association (MLSA) will be hosting another Debriefing Session with Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Darleen Ortega Wood Hall Seminar Room LEZAK. Please RSVP by Sunday 10/27 at MLSALCLaw@gmail.com if you plan on attending.  Just a reminder, debriefing sessions are where you can come and get the Judge’s advice on anything concerning law school. 

Please join the Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) and the Family Law Society (FLS) for a lunch panel presentation about the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and the landmark United States Supreme Court “Baby Veronica” decision. Our presentation will invite local attorneys who practice family law and Indian law to discuss how this decision will impact the placement of tribal children. Lunch will be provided!

Multiculturalism: many ways of being, thinking, knowing, and celebrating!  

The purpose of the Multicultural Fair is to bring the Lewis & Clark community together to celebrate the vast array of cultures we represent on our campus through the shared experience of food, performances, music, activities and decoration. 

The oppression and exploitation of women is very much alive around the world, and Oregon is no exception. Join OWLS as we hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheryl WuDunn about her groundbreaking look into the tremendous impact empowering women can have both individually and globally.

Our panel will then explore a particularly tragic form of exploitation that is all too prevalent in Oregon: human trafficking. It is a multi-billion dollar business with implications on immigration, gender-based violence, human rights, sexual exploitation of women and children, public health, and slavery. Along with the legal aspects of these epic moral issues, OWLS hopes to move the discussion forward and help us all find ways to be part of the solution. Register online at: www.oregonwomenlawyers.org

The award-winning International Law Society (ILS) welcomes students to a lecture by US national security expert and Lewis & Clark Law School professor, Tung Yin.

Professor Yin will discuss the legal implications–both domestic and international–of a limited, targeted US military strike on Syria. Come learn about one of the international community’s most pressing diplomatic conflicts from one of the world’s leading US national security scholars. Lunch provided.

OUTlaw is celebrating National Coming Out Day with flair! Join us for an incredible drag performance by Lewis & Clark Law School’s very own Regina Ray and other musical friends. Doors open at 7 PM, with the show starting at 8 PM. Guests are encouraged to dress in their best drag or swag and bring their best moves for the dance party to follow our show. Free food and alcohol will be provided.

OUTlaw is hosting a talk on the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and the legal aftermath of the historic Supreme Court decision released this summer. Vanessa Usui of Duffy Kekel, LLP is speaking. Join us for food, drinks, and discussion of what is next for the LGBTQ community and their allies! Lunch provided.

APALSA (Asian/Pacific American Law Student Association) and OAPABA (Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association) are getting together at happy hour!

Come mix and mingle with a fun group of attorneys in a relaxed atmosphere. Life of Riley Tavern has free shuffleboard, juke box, and pool tables!! We have invited many APA attorneys from the community and we hope that you are able to make it as well.

APALSA will provide some light snacks. Carpool options available so please RSVP by Monday, October 7 to Sarah at spark@lclark.edu

Are you interested in becoming a member of NALSA? Or do you want to hear about what our student group has to offer? Join the Native American Law Student Association board to discuss what events are planned for the year and how you can get involved! Bring your lunch, dessert will be provided!

The International Students of Lewis & Clark (ISLC) invites all international students to attend its first event on the upper campus in Stamm Hall of the Templeton Campus Center! This is a chance to meet and greet the international student body at all our campuses in a casual atmosphere. Come and go as you please. Voodoo Donuts and Hot Chocolate will be on offer!

A lecture and book signing event featuring Arsalan Iftikhar. Sponsored by the Department of Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement.

The Diversity Work Group will host representatives from all diverse student groups to discuss events, engagement, budgeting, and cooperation in 2013/2014.

The National Lawyers Guild is hosting a panel of lawyers to speak on diversity as a core tenet of service to clients.

OLIO’s Spring Social Networking Event is coming. RSVP soon!

Join Stephen Manning, a partner at Immigration Law Group, PC and Teresa Statler, a sole immigration law practitioner in Portland, to explore policy and practice in this area of law. This will include the obstacles and legal consequences affecting transnational couples as opposed to domestic couples.Obstacles include residency, citizenship,detention, deportation and asylum.

Mediterranean food with vegan options, drinks, and dessert will be provided.
Classroom 2
12:15pm-1:30pm

Presented by OUTlaw, co-sponsored by National Lawyer’s Guild and the Latino Law Society.

For more information on this event, please contact: Alyssa Sappenfield, asappenfield@lclark.edu

Please join the ACLU, BLSA and NLG Student Groups for a showing of the film Freedom Riders, which tells the story of the more than 400 brave nonviolent activists who toured the Deep South in 1961.

Judge Darleen Ortega will give 1Ls the ins and outs of writing an appellate brief. Judge Ortega has been on the Court of Appeals since 2003. Pizza will be served; event is sponsored by MLSA.

The International Roots of Aboriginal Rights & Continued Impacts on Contemporary Native Life. RSVP on the website or send an e-mail to mparsons@lclark.edu. This event is free and open to the public.

Come see one or more of these three iconic films explore contemporary & controversial racial issues that defined recent generations.